50 Iconic Songs for Pride Month

With lyrics like, "I heard that there's a special place/Where boys and girls can all be queens every single day," this song is basically made for Pride. Play it when you're getting ready, to get the party rolling or to keep it going.

It doesn't get much louder and prouder than this. If you aren't shout-singing along with, "I got my pride, PRIDE. I got my pride, PRIDE, PRIDE!!!!" then you'd better have your pulse checked.

Sometimes, your Pride celebration needs a rhythm that will cut right through you and force you to move. When that's what you're looking for, you can't go wrong with CHVRCHES.

Put on your twirliest, swirliest dress and get ready to turn heads (or just turn circles) with this anthem to lady love. The whole album's great, but this song in particular has the right vibe for Pride.

Whether you like playing 1950 or 2023 is real enough for you, this bop is a must on your Pride playlist. You may have to keep waiting for your love, but you can press "play" right away.

For those who had to leave their town or family of origin to be who they truly are, this emotional song will resonate. Even if that's not your story, it's worth a listen to remind us all the journeys our LBGTQ+ siblings have had to travel.

You may have first heard this one as part of the soundtrack for the HBO original series Insecure. Even if you didn't watch the show, once the chorus drops, you'll be all the way in.

Get out your go-go boots and get ready to dance. Peaches is a Pride classic, and not just because both the girls and the boys wanna be her. Crank it up loud — It's the only way.

Get Biblical with this earth-shattering song by Iniko, a genderless artist whose music first started gaining popularity on social media. Start with this one, then check out "The King's Affirmation," if you really want to fall in love with them.

This iconic pop ballad is not just a Grammy-winning track — it's also a tender, inspiring anthem that has taken on a special meaning in the LGBTQ+ community, which Lauper has long advocated for. “I see your true colors / And that’s why I love you," she sings. "So don’t be afraid to let them show / Your true colors are beautiful like a rainbow.”

We dare you to turn on this song and not get to dancing. Raise your glass if you're wrong in all the right ways, all my underdogs.

If you've ever loved and lost and still aren't totally over it, we get you. And so does nonbinary artist Claud, whose song "Soft Spot" confesses, "You made it clear that it's over now/But you're all that I think about."

If this song didn't instantly get stuck in your head as soon as you read the title, did you even grow up in the 90s? We still don't know how far we'd go just to reach you, but if we scream-sing loud enough, maybe we'll find out.

This dance hall hit by Donna Summer has been an LGBTQ+ anthem since before some of us were born. When writing it, Summer decided to keep the lyrics simple saying, "It’s really a chant and that we needed to just go for it."

Just about everything Mika has ever written belongs on this list, but "Grace Kelly" is a great starting place if you're new here. Besides, it's one of those songs that is sure to get everyone singing along.

No playlist is complete without this banger by Lady Gaga, a longtime LGBTQ+ icon who's bisexual herself. It proclaims, “No matter gay, straight or bi / Lesbian, transgendered life / I’m on the right track, baby / I was born to survive.” The song (and album) later inspired Gaga's non-profit organization, the Born This Way Foundation.

Inspired by the Harlem ballroom scene during the late 1980s, Madonna's "Vogue" is an iconic classic that brought the vogue-ing tradition into mainstream pop. With its infectious house- and disco-influenced beat, the song celebrates finding escape on the dance floor.

"Girls Like Girls" put Hayley Kiyoko on the map as an up-and-coming singer in 2015 — and catapulted her on the way to earning herself the moniker "Lesbian Jesus." The song itself is a charming lesbian anthem, say nothing of its adorable music video, with lyrics like, "Girls like girls / Like boys do / Nothing new."

Apparently, Chic's Nile Rodgers was inspired to write this funky 1980 dance hit for Diana Ross after seeing multiple drag queens dressed as the singer at a New York gay club. Since then, the song has become an empowering and celebratory LGBTQ+ coming out anthem.

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