アメリカのシンガー・ソングライター、ジョン・グラントが「Glacier」のミュージック・ビデオを公開した。ゲイでありHIV陽性であることを公言する彼が、LGBTの歴史を8分間の映像で捉えている。1903年にニューヨークのゲイ専用バスハウスが警察の手入れを受けた事件などゲイへの弾圧のニュースや、ケネス・アンガー、デレク・ジャーマンといった映画作家の作品、『真夜中のカーボーイ』から『アデル、ブルーは熱い色』までLGBTを題材にした映画のフッテージ、そしてハーヴェイ・ミルクをはじめとしたゲイの権利のために闘った人たちの姿がまとめられている。
■John Grant - Glacier
You just want to live your life
The best way you know how
But they keep on telling you
That you are not allowed
They say you are sick
That you should hang your head in shame
They are pointing fingers
And want you to take the blame
There are days when people are
So nasty and convincing
They say things beyond belief
That sting and leave you wincing
And to boot they say their words
Come straight down from above
And they really seem to think
That what they're doing counts as love
This pain
It is a glacier moving through you
And carving out deep valleys
And creating spectacular landscapes
And nourishing the ground
With precious minerals and other stuff
So, don't you become paralyzed with fear
When things seem particularly rough
Don't you pay them fuckers as they say no never mind
They don't give two shits about you. It's the blind leading the blind
What they want is commonly referred to as theocracy
And what that boils down to is referred as hypocrisy
Don't listen to anyone; get answers on your own
Even if it means that sometimes you feel quite alone
No one on this planet can tell you what to believe
People like to talk a lot, and they like to deceive
This pain
It is a glacier moving through you
And carving out deep valleys
And creating spectacular landscapes
And nourishing the ground
With precious minerals and other stuff
So, don't you become paralyzed with fear
When things seem particularly rough
This pain
It is a glacier moving through you
And carving out deep valleys
And creating spectacular landscapes
And nourishing the ground
With precious minerals and other stuff
So, don't you become paralyzed with fear
When things seem particularly rough
［写真：John Grant「Glacier」MVより］
