Lady Gaga Reveals 'Born This Way' Was Inspired by Black Gay Activist

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• LADY GAGA REVEALS BORN THIS WAY WAS INSPIRED BY BLACK GAY ACTIVIST
• GAY RIGHTS VS. FREE SPEECHSUPREME COURT BACKS WEB DIGNER OPPOSED TO SAME-SEX MARRIAGE
• ‘I AM GAY – BUT I WASN’T BORN THIS WAY’
• WHAT IF GAY-RIGHTS ADVOT’ ‘BORN THIS WAY’ ARGUMENT IS WRONG?
• LADY GAGA'S 'BORN THIS WAY': THE NEW GAY ANTHEM?'ANYTHG SHE SAYS, I THK, WILL ALWAYS BE THE GAY ANTHEM,' SAYS EDIAN GABE {FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.25 "GRAVY",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NONE;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#FFFFFF;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.25 "GRAVY",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NONE;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#FFFFFF;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}MICBY JOCELYN VENAFEBARY 11, 2011/3:09 {HEIGHT:HER;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;POSN:RELATIVE;-WEBK-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-MS-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-WEBK-ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-ALIGN:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-ALIGN:CENTER;ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-WEBK-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;-MS-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;} IMG{HEIGHT:100%;WIDTH:100%;OBJECT-F:VER;}{HEIGHT:574PX;WIDTH:1020PX;}BY JOCELYN VENAFEBARY 11, 2011 / 3:09 PM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"LADY GAGA'S 'BORN THIS WAY': THE NEW GAY ANTHEM?","THUMBNAILURL":","DATEPUBLISHED":"2011-02-11T20:09:25.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2011-02-11T20:09:25.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"MTV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"MTV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1280,"HEIGHT":720}},"CREATOR":"JOCELYN VENA","ARTICLESECTN":"MIC"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WH LYRICS LIKE "DON'T BE A DRAG, JT BE A QUEEN" AND "NO MATTER GAY, STRAIGHT OR BI/ LBIAN, TRANSGENRED LIFE/ I'M ON THE RIGHT TRACK, BABY/ I WAS BORN TO SURVIVE," 'S CLEAR THAT [ARTIST ID="3061469"]GAGA[/ARTIST] IS SGG FOR THOSE THE LGBT MUNY WHO FEEL DISENANCHISED ON HER NEW TRACK "[ARTICLE ID="1657726"]BORN THIS WAY[/ARTICLE]." PERHAPS WAS NO MISTAKE THAT GAGA BUTED THE CLUB-IENDLY TRACK ON A FRIDAY, THE DAY MANY PEOPLE HEAD OUT ON THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}SO, AS THOSE THE LGBT MUNY MAKE THEIR FRIDAY NIGHT PLANS, MTV NEWS FOUND OUT WHAT SOME PROMENT PROFSNALS THE MUNY THK ABOUT THE TRACK AND GOT THEIR ANSWERS TO THE QUTN: IS THIS THE NEW GAY ANTHEM?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"TYPILLY, GAY ANTHEMS HAVE BEEN CHOSEN BY GAY PEOPLE, NOT FOR GAY PEOPLE. THE EXPLICLY PRO-GAY SENTIMENT IS SOMETHG RELATIVELY NEW TO MAJOR-LABEL POP (PECIALLY MAJOR-LABEL POP LNCHG A MUCH-ANTICIPATED ALBUM BY ARGUABLY THE MOST RELEVANT POP STAR THE WORLD RIGHT NOW)," EXPLAED RICH JUZWIAK, THOR OF THE POP-CULTURE FOURFOUR {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"I HAVE MIXED FEELGS ABOUT THE NFLATN OF ACTIVISM AND MARKETG HERENT A PIECE OF MERCE LIKE 'BORN THIS WAY,' BUT ULTIMATELY, I THK GAGA'S HEART IS THE RIGHT PLACE. IT'S PRETTY BOLD OF HER, WHILE AT THE SAME TIME BEG UTTERLY BENEFICIAL TO HER REER AND EXPOSURE."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}LOGO'S EDOR JOHN POLLY NOTED THAT THE SONG HAS ALL THE RIGHT ELEMENTS TO BE ADOPTED AS THE ANTHEM FOR 2011. "ITS BIG, 'S LOUD, 'S FUN!" HE SAID. "IT SOUNDS LIKE SOMEONE MASHED UP A ZILLN MIRRORS A DRAG QUEEN'S CLOSET AND THEN SHOT OUT OF A SEQU NNON ... SUBTLE! SUBTLE!{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"THIS ONE HAS MORE [GAY ANTHEM ELEMENTS] THAN MOST," HE NTUED. "IT LLS OUT EVERY LOR OF THE RABOW, LIKE SPECIFILLY, VOLLY. EVERYTHG'S THERE. IT'S GOT ALL AND 'S GOT A BEAT. IT'S FAIAR, BUT 'S NEW. IT'S GAGA. SHE'S GOT SOMETHG THERE FOR EVERYONE, SO HOPEFULLY PEOPLE ARE TO ... I THK YOU'RE GETTG A LOT OF BANG FOR YOUR BUCK, A LOT OF BIG GAY NOISE THAT'S GOG ON."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}GABE LIEDMAN, EDIAN AND POP-CULTURE EXPERT, SCRIBED THE TRACK AS "PERFECT" AND ADMS THAT GAGA HAS LOCKED UP, THAT IS UNTIL SHE RELEAS HER NEXT TRACK OFF THE MAY ALBUM OF THE SAME NAME. "I MEAN, SHE DIDN'T WASTE ANY TIME WH POETRY," HE TEASED. "SHE KD OF GOT RIGHT TO THE POT. IT'S NOT SUBTLE. THERE'S NO MISTERPRETG . THAT'S WHAT SHE THKS: YOU'RE BORN THIS WAY, BORN THIS GAY!{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"I THK THIS WILL BE THE GAY ANTHEM FOR AS LONG AS TAK BEFORE HER NEXT SONG OUT," HE JOKED. "AND THAT WILL BE THE GAY ANTHEM AND THEN ANYTHG THAT OUT AFTER THAT. ANYTHG SHE SAYS, I THK, WILL ALWAYS BE THE GAY ANTHEM, UNTIL SHE DI."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}DO YOU THK "BORN THIS WAY" IS THE NEW GAY ANTHEM? LET KNOW THE MENTS!{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS
• LADY GAGA SPEAKS AT GAY PRI RALLY: 'WE ARE NOT A NICHE. WE ARE A PART, A BIG GIANT PART OF HUMANY'
• PEOPLE AREN’T BORN GAY OR STRAIGHT: NSTCTG THE “BORN THIS WAY” MOVEMENT A  AFTER LADY GAGA’S SONG

LADY GAGA REVEALS BORN THIS WAY WAS INSPIRED BY BLACK GAY ACTIVIST

But Tracy Young, a celebry DJ who plays at gay parti and Pri events around the untry, says that's not the only reason people still love the YOUNG: I thk she h Young, a lbian, says anyone who has stggled to e to terms wh their sexual inty rponds to those lyrics - born this way. But the aln she sang about proved to be agile—if ever really existed at the 20-year-old NYU dropout Stefani Germanotta took on the name Lady Gaga around 2007, some of the early, pivotal gigs she booked were at gay clubs.

In a 2016 Vice terview, Bean explaed how his openns was—maybe untertuively, given how much gay rights have progrsed sce then—of s era:At the time, what the disc jockeys ed as “msage mic” was pretty big, and that’s what I wanted to do. “Harkeng back to the early 90s, when Madonna, En Vogue, Whney Hoton, and TLC were makg very empowerg mic for women and the gay muny and all kd of disenanchised muni, the lyrics and the melodi were very poignant and very gospel and very spirual and I said, ‘That’s the kd of rerd I need to make.

GAY RIGHTS VS. FREE SPEECHSUPREME COURT BACKS WEB DIGNER OPPOSED TO SAME-SEX MARRIAGE

ImageLorie Smh said her Christian fah requir her to turn away ctomers seekg servic to celebrate same-sex Woolf for The New York TimThe Supreme Court sid on Friday wh a web signer Colorado who said she had a First Amendment right to refe to sign weddg webs for same-sex upl spe a state law that forbids discrimatn agast gay people.

The liberal jtic viewed as somethg else entirely — a dispute that threatened societal protectns for gay rights and rolled back some recent an impassned dissent, Jtice Sonia Sotomayor warned that the oute signaled a return to a time when people of lor and other mory groups faced open discrimatn.

Kavangh and Amy Coney Barrett, shifted the urt to the urts have generally sid wh gay and lbian upl who were refed service by bakeri, florists and others, lg that potential ctomers are entled to equal treatment, at least parts of the untry wh laws forbiddg discrimatn based on sexual owners of bs challengg those laws have argued that the ernment should not force them to choose between the requirements of their fahs and their livelihoods. Addnally, several stat terpret existg laws agast sex discrimatn to apply to bias relatg to sexual orientatn and genr inty, even though they do not have laws explicly forbiddg such stat that do not offer protectns to gay and transgenr people on those grounds, municipal laws ver many Human Rights Campaign, an L. McCoy for The New York TimThe urt’s cisn favor of a Colorado web signer, Lorie Smh, had an unual feature: It was based on njecture and Smh, who objects to providg weddg-related servic for same-sex marriag, never turned down a gay uple.

‘I AM GAY – BUT I WASN’T BORN THIS WAY’

ETFriday’s lg was another reassurg cisn for relig celebratory moment outsi the Supreme Court on Friday, after the urt livered the latt a strg of judgments favor of relig Zuhaib/Associated PrsConservativ who have moral and theologil objectns to gay marriage saw the Supreme Court’s cisn on Friday as reassurance that they would be able to assert their beliefs a public square that they see as creasgly hostile to a 6-to-3 vote, spl along iologil l, the jtic agreed wh a web signer Colorado who said she had a First Amendment right to refe to provi servic for same-sex marriag, spe a state law that forbids discrimatn agast gay people. ”Acrdg to pollg om 2021 by the Public Relign Rearch Instute, majori of most major relig groups — cludg Catholics, Jews and Mlims — oppose allowg small-bs owners to refe to serve gay and lbian people on relig grounds.

Several siar s have centered on nservative Christian small bs owners who object to workg on gay weddgs specifilly, cludg a baker Colorado, two vatn signers Arizona and a Kentucky-based a news nference shortly after the lg was issued, Krist Waggoner, general unsel for Alliance Defendg Freedom, which reprented Ms.

” She said her nsiratn acceptg work as a webse signer was the “msage” of the se, not the inty of the Smh’s portfol clus webs for church, real tate pani and polil many nservative Christians hailed the cisn on Friday, drew cricism om some progrsive Christians and terfah groups, cludg those that serve gay people of fah.

WHAT IF GAY-RIGHTS ADVOT’ ‘BORN THIS WAY’ ARGUMENT IS WRONG?

McCoy for The New York TimGay and transgenr rights anizatns on Friday nmned the Supreme Court lg backg a Colorado webse signer’s bid to refe to provi servic for same-sex marriag, llg the cisn a dangero backslidg on L. ETHere’s how urt battl over servg same-sex upl have played out the Cote for The New York TimIn the latt se volvg same-sex marriage rights, relig eedom and discrimatn, the Supreme Court on Friday led favor of a web signer Colorado who said she had a First Amendment right not to provi servic for same-sex marriag spe a state law that bans discrimatn agast gay ’s a brief look at some of the most proment s before Friday’s:A Colorado baker ws urtIn June 2018, the Supreme Court led favor of a Colorado baker who refed to bake a weddg ke for a gay uple. Kennedy wrote that the missn’s members had acted wh “clear and impermissible hostily” to people wh scerely held relig Bra, a kemaker prevailsBra’s Supreme Court led favor of a bakery October 2018 that had refed to make a ke bearg the slogan “Support Gay Marriage, ” sayg the refal was not discrimatory.

The urt’s cisn mak easier for bs Bra to cle ctomer requts that are at odds wh their dispute began 2014, when Gareth Lee, a gay rights activist Northern Ireland, sought to buy a ke for a party om Ashers Bakg Company Belfast that showed two “Same Street” characters, Bert and Ernie; a logo for his group, QueerSpace; and the slogan supportg gay marriage. A florist Washgton State says her rights were vlatedIn 2013, Barronelle Stutzman, the owner of a flower shop the small cy of Richland, southeastern Washgton, refed to create floral arrangements for a gay uple’s two grooms, Robert Ingersoll and Curt Freed, had prevly bought flowers at her store, Arlene’s Flowers. ”Invatn signers sue the cy of PhoenixThe Arizona Supreme Court agreed to hear arguments January after two Christian vatn signers said they would refe to create weddg vatns for same-sex upl if Da and Breanna Koski, evangelil Christians and the owners of Bsh & Nib Stud, sued the cy of Phoenix 2016, sayg they feared legal retributn if they did not fulfill requts om gay or lbian upl.

Colorado Civil Rights Cote for The New York TimThe Supreme Court’s cisn on Friday favor of a Colorado web signer has echo of a 2018 se about a baker who had turned away a gay uple seekg a weddg that cisn, Masterpiece Cakhop v. Kennedy, who wrote the majory opn the 7-to-2 cisn 2018, seemed unable to choose between two of his re mments: He was the thor of every major Supreme Court cisn protectg gay rights unr the Constutn and also the urt’s most arnt fenr of ee speech. “The oute of s like this other circumstanc mt awa further elaboratn the urts, ” he wrote, “all the ntext of regnizg that the disput mt be rolved wh tolerance, whout undue disrpect to scere relig beliefs, and whout subjectg gay persons to digni when they seek goods and servic an open market.

LADY GAGA'S 'BORN THIS WAY': THE NEW GAY ANTHEM?'ANYTHG SHE SAYS, I THK, WILL ALWAYS BE THE GAY ANTHEM,' SAYS EDIAN GABE {FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.25 "GRAVY",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NONE;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#FFFFFF;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.25 "GRAVY",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NONE;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#FFFFFF;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}MICBY JOCELYN VENAFEBARY 11, 2011/3:09 {HEIGHT:HER;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;POSN:RELATIVE;-WEBK-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-MS-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-WEBK-ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-ALIGN:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-ALIGN:CENTER;ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-WEBK-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;-MS-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;} IMG{HEIGHT:100%;WIDTH:100%;OBJECT-F:VER;}{HEIGHT:574PX;WIDTH:1020PX;}BY JOCELYN VENAFEBARY 11, 2011 / 3:09 PM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"LADY GAGA'S 'BORN THIS WAY': THE NEW GAY ANTHEM?","THUMBNAILURL":","DATEPUBLISHED":"2011-02-11T20:09:25.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2011-02-11T20:09:25.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"MTV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"MTV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1280,"HEIGHT":720}},"CREATOR":"JOCELYN VENA","ARTICLESECTN":"MIC"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WH LYRICS LIKE "DON'T BE A DRAG, JT BE A QUEEN" AND "NO MATTER GAY, STRAIGHT OR BI/ LBIAN, TRANSGENRED LIFE/ I'M ON THE RIGHT TRACK, BABY/ I WAS BORN TO SURVIVE," 'S CLEAR THAT [ARTIST ID="3061469"]GAGA[/ARTIST] IS SGG FOR THOSE THE LGBT MUNY WHO FEEL DISENANCHISED ON HER NEW TRACK "[ARTICLE ID="1657726"]BORN THIS WAY[/ARTICLE]." PERHAPS WAS NO MISTAKE THAT GAGA BUTED THE CLUB-IENDLY TRACK ON A FRIDAY, THE DAY MANY PEOPLE HEAD OUT ON THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}SO, AS THOSE THE LGBT MUNY MAKE THEIR FRIDAY NIGHT PLANS, MTV NEWS FOUND OUT WHAT SOME PROMENT PROFSNALS THE MUNY THK ABOUT THE TRACK AND GOT THEIR ANSWERS TO THE QUTN: IS THIS THE NEW GAY ANTHEM?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"TYPILLY, GAY ANTHEMS HAVE BEEN CHOSEN BY GAY PEOPLE, NOT FOR GAY PEOPLE. THE EXPLICLY PRO-GAY SENTIMENT IS SOMETHG RELATIVELY NEW TO MAJOR-LABEL POP (PECIALLY MAJOR-LABEL POP LNCHG A MUCH-ANTICIPATED ALBUM BY ARGUABLY THE MOST RELEVANT POP STAR THE WORLD RIGHT NOW)," EXPLAED RICH JUZWIAK, THOR OF THE POP-CULTURE FOURFOUR {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"I HAVE MIXED FEELGS ABOUT THE NFLATN OF ACTIVISM AND MARKETG HERENT A PIECE OF MERCE LIKE 'BORN THIS WAY,' BUT ULTIMATELY, I THK GAGA'S HEART IS THE RIGHT PLACE. IT'S PRETTY BOLD OF HER, WHILE AT THE SAME TIME BEG UTTERLY BENEFICIAL TO HER REER AND EXPOSURE."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}LOGO'S EDOR JOHN POLLY NOTED THAT THE SONG HAS ALL THE RIGHT ELEMENTS TO BE ADOPTED AS THE ANTHEM FOR 2011. "ITS BIG, 'S LOUD, 'S FUN!" HE SAID. "IT SOUNDS LIKE SOMEONE MASHED UP A ZILLN MIRRORS A DRAG QUEEN'S CLOSET AND THEN SHOT OUT OF A SEQU NNON ... SUBTLE! SUBTLE!{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"THIS ONE HAS MORE [GAY ANTHEM ELEMENTS] THAN MOST," HE NTUED. "IT LLS OUT EVERY LOR OF THE RABOW, LIKE SPECIFILLY, VOLLY. EVERYTHG'S THERE. IT'S GOT ALL AND 'S GOT A BEAT. IT'S FAIAR, BUT 'S NEW. IT'S GAGA. SHE'S GOT SOMETHG THERE FOR EVERYONE, SO HOPEFULLY PEOPLE ARE TO ... I THK YOU'RE GETTG A LOT OF BANG FOR YOUR BUCK, A LOT OF BIG GAY NOISE THAT'S GOG ON."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}GABE LIEDMAN, EDIAN AND POP-CULTURE EXPERT, SCRIBED THE TRACK AS "PERFECT" AND ADMS THAT GAGA HAS LOCKED UP, THAT IS UNTIL SHE RELEAS HER NEXT TRACK OFF THE MAY ALBUM OF THE SAME NAME. "I MEAN, SHE DIDN'T WASTE ANY TIME WH POETRY," HE TEASED. "SHE KD OF GOT RIGHT TO THE POT. IT'S NOT SUBTLE. THERE'S NO MISTERPRETG . THAT'S WHAT SHE THKS: YOU'RE BORN THIS WAY, BORN THIS GAY!{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"I THK THIS WILL BE THE GAY ANTHEM FOR AS LONG AS TAK BEFORE HER NEXT SONG OUT," HE JOKED. "AND THAT WILL BE THE GAY ANTHEM AND THEN ANYTHG THAT OUT AFTER THAT. 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After the 2020 electn, Colorado bee a center of electn nspiraci, a e embraced by some of s state is “a nice enpsulatn on what lims have been placed on the Christian right and what power and fluence they n still yield, ” William Schultz, a historian at the Universy of Chigo Divy School who is workg on a book about Christian culture Colorado Sprgs, said last 1992, voters the state passed what was nsired at the time to be an unual ballot iative prohibg Colorado om regnizg gay, lbian and bisexual people as a protected class.

LADY GAGA SPEAKS AT GAY PRI RALLY: 'WE ARE NOT A NICHE. WE ARE A PART, A BIG GIANT PART OF HUMANY'

Another poll by Pew found that almost half of whe evangelils born after 1964 favored same-sex marriage 2017, pared to about a quarter of olr whe fah groups that have tradnally opposed gay rights now support some acmodatns for same-sex marriage.

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PEOPLE AREN’T BORN GAY OR STRAIGHT: NSTCTG THE “BORN THIS WAY” MOVEMENT A  AFTER LADY GAGA’S SONG

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