The reason I stop playing songs is usually because I get sick of them, and then they find themselves back into the set list at some point.
People who don't fit the mold are treated differently than those who do.
In the '70s, the gay movement was really making strides. Huge strides. And then AIDS came along and slapped a judgment on it all and the Right Wing religious movement was like, 'See. This is why, we told you.' And it pushed back the movement 30 years.