Queer as in F*ck You--Protest Song

**Name of the song and link to a YouTube video**: Queer as in F\*ck You https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=enpM2twtx\_Q

**The reasons you selected this song and/or musician**:

This song was picked because with the recent death of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg and the ongoing election, many LGBTQ+ people were worried that whatever administration that came into power would take away their rights, including but not limited to, gender reassignment surgery, the right to get married, and the right to be openly gay in public (some counties and towns still have incredibly tight ant-gay laws even in 2020)

· **Name of musician(s)/ bio**: Dog Park Dissidents

They are a queer punk rock due. They are from New Orleans, LA and Long Island NY. The duo consists of Zac Xeper and Jon Greco.

· **Approximate date song was produced**  June 21, 2017

· **Location produced** New Orleans and Long Island

· Social ill/problem being protested Event, person, and place at issue—be precise—do not say “BLM” describe what specifically spurred the creation of this track. Use statistics and citations to explain the prevalence or severity of this social ill.

 The social ill is the unfair treatment and obvious bias to people of the LGBT+ community. The song references multiple things that are synonymous with this community such as “rainbow striped American flags' ', but speaks about how the majority of this is simply performative activism because only the rich and able bodied have the ability to be LGBT openly. In 2018 alone, 18.9% of hate crimes were committed because of sexuality alone. This song is a gay punk band singing out of anger and protest.

· **Sample of the most compelling lyrics**

*Don't sell me a rainbow*

*Your market's never done shit for me*

*Don't want a seat at your table*

*And fuck an invitation to your party*

· **Relevance of the words and phrases selected: is the song convincing in its message? Explain why you think so in detail.**

The song is convincing in its message. The song makes it clear that the speaker is simply asking for respect and acknowledgement. The speaker is not asking for their oppressor to understand their sexuality but to simply leave out their unwanted opinion. The selected song lyrics support the message by telling the audience to get out of a place where their negativity is not wanted.

· **Significance of the song in history (how does this song fit into the history to protest music?**

 This song got produced in June which is pride month and it is a protest song for the LGBTQ+ community. This  is a song that would be played during the marches that the community has during this time.

· **Contemporary connections**

 These include movements fighting for equality for the LGBT community. There is a legal mess we are still trying to get past, like the regulations are still set preventing same-sex marriage. Today, there are protest, riots, marches, all to be heard, some even sharing the spotlight with the recent BLM movement, coming together to spread awareness.

· **Trivia related to the events, people, and places**

-June is pride month

-Stonewall Riots June 28, 1969

-Marsha P. Johnson

-Harvey Milk

-Sylvia Rivera

-Chella Man

-Aaron Philip

-ALOK

-Obergefell V.S. Baker June 26, 2015

**· External links**

https://bobbyberk.com/pride-began-with-a-protest-how-gay-rights-are-connected-to-black-lives-matter/

https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2019/08/lgbtq-rights-america-arent-resolved/596287/

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/15/us/politics/supreme-court-lgbtq-rights.html