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Cyndi Lauper tells Howard Stern of lesbian experience [video]
“When I was a teenager, all my friends came out [gay]. And then I figured, ‘Okay, me, too!’ And then, afterwards, it was like, ‘Oh, It’s not really my thing.’ And then I had to tell them I was straight…. They were gonna ditch me, and then they did ditch me. And then, when my sister came out, ‘I was love, you’re not ditching me! I don’t care….’
“[The song,] ‘True Colors’ is just one of them healing songs, and I never realized what it meant to the community. When I first heard it and started singing it, I actually lost one of my dear friends, Gregory. And he died of AIDS in 1985. So, when I went in to sing ‘True Colors,’ I was thinking of him….
“I was having a discussion with my friend about inclusion…. Ponder about the gay group, and think about how excluded they are…. I’m friends and family of, so what are you supposed to do? Observe your friends and family be discriminated against and have their civil rights chipped away, little by little by little — and not say anything?…
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by Rex Wockner
National News Briefs
Pop singer Cyndi Lauper told The Times of London on Aug. 2 that she had to show up out as straight.
"My sister was gay, my leading friends were lgbtq+, so I figured I had to be gay," she said. "So I did everything they did. I tried kissing girls. But it didn't perceive right for me and eventually I was forced to come out as a heterosexual."
Lauper also launched a broadside against George W. Bush.
"When I hear people like George Bush talk about the gay community organism anti-American it makes my blood boil," she said.
"The guy who saved the White Dwelling, one of the heroes who crashed that plane on 9/11, was queer — the rugby player Mark Bingham, who died on United 93. And does Bush ever mention that? … That gay guy saved his lousy ass."
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Cyndi Lauper has sold more than 50 million records, but has grow just as celebrated for her longtime activism for LGBT rights. Cyndi has always asserted that she became involved in homosexual rights advocacy, because her sister Ellen is a lesbian, but this is married to her passion for equality, which she has advocated around the world.
Her song 'Above the Clouds' celebrates the memory of Matthew Shepard, a young man beaten to death in Wyoming because he was gay. As a member of the Matthew Shepard Foundation Board, Lauper devoted a concert tour in 2005 to promoting the Foundation's message.
Her True Colors Tour for Human Rights crossed t
Two LGBT country harmony blogs in a row? Who woulda thunk it possible?! Perhaps only Cyndi Lauper could generate this happen. 🙂
But in celebrating #PrideWeek and honoring Cyndi Lauper’s 63rd birthday today, we stumbled across the tidbit that her latest album, “Detour,” is a country release! Whut?!?
While, Lauper isn’t male lover, she has been an ardent fighter for gay rights. She said that she became dedicated to the cause because her sister is gay, as good as are many friends. In 2011, she started the True Colors Residence in New York Capital, which is housing for LGBT youth between the ages of 18 to 24. She also started the Give a Damn Campaign in order to educate heterosexual people about the LGBT youth homeless challenge. And, in 2012, she was invited to be NYC’s Pride March grand marshal.
Impressive efforts! Read more about Lauper’s latest album here.
We are writing features all week in celebration of #PrideWeek. Did you catch our earlier pieces?
Meanwhile, why not enjoy Lauper’s beautiful son “True Colors,” a number one hit and Grammy Nominated number — also, and perhaps for obvious reasons, a standard in the gay c