The Village People’s lyricist and lead singer has hit out at the “false assumption” that the band’s biggest hit, “YMCA,” is a “gay anthem.” Victor Willis, who headed up the 1970s ...

Y.M.C.A. by the Village People is an upbeat, catchy disco anthem that became a worldwide hit. The song celebrates fun, friendship, and community, with a focus on the YMCA as a place of social ...

I was born in 1969; the year of Woodstock, the vicious Charles Manson murders, and the Stonewall Riots. My early cohort of Generation X were amongst the first Americans to grow up entirely in a ...