Gender

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A friend of mine linked to a blogpost on Trans/queer rock music. Which reminded me, I've been on-and-off making a playlist of songs that question standard gender assumptions, or are about people who do.

So far I have:

The Raincoats: Lola (this was originally by The Kinks but I don't have the original version; I should maybe try and track it down)

Dar Williams: When I was a boy

Steeleye Span: The female drummer

Blur: Girls & Boys

Placebo: I do

Pink Martini: Bitty Boppy Betty

Peggy Seeger: I'm gonna be an engineer

Also a couple of songs that are about gayness, so somewhat relevant to a gender-themed playlist:

Ani DiFranco: Little plastic castle

Bowling for Soup: I'm gay

Electric Six: Gay bar

Katy Perry: I kissed a girl

(I haven't included songs which are about the singer addressing a same-sex beloved, because much as I love those, that would make the playlist a bit too broad, especially when you include cross-gender cover versions of just about every classic love song ever... But it's a bit of a judgement call.)

I'm not completely behind the politics of everything on the list, mind you. This is turning out to be a pretty tough theme for a playlist, so I'm most eager to find new stuff to expand it. Especially songs that are more unambiguously supportive towards trans* and genderqueer people.