They laughed, they cried, they went dancing in "very, very gay places." And in the process, Ziggy made Céline the gay icon she remains today. They told each other all about their lives and he became her only friend. Why so iconic: Because in the world of the song's lyrics, Céline knows Ziggy will never love her back, but she doesn't care. The first time they met, she threw herself on him in the street and told him that she wanted him.
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But Ziggy did not see his full potential until 1991, when Céline Dion covered the song on her album Dion chante Plamondon and released a truly historic accompanying music video (if you have not seen it over 100 times, you are not gay). Occupation: A boy unlike the others Years active: The subject of the song "Un garçon pas comme les autres (Ziggy)," which originated in 1978 with a version by Luc Plamondon and Michel Berger. Without further ado, here are numbers 150 through 101. The series will run every Thursday for the next few weeks, counting down 50 queers at a time. Check out even more stories from us on LGBTQ+ icons and activists.
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