The song details a romantic encounter between a young man and a possible trans woman or cross-dresser, whom he meets in a. ' Lola ' is a song written by Ray Davies and performed by English rock band the Kinks on their album Lola Versus Powerman and the Moneygoround, Part One. I think you only pretend like you are because it's a great way to get women. Lola (song) For the Iggy Azalea song, see Lola (Iggy Azalea song). Why this song is on this list: Because there was a messy. (That People magazine writer who 'sashayed out of the dressing room, peeved,' post-show was me!) After watching all of the women fawn over the only gay guy in the place, Stephan offered a theory of his own: 'I don't believe you're actually gay. Why this song is on this list: Because the 'EDIT, 4, 3, 2, 1' part. I was out drinking one night in 2001 with Stephan Jenkins, the lead singer of Third Eye Blind, at Centro-Fly, a straight techno lounge that had previously been Tramps, the live-music venue one block away from Limelight where I saw Radiohead perform on June 1, 1995. Just because I was never questioned before entering straight places didn't mean I didn't get special treatment in them.
What about the increasing desegregation of gay and straight men in nightlife in general? I can still recall the days when the doormen outside of gay bars and clubs - including the ones posted in front of Limelight's 20th Street side entrance - used to try to confirm my gayness before allowing me inside.