For #DyddMiwsigCymru - Welsh Language Music Day - here is one LGBT+ themed Welsh-language track.
In 2014, the band Clinigol released ‘Ymlaen’ (Forward) with this video to celebrate marriage equality.
Clinigol was made up of Aled and Geraint Pickard - Aled married his partner Robert in 2013, which he created this song for - before Aled left, to be replaced by sisters Carys Eleri and Nia Medi, who is also gay.
The video for ‘Ymlaen’ (#Forward was used to promote equal rights) follows a bride, played by Carys Eleri, before her wedding, to the other bride played by fellow Welsh actress Tara Bethan.
Geraint translated some of the lyrics as: “I’ve had a feeling from the beginning. A feeling that our souls were on fire. So there is no need to be afraid, as long as we keep on running forward. Hold my hand and we’ll go on a distant journey. Hold tight and we will fly. Hold my hand and we will go to somewhere better. Moving forward, forward, forward.”
