We have a theory that the year 1985 is the gayest year to date and here are just some of the reasons:
The Golden Girls began airing
Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit was published
Grace Jones was in a Bond movie
Elaine Paige and Barbara Dickson reached number 1 in the UK with ‘I Know Him So Well’
Sally Field did THAT at the Oscars
Carly Rae Jepsen was born
It was the year Dot Cotton began gracing our screens
VH1 began broadcasting
Return to Oz was released
Elmo moved into Sesame Street
A Chorus Line was released
Courtney Cox was the first person to say the word ‘period’ on television during an advert for Tampax
It was the start of Madonna’s imperial phase
Desperately Seeking Susan was released
Neil Kinnock made THAT speech at Labour Party conference
Jennifer Rush had the biggest selling hit of the year with The Power of Love
Harry from McFly was born
She-Ra: Princess of Power began airing
ThunderCats began airing
Jonathan Groff was born
It’s the year that Angels in America takes place in
My Beautiful Launderette was released
Annie Leibovitz took these photos of Angelica Houston
Angelica Houston won an Oscar
A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy's Revenge was released (if you don’t know how gay this is you need to find out immediately)
Kate Bush released Hounds of Love
The wreck of the Titanic was discovered
Amadeus won the Best Picture Oscar
The Care Bears began airing
Teen Wolf was released
Victoria Wood as Seen on TV began airing
Studio Ghibli was founded
Blind Date began airing
Kiera Knightly was born
Leona Lewis was born
Rooney Mara was born
Marina Diamandis was born
Mutya Buena was born
Anna Kendrick was born
Nadine Coyle was born
Ashley Tisdale was born
Chrissy Teigen was born
Michelle Trachtenberg was born
Raven-Symoné was born
The Colour Purple was released
Clue was released
If you know of any more super gay things that happened in 1985 and you think they need adding to the list email us.