PRIDE: 🏳️🌈 The Changing Face of Gay in the 1970s from My Personal Memories
Reflecting on the time when it felt so FREE to be gay
The Bird Cage
I am what I am
I am my own special creation
So come take a look
Give me the hook or the ovationIt’s my world that I want to have a little pride in
My world and it’s not a place I have to hide in
Life’s not worth a damn
’Til you can say, I am what I am
Did you find yourself humming along? Opening on Broadway in 1983, La Cage broke barriers for gay representation by becoming the first hit Broadway musical centered on a homosexual relationship. But it began long before then.
Play: La Cage aux Folles — 1973
Movie: La Cage aux Folles — 1978
Musical: La Cage Aux Folles —1983
Movie: The Birdcage — 1996
There must be a reason this show has been so popular!
If you came out during the same time I did, and/or if you are about as old as I am (80), you probably can relate to this essay. If you are younger … may I be rude … Listen and learn!
