Many musicians, including LGBTIQ musicians and their allies, write and/or sing about social justice. Drawing upon these songs, and with Australia in the middle of a postal marriage survey, here are two mix-tapes for those who say YES!
MIX-TAPE ONE
01. Ann Reed – ‘Heroes’
www.youtube.com/watch?v=bSOT1IWOJz0
02. Andy White – ‘My Gay Cousin’
www.youtube.com/watch?v=r5mFOD1uJ2c
03. Cheryl Wheeler – ‘Kenny’s Song’
www.youtube.com/watch?v=l4xlJzcaYhI
04. Catherine Britt – ‘Two Steps’
www.soundcloud.com/catherine-britt- official/two-steps (snippet)
05. Jack O’Rourke – ‘Silence’
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jjqs-0wbme0
06. Claire Mooney – ‘Good as You’
www.clairemooney.co.uk/albums/good-as- you/music/listen_Good-As- You.htm (snippet)
07. Lucie Blue Tremblay – ‘If You’ve Ever Loved’
(written by Kathleen Hannan)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=J12zP5c0Xtc
08. Mélange Lavonne – ‘Marry Me’
www.youtube.com/watch?v=3qHa3YzpCV0
09. Julie Schurr – ‘Hymn 10’
www.youtube.com/watch?v=bLYL6qjuNqI
10. Beccy Cole – ‘I Love You’
www.youtube.com/watch?v=aw0vVqkNvM0
11. Catie Curtis – ‘Radical’
www.youtube.com/watch?v=21GkPlzrzOk
12. k anderson – ‘14 Year Old Me’
www.youtube.com/watch?v=UbaNvZWxTk8
13. John Forster – ‘In the Closet’
(performed by Harrison White)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=7jMLuVXvFvk
14. Kath Tait – ‘Strangers & Foreigners’
(performed by Shaking The Tree Choir, led by Bronwyn Calcutt)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=EtD5G-BSVFg
15. SONiA & disappear fear – ‘Who’s So Scared’
(lyrics by Countee Cullen, additional lyrics & music by Sonia Rutstein)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=WBEKFRsPB6Q
16. Kate Reid – ‘The Only Dyke at the Open Mic’
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZyyfFYslOrg
17. The Craic Whores (Riona O Connor & Sharon Sexton) – ‘Making History’
www.youtube.com/watch?v=RkkeB-HEjn4
18. Kristy Apps & The Shotgun Shirleys – ‘Fireworks’
www.soundcloud.com/kristy-apps/fireworks
MIX-TAPE TWO
01. Lucie Blue Tremblay – ‘The Neighborhood Song’
www.youtube.com/watch?v=WzCxme-W_kc
02. Peter Hicks – ‘The Man with the Pink Triangle’
(written by Geoff Francis & Peter Hicks)
(from The Bottom Line)
03. Michael Callen – ‘Living in Wartime’
www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ea2zTaneX0
04. Gaye Adegbalola – ‘Queer Blues’
www.youtube.com/watch?v=nFQwHOF62cA
05. Kristina Olsen – ‘The Power of Loving You’
(presentation by Seth E Cutler)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=e50YlhJco6Y
06. Dan Martin – ‘Lay Your Burden Down’
(written by Dan Martin & Michael Biello)
www.biellomartin.com/music/ (snippet)
07. Judi Connelli – ‘An Old-Fashioned Love Story’
(written by Andrew Lippa, The Wild Party)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=fmNjmA2tKUM
08. Sugarbeach (Marlee Walchuk & Tully Callender) – ‘I Just Love Girls’
www.youtube.com/watch?v=HCqlkNwSVX4
09. Monique Brumby – ‘Silent War’
(written by Monique Brumby & Sophie Turner)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=F4b8qnxUjN4
10. Brayo Bryans – ‘We Need Love’
https://soundcloud.com/brayo-bryans/we- need-love
11. Michael Waugh – ‘Paul’
www.youtube.com/watch?v=-p49cVAeQrs
12. Alex The Astronaut – ‘Not Worth Hiding’
www.youtube.com/watch?v=fB6TeXeyxiQ
13. Emma’s Revolution (Pat Humphries & Sandy O) – ‘Always Loving You’
www.emmasrevolution.com/track/1279701/always-loving- you
14. Jenny Biddle – ‘Wild & Free’
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Be4UtxVjWuc
15. Dar Williams – ‘The Christians and the Pagans’
www.youtube.com/watch?v=7vggo_9EDZU
16. Macklemore & Ryan Lewis (featuring Mary Lambert) – ’Same Love’
www.youtube.com/watch?v=hlVBg7_08n0
17. Buffalo Woman (Neil Watkins & Tim O'Donovan) – ‘More Than God’
(from Seán Millar’s Silver Stars song cycle)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=h_mO6Vail-U
18. Nedra Johnson – ‘Forever with Me’
(performed by Nedra Johnson & Cherryl Peters)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=71oXVbEH6iw
SUE BARRETT is a long-time writer with Rhythms magazine.