Did the Village People always have a gay subtext to their act, or was it something that developed over time?

by beerbellybegone
IphisofCrete

This doesn't fully answer what you're asking but there's this answer about whether "YMCA" was always meant to be a gay anthem

https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/8cdiub/young_man_how_did_the_village_peoples_ymca_a_song/

By /u/hillsonghoods