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30 years ago, Bruce Springsteen became a LGBTQ ally with 'Streets of Philadelphia'
Bruce Springsteen rocked the song world 30 years ago — and he didn't use his guitar.
Instead, his song — the synthesizer and hip-hop drum loop ballad “Streets of Philadelphia, “ from the show “Philadelphia” — broke land for rock 'n' roll allyship of the LGBTQ community, and for those battling HIV and AIDS.
The movie “Philadelphia,” starring Tom Hanks and Denzel Washington, premiered on Dec. 14, 1993. “Streets of Philadelphia” would go on to win an Academy Award for Best Original Tune in 1994.
“When you ponder about how much progress has been made over the last 30 years in combating discrimination and the stigmatization of people living with HIV, it is powerful to deliberate about Bruce's humanity and lyrics that capture the emotional journey of those facing these challenges in the earlier days of the AIDS epidemic,” said Christian Fuscarino, executive director of the Asbury Park-based Garden State Equality.
The first diagnosed cases of AIDS were in 1981, but often in the media, and the Reagan administration, it was derisively referred to as a queer plague, dismissed as an affliction to an outlier
Queering Bruce Springsteen
The narratives of Bruce Springsteen’s songs resonate with many queer people, who are skillfully aware of the possibility of a life-altering freedom that presents itself as the reward for stepping into your true self (even when that release comes, as is often the case, at great cost).
Springsteen is far from gay; some might argue he is one of the straightest men alive. Nonetheless, some fans regard his work as, in Rosalie Zdzienicka Fanshel’s words, “homoerotic or queerly suggestive”.
There’s also Carmen Rios’s “We’re here and we’re queering Bruce Springsteen” at one of the longest-running sites for gender non-conforming women, Autostraddle; the queer writer Tennessee Jones’s short story collection Deliver me from nowhere, based on the album Nebraska; and the many queer Bruce Springsteen zines, from Because the Boss belongs to us to Butt Springsteen.
What exactly is so queer about Springsteen? Is it his extreme butchness, so practiced and so precise that he might as well have learned it from the oldest lesbian at a gay bar? Is it because his hard-earned, roughly hewn version of love is noticeable to those for whom desire has often meant sacrif
When you think of Bruce Springsteen’s music you think of cars, factories and arena rock. But did you know that some of Bruce Springsteen’s music is also super gay? That’s right folks, there are Bruce Springsteen songs that are either explicitly or subtextually gay, and because I am both very homosexual, and a huge Bruce Springsteen fan, I’m going to relate you about them now.
DISCLAIMER: This is not to say, of course, that Bruce Springsteen is himself gay or queer. Springsteen often writes in character and just like he’s never fought in Vietnam or served period for statutory rape (re-listen to Working on the Highway because that’s EXACTLY what that anthem is about) these songs undertake not mean (ed. note: or…not not mean) that Springsteen himself has had any same-sex experiences.
With that said, let’s dive into Bruce Springsteen’s Gayest Hits.
1. Streets of Philadelphia
This one feels so obvious but I’ve seen straight people mistake lesbian wedding photos for photos of two friends in fun dresses, so let’s start with the apparent. Springsteen wrote this song for the movie Philadelphia, which was one of the first mainstream movies to deal with AIDS, particularly a gay character who h
Is Bruce Springsteen straight?
April 19, 2010. Much as Bruce Springsteen has tried to avoid being gossip fodder, his off-stage love life has grabbed many a pun-tastic headline.
With the Monmouth divorce trial in which the Boss was named as the other man coming to an end, let's take a trip through the Bruce Springsteen tunnel of love.
Karen Darvin (1975) Model Karen Darvin was on the Boss' arm in the 1970s, frequently joining him on tour.
She later had a relationship with musician Todd Rundgren.
Lynn Goldsmith (1978) Goldsmith dated Springsteen while serving as concert photographer for the 1978-1979 Darkness on the Edge of Town Tour.
Already well-established as a photographer, Goldsmith went on to publish a the book Springsteen , which featured 90 color photos from the tour.
Joyce Hyser (1981) The actress best acknowledged for her role in the 1985 cult classic Just One of the Guys dated the Boss in the early 1980s.
Dancing in the Dark (1984) Okay, so maybe nothing happened between Bruce Springsteen and Courtney Cox, but their flirtatious joy in The Boss' "Dancing in the Dark" video helped launch Cox's career.
Julianne Phillips (1984-1988) Phillips, an actress and model who hail