Music Features

The song "True Trans Soul Rebel" by Against Me! is on Deborah Sprague's Pride playlist. Kevin Winter/Getty Images hide caption

Lil Baby performs during a Juneteenth voter registration rally on June 19, 2020 at Murphy Park Fairgrounds in Atlanta, Ga. One week earlier, he released "The Bigger Picture," a song protesting police brutality. Paras Griffin/Getty Images hide caption

Backxwash's song "Into the Void" is featured on Sasha Geffen's Pride playlist. Merchant Vaporwave/Courtesy of the artist hide caption

Frank Ocean's song "Nights" is on Gerrick D. Kennedy's Pride playlist, which includes songs he says "remind me to stand in my power as a Black queer man in America." Jason Merritt/Getty Images hide caption

Azealia Banks' song "Gimme A Chance" is a reminder to Raquel Gutiérrez that revolutionaries love to dance, but not every Pride is a revolution. Katrine Emilie Andersen/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

Chloe x Halle, performing on April 11, 2019 in New York. Nicholas Hunt/Getty Images for DVF Awards hide caption

For writer Barry Walters, Donna Summer's "She Works Hard for the Money" soundtracked a joyous moment of Pride. Keystone/Getty Images hide caption

Janelle Monáe's coming out as a "free-ass motherf*****" "helped me carve space for myself," says Cyrena Touros. Valerie Macon/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

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Jazz trumpeter and composer Terence Blanchard. Henry Adebonojo/Courtesy of the artist hide caption

Patterson Hood of The DBTs, performing at Tipitina's in New Orleans on Sept. 3, 2011. Erika Goldring/Getty Images hide caption