In honor of Pride Day, here’s a song that always puts a smile on my face. It’s from Jon Cameron Mitchell’s wonderful film of Stephen Trask’s glam rock musical, Hedwig and the Angry Inch.

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Kathleen Geier is a writer and public policy researcher who lives in Chicago. She blogs at Inequality Matters. Find her on Twitter: @Kathy_Gee