Gay and Straight Together

Gay and Straight Together is a landmark compilation with live recordings of both gay and straight songwriter-activists including Malvina Reynolds’s daughter Nancy Schimmel and feminist songwriter Kristin Lems. Produced by children’s music performer and Folkways artist Ginni Clemmens for Open Door Records, the album was released in 1981. Songs in various styles can be heard on the album, including uplifting sing-along anthems such as “Carry It On,” country-flavored “Piney Creek Woman,” humorous social satires like “Lezzie Queer,” and the pure, genre-defying inventiveness of “Weird.” The song lyrics are featured in the liner notes.

Track Listing

101	Song for His 'n' Hers Jeffrey C. Jones	07:15
102	Pancake Blues Kitty Barber	03:04
103	Love Somebody Ginni Clemmens	03:08
104	Piney Creek Woman Nancy Schimmel	02:36
105	Penguin Walk Rag Lori Noelle	01:44
106	Weird Vivian Davis, John Salewski, and Skip Harstirn	03:41
201	How Nice Kristin Lems	03:40
202	Surprise Paula Walowitz	02:40
203	Lezzie Queer Judith Carsello	05:31
204	If You Got Gayness Charlie Murphy	03:43
205	Carry it On Dev Singh	03:41
206	Lately I See Trisha Alexander	01:26
207	Dirty Old Woman Merle Markland	02:02
208	Old Woman Miss Saffman	02:29