Articles tagged with: Lady Gaga
Sara’s News Roundup 5/8/12: North Carolina’s Amendment 1; transgender workers protected under 1964 Civil Rights Act
North Carolina votes tomorrow on anti-marriage equality Amendment 1, transgender workers protected under Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act; and other recent LGBTQ news selected by Sara Boesser in Juneau, Alaska (with supplemental info from Bent Alaska).
Lady Gaga, singer (LGBT History Month)
Lady Gaga is a world-famous performance artist and singer. She is best known for her chart-topping singles and outrageous costumes. She has had three consecutive best-selling albums and one of the highest-grossing tours. Bent Alaska presents her story as part of our celebration of LGBT History Month 2011, with thanks to the Equality Forum.
Lady Gaga
“I’m just trying to change the world, one sequin at a time.”
Lady Gaga (born March 28, 1986) is a world-famous performance artist and singer. She is best known for her chart-topping singles and outrageous costumes. She has had three consecutive best-selling albums and one of the highest-grossing tours.
Born Stefani Germanotta, she is the first of two daughters born to working class parents in Yonkers, New York. She describes her younger self as an “artsy, musical-theatre, nerdy girl who got good grades, who learned the tricks of self-reinvention, and [had] a look that veered between a bit too sexy and a bit strange.” Raised Roman Catholic, she graduated from Convent of the Sacred Heart School before attending New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts. She left the school after two years to work on her musical career. In 2005, she was signed by Def Jam Recording and worked as a songwriter for Britney Spears and The Pussycat Dolls.
Lady Gaga has won five Grammy Awards and holds two Guinness World Records. She was named 2010 Artist of the Year and the top-selling artist of 2010 by Billboard. In 2010, Time magazine named her Most Influential Artist, and in 2011, Forbes listed her among its World’s Most Powerful.
Openly bisexual, Lady Gaga is an outspoken LGBT equality advocate. She spoke at the 2009 National Equality March in Washington, D.C., calling it “the single most important event” of her career. She was a leading activist for the repeal of “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell.” Through her music, concerts and demonstrations, she continues to fight for LGBT rights.
Here’s Lady Gaga’s speech at the National Equality March on October 11, 2009. Watch:
For more about Lady Gaga, visit her website, LGBT History Month page, or Wikipedia article.
Photo credit: Lady Gaga speaking at the National Equality March, 11 Oct 2009. Photo by Ryan J. Reilly (ryanjreilly on Flickr), cropped by DynaBlast; used in accordance with Creative Commons license.
Sara’s News Roundup 2/13/11
Recent LGBT news selected by Sara Boesser in Juneau, Alaska.
1) Antigay Testimony May Sway Md. Senator’s Marriage Vote
Baltimore, Maryland, Advocate, February 10, 2011
2) Hawaii House passes same-sex civil unions bill
Honolulu, Hawaii, February 11, 2011
3) Jobs program targets transgender people
Boston, Boston Herald, January 24, 2011
4) Court: Student Counselor Must Treat Gays
Michigan, February 11, 2011
5) Lady Gaga’s Latest Song: Born This Way
Gaga Daily, February 11, 2011
6) “Born This Way” Shatters Records
Advocate, February 11, 2011
7) ACLU: Transgender woman, ejected from Lynnwood store, spurs policy change
Lynnwood, Washington, Seattle PI, February 8, 2011
8) Corvino: Love, partnership and Valentine’s Day
365Gay.com, February 11, 2011
9) Opinion: Africa: Transgender Rights Not Simply Gay Rights
Africa, AllAfrica.com, February 10, 2011
10) Harvard Law Review elects first openly gay student as president
Cambridge, Mass., 365Gay.com, February 10, 2011
11) Culhane: Are ‘religious exemptions’ swimming against the tide?
365Gay.com, February 10, 2011
12) GLAAD nominations for Glee, Project Runway
TVNZ.com, January 21, 2011
