Teenage Kicks®
Celebrating Pride Icons
by Mac Wilson
June 07, 2025

It's officially Pride Month, and Saturday morning, Teenage Kicks is celebrating the icons who paved the way. Punk and New Wave musicians who were early supporters of the LGBTQ+ community. It was a groundbreaking time in music, artists like Cyndi Lauper, Culture Club, Joan Jett, K.D. Lang, and Prince came forward, came out and became part of the culture and conversation on sexuality and life with songs of joy, activism, inclusion and community.
Program Playlist, hour 1
Program Playlist, hour 2
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