Lady Gaga appreciates LGBTQ+ community for ‘changing the world for the better’

Queer rap star and Anxiety hitmaker Doechii welcomed Mother Monster to the stage but first took a moment to acknowledge how much the Disease singer had influenced her growing up.

“I was considered weird but it’s OK, ‘cos things worked out. As a kid that identified as an artist, as queer, as a Little Monster – Lady Gaga wasn’t just a pop star: she was a lifeline,” Doechii shared.

“Gaga taught us that it was OK to be our real selves, to try new things, to try anything, to speak out and to create. Gaga was and always is new, fresh and different. And not only is that OK, but it’s ideal.”

Arriving on stage, Lady Gaga—who recently dropped her critically acclaimed seventh studio album, Mayhem—admitted to feeling a little uncertain about receiving an award that recognized her entire career, calling it “a hard thing to get [her] head around.”

“On the one hand I feel like I’ve been doing this forever and on the other hand, I know I’m just getting started. Even though the world might consider a woman in her late thirties old for a pop star, which is insane, I promise that I’m just getting warmed up,” the 38-year-old stated.

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She went on to acknowledge some of her biggest musical inspirations, including David Bowie, Grace Jones, Madonna, Elton John, and Cher, before addressing her devoted LGBTQ+ fan base.

“Thank you to my Little Monsters. Thank you for always seeing me so clearly, from The Fame to Mayhem. Because you saw me, I learned to see myself,” she said.

“And to the LGBTQ+ community, you taught me bravery, before the world was ready to listen. You have changed the world for better and your courage fuels mine every single day.”

Before leaving the stage, she encouraged artists who have been labeled as different to stay true to themselves.

“To every artist that’s told they are different, complicated and too much, please, never change. The world doesn’t need another copy it desperately needs your original.”

Gaga has long been one of the most outspoken advocates for the LGBTQ+ community. Throughout her Mayhem album campaign, she has repeatedly addressed the demonization of transgender people.

At the Grammys in February, after winning Best Pop Duo for Die With A Smile with Bruno Mars, she insisted that trans people aren’t “invisible” and “deserve love.”

She has since voiced her distress over the community facing “violence” in the wake of Donald Trump’s election win and his anti-trans executive orders.

“What I would say first and foremost is what trans people are being faced with in this world is completely unfair, wrong, and there’s this violence that’s taking place on a daily basis in their lives,” Gaga told DJ Zane Lowe earlier this month.

“I think that we all need

(The Pink News)