What makes a song, a singer, a piece of music gay? For famed critic Barry Walters, who built a career on reviews for The Village Voice , Rolling Stone , The Advocate , and the San Francisco Examiner , exploring the history of LGBTQ+ music is inherently complicated by the queer community’s long standing fight for acceptance in culture. Sure, Chappell Roan’s “Pink Pony Club” is a platinum-certified track celebrating the glittery, alcohol-fueled streets of Los Angeles’ gay neighborhood WeHo, but