I Ll Cover You Analysis

I'll Cover You in the first song I chose to write about, it is also the song I chose to represent homosexuality. While Collins never verbalizes that he is a gay man- he does fall in love with Angel. Granted we don't Angels "official" gender identity. I'll Cover You was my song of choice because even though they don't blatantly talk about being homosexual in this song it is a song about their relationship. Ultimately they are talking about wanting to be together and care for each other no matter what. Something that in the gay community is a huge thing because still to this day couples in the LGBT community have an incredibly hard time comfortably displaying affection in pubic. For example Australia currently has an advertisement going around using the hashtag #holdtight
Whistle Angel isn't actual transgender, he is the character meant to represent the transgender community. Speaking of the transgender community they have made incredible strides even the past three years. The life of a transgender person in the 90's when RENT takes place compared to today is exceedingly different. The medications and procedures are becoming much more readily available and in return is saving so many of their lives. A huge issue still occurring today is the ability for the trans community to use their bathroom of the gender they associate with. Especially with our current president trying to revoke some of the incredible progress Obama was able to make. According to an article in Independent states are making a stand and going against Trumps orders to continue to allow the trans community to use the bathroom they best identify with. It makes me very curious to how Angel would be perceived today. Would he come out as transgender? Or is he just a gay man and a drag queen? Either way our sense of community in the LGBT community is continuing to grow. Which leads me into my third song and