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Good Kisser - Hunx And His Punx

“Good Kisser” by Hunx And His Punx is an upbeat, fun song with comedic elements. Hunx sings the hook: “I don't think he's gonna miss her/Because I'm a really good kisser” The hook implies that Hunx is going to steal a (supposedly) straight man away from his girlfriend. Hunx is so sure that he will be a better partner that he claims the man will not miss his ex-girlfriend. Songs such as “Good Kisser” are rare in the queer punk scene because it does not employ the same heaviness that hardcore and punk usually does. The lyrics are also very positive:

“I don't think he's gonna miss her

Because I'm a really good kisser

And when I get my lips on him tonight

He knows there'll be no way he'll put up a fight

You know with me and him it'll feel so right”

Cliche relationship narratives are radicalized when an artist is singing about a queer experience, even by simply changing the pronouns. The song reads as an average love song, but with a radical twist because Hunx is singing about loving another man. Although “Good Kisser” does not present any political discourse, representation is so important to the lives of young queer people. Everyone needs an idol to look up to, someone to tell them they aren’t a freak. Hunx And His Punx are known for being amusing and heartening.

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Queercore music exhibits many of punk rock's reactions to a rock formation now perceived as bloated and hopelessly corporate. The music is fast, loud and often quite raw in form and production; a "do it yourself" ethic often guides artistic and business choices. Queercore lyrics are often sexually explicit and, by popular standards, vulgar. They can be comic and playful, although some deal with serious themes as well. Queercore artists are ultimately political, since they often express a cultural "lifestyle" that rubs up against mainstream social norms. Queercore performances stress interaction; while they sometimes spectacularize and mock conventional rock stage behaviours, they also encourage spectators to "stage dive" and physically participate in the performance.

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Lead singer of Cloaca performing semi-nude as an act of radicalism against cisgender body norms.

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Do You Eat Benzos All Day Too? - Cloaca

The song “Do You Eat Benzos All Day Too?” by Cloaca addresses a few different issues in the queer community. The first is drug use. The song is titled “Do You Eat Benzos All Day Too?” which refers to using benzodiazepines such as Xanax or Ativan that are typically used for anxiety. Being queer is commonly associated with mental health issues and drug abuse implying that this title has a double meaning. In the second verse, Cloaca discusses their transgender identity:

“They met under the auspices of drug use.

He said he was a girl.

And so, she sucked his dick.

But he never really unlearnt

His male socialized

Privilege.”

These lyrics are a commentary on the common transmisognystic comments that get thrown at trans women. Transgender women are often told they still have male privilege, which invalidates their female gender identity. The lyrics are a parody of this transphobic comment.

The last two lines of the song read:

“Overcome with regret;

Alienated from faggotry.”

This is Cloaca’s expression of feeling in between the world of being a transgender woman and a gay male. They are alienated from both worlds because they are not “passing” as previously discussed.

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Queercore music becomes a tool and a weapon; the use of a loud angry voice and intensely active queer female body making raucous music powerfully rejects all feminine norms that girls are supposed to adhere to.

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Legendary transgender punk singer-songwriter Jayne County flashes the middle finger to the crowd performing their iconic song “Fuck Off.”

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Homophobes Are Just Pissed ‘Cause They Can’t Get Laid - Propagandhi

“Homophobes Are Just Pissed ‘Cause They Can’t Get Laid” is a song written about homophobes. In the song, Propaghandi directly addresses homophobic people. “Homophobes Are Just Pissed ‘Cause They Can’t Get Laid” is a song that is hopeful for the future where there is no queerphobia: “I hope I live to see the day, When your sexually-repressed hatred, Is finally washed away”

The song also invites homophobic people to question their views.

It seems that you're trying to

Prove it to yourself

Build up the fences

You're just like everybody else

These lyrics call homophobia into question: why are people homophobic? Propagandhi suggests that it is because they are trying to assimilate to societies heterosexual norms. This implies that people may even be queer themselves if they broke down the walls of heteronormativity.

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Queer politics typically aim to defy mainstream assimilation, disavow identity politics to resist categorization, and embrace multiple notions of difference beyond what is considered "normal" or "deviant".

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A photo of Pansy Division sporting some queer-themed t-shirts.

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Boyfriend Wanted - Pansy Division

Pansy Division was one of the first openly queer punk bands. What separates Pansy Division from other queercore bands is their comparatively upbeat songs. In the song “Boyfriend Wanted” Jon Ginoli laments over his relationship status and wishes for a lover. Ginoli expresses the differences in dating between his straight companions:

“My straight friends are having weddings

That's not where my life is heading”

Ginoli’s hetero friends are following the expected societal progression of dating to marriage, but Ginoli has a difficult time finding a partner at all:

“O drunken squalor, get tree behind me

But there's always some old trick there to remind me

I'm professionally single, you know

I'm so experienced that by now I'm a pro

Oh no no, no no no

Waited so long, how much more to go?”

Although Ginoli is singing about his wish for a partner, the song style and lyrics are much lighter than the typical queercore style. “Boyfriend Wanted” compares with any other song of romantic longing, which helps to normalize homosexual relationships.

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As homosexuality has come to the forefront of media attention in the last few decades, scholars have begun to consider the ways media consumption potentially shapes public opinion toward civil rights for gay and lesbian couples and families. Numerous studies affirm that exposure to positive messages about homosexuality is associated with more positive attitudes toward gays and lesbians, as well as greater support of civil rights for gays and lesbians.

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Queer punks at a gay pride march in 1988.

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