Lady Gaga graces the September issue of Out, and below is an excerpt of what she told Kanye about her show before she agreed to tour with him:
"Before agreeing to tour with Kanye West this fall, Gaga told the rapper, 'I just want to be clear before we decide to do this together: I’m gay. My music is gay. My show is gay. And I love that it’s gay. And I love my gay fans and they’re all going to be coming to our show. And it’s going to remain gay.' That’s another clause in the Gagaland constitution: Gay culture shall gush undiluted into the rapids of society. It shall not be co-opted, fancified, dolled up, or Uncle Tommed. 'I very much want to inject gay culture into the mainstream,' she says, 'It’s not an underground tool for me. It’s my whole life. So I always sort of joke the real motivation is to just turn the world gay.'"
This is why I love her. Gaga isn't all about using inspiration as something temporary just to sell records. She lives and breathes fashion, art, pop, and gay culture. Now if only there was a male performer who had balls bigger than Gaga to stand up for what she believes in as a performer and singer.
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