Lady Gaga as Gay Culture Warrior

by Michael Jones · 2009-08-14 07:49:00 UTC
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Lady Gaga

Say what you want about Lady Gaga, but the woman certainly loves her gays.  She's the cover story on Out Magazine (after already hitting the covers of Rolling Stone), and she's got a message for the globe:  I want to turn the world gay.

It’s not an underground tool for me. It’s my whole life. So I always sort of joke that the real motivation is to just turn the world gay.

Lady Gaga (born Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta, which is a lot harder to fit on a driver's license) is quickly becoming the next big gay icon.  And she notes that in large part, it's because she's always been surrounding by LGBT teachers and mentors.

I had a few gay piano teachers. I was in acting class and ballet from a very young age, and I remember being around a lot of gay boys in dance class. I feel intrinsically inclined toward a more gay lifestyle.

So yeah, it's not the hard-hitting news that LGBT activists are questioning Bill Clinton, or that marriage equality advocates are gearing up for quite the battle in Maine.  But I think we all have to admit that if Lady Gaga can succeed in making the world even the slightest bit more gay, we're all better off. :)

Michael Jones is a Change.org Editor. He has worked in the field of human rights communications for a decade, most recently for Harvard Law School.
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