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Victor Willis, the singer behind YMCA, has released a message thanking President Trump for dancing to his song. He said the song has “benefited greatly” from Trump's use.

Willis also reiterated that the song is not a gay anthem and may sue news outlets calling it gay.

"Sadly, when the President-Elect started using the song, people attempting to brand the song as a gay anthem reached a fever pitch as many used it to say, "Oh, Trump doesn’t know the song is a gay anthem?" This was done in a manner to attempt to shame the President-Elect’s use of the song."

"As I stated on numerous occasions, I knew nothing about the Y being a hangout for gays when I wrote the lyrics to Y.M.C.A., and Jacques Morali (who was gay) never once stated such to me. In fact, Jacques never once told me how to write my lyrics otherwise I would have said to him, you don’t need me, why don’t you simply write the lyrics."

"I therefore wrote Y.M.C.A. about the things I knew about the Y in the urban areas of San Francisco, such as swimming, basketball, track, and cheap food and cheap rooms. And when I say, “hang out with all the boys” that is simply 1970s black slang for black guys hanging out together for sports, gambling, or whatever. There’s nothing gay about that."

SUPER BASED.
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Sabonis73 said:
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I saw this earlier and was surprised. The guy who wrote it and sang it is straight and is married. His previous wife in the 80s was Phylicia Rashad, who was quite attractive. However, most of the other members of the Village People were gay. A lot of other Village People songs were intentionally gay, and the group's vibe in general was gay.

I think it's fair to say that while the group started by targeting a gay audience, it became a breakout success, and so he tried to write the song with mainstream appeal. However, the group still maintained the campy gay style, and I think it's fair to say that all their material was gay. The album that included YMCA was called Cruisin', which is clearly a gay reference.
 
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