Queers Bash Back

“Good Kisser” by Hunx And His Punx is an upbeat, fun song with comedic elements. Hunx sings the hook: “I don't think he's gonna miss her/Because I'm a really good kisser” The hook implies that Hunx is going to steal a (supposedly) straight man away from his girlfriend. Hunx is so sure that he will be a better partner that he claims the man will not miss his ex-girlfriend. Songs such as “Good Kisser” are rare in the queer punk scene because it does not employ the same heaviness that hardcore and punk usually does. The lyrics are also very positive:

“I don't think he's gonna miss her

Because I'm a really good kisser

And when I get my lips on him tonight

He knows there'll be no way he'll put up a fight

You know with me and him it'll feel so right”

The song “Do You Eat Benzos All Day Too?” by Cloaca addresses a few different issues in the queer community. The first is drug use. The song is titled “Do You Eat Benzos All Day Too?” which refers to using benzodiazepines such as Xanax or Ativan that are typically used for anxiety. Being queer is commonly associated with mental health issues and drug abuse implying that this title has a double meaning. In the second verse, Cloaca discusses their transgender identity:

“They met under the auspices of drug use. 

He said he was a girl. 

And so, she sucked his dick. 

But he never really unlearnt 

His male socialized 

Privilege.”

These lyrics are a commentary on the common transmisognystic comments that get thrown at trans women. Transgender women are often told they still have male privilege, which invalidates their female gender identity. The lyrics are a parody of this transphobic comment. 

The last two lines of the song read:

“Overcome with regret; 

Alienated from faggotry.”

“Homophobes Are Just Pissed ‘Cause They Can’t Get Laid” is a song written about homophobes. In the song, Propaghandi directly addresses homophobic people. “Homophobes Are Just Pissed ‘Cause They Can’t Get Laid” is a song that is hopeful for the future where there is no queerphobia: “I hope I live to see the day, When your sexually-repressed hatred, Is finally washed away”

The song also invites homophobic people to question their views.

It seems that you're trying to

Prove it to yourself

Build up the fences

You're just like everybody else

Pansy Division was one of the first openly queer punk bands. What separates Pansy Division from other queercore bands is their comparatively upbeat songs. In the song “Boyfriend Wanted” Jon Ginoli laments over his relationship status and wishes for a lover. Ginoli expresses the differences in dating between his straight companions:

“My straight friends are having weddings

That's not where my life is heading”

Ginoli’s hetero friends are following the expected societal progression of dating to marriage, but Ginoli has a difficult time finding a partner at all:

“O drunken squalor, get tree behind me

But there's always some old trick there to remind me

I'm professionally single, you know

I'm so experienced that by now I'm a pro

Oh no no, no no no

Waited so long, how much more to go?”