I guess it's past time to post another song.

We're back in the 80s again.

There's one song that I totally relate to my whole coming out process. Obviously, I came out (mostly) in the 80s. When I went away to college at LSU, I was urged to become active in the Baptist Student Union. So, I did.

The first year or so of college was taken up by activities with the people I met there. One of the cooler people I met there was a little bit of a bad girl. Her name was Jackie. I remember driving across campus with Jackie with Lucky Star by Madonna blasting out of my car, both of us siging along. We also had a shared fondness for seeing movies at the Varsity Theater, just off campus, only half a block from the BSU.

So, we went to see this movie called Parting Glances. And this was the first really gay movie I ever saw. Boy, did I like it...

One scene that I still remember ever so clearly is when one of the characters is making a phone call from a gay disco and you can hear a song in the background that is the most beautiful bit of gay disco ever recorded to my ears.... and the song?

Bronski Beat - Tell Me Why (Full 12" Version)

It wasn't too much longer before I discovered Nieman's and Xanthus just a little bit further down the street from the Varsity and the BSU... and soon I was actually hearing this song from a dancefloor... and loving every second of it...

*sigh*