Playlist: 30 Days of Queerantine

A collection of songs to sashay to in your at-home Pride parade this year.

Written by Afterglow Staffers

Illustrated by Paola Flores

It’s that glorious time of year again: Pride month. But without drag queens, voguing, and glittery parades, Pride just isn’t the same in quarantine. Beyond the month of June, lockdowns have affected the LGBTQ+ community in a myriad of harmful ways. According to The Trevor Project, the COVID-19 pandemic has limited people’s access to supportive resources, confined LGBTQ+ youth in abusive or unsupportive home environments, and exacerbated inequalities that the community experiences.

To say the least, the COVID-19 pandemic has screwed over many queer people in a world where being LGBTQ+ was never easy to begin with. But over the past century of the LGBTQ+ rights movement, adversity has never stopped us from fighting for our liberation — and having a fun time all the while. With this playlist of 30 songs for each day of Pride month, put a queer spin on quarantine as you listen to beloved classics, political anthems, and modern bops. Whether you’re roaring against rainbow capitalism with Dog Park Dissidents’ “Queer as in F-ck You” or belting to the triumphant chorus of Gloria Gaynor’s “I Will Survive,” there’s a song for every twist and turn of the queer experience. But most of all, let these diverse tracks remind you that although we only devote one month a year to celebrating our community, every day is a Pride day.