Lady Gaga revealed why she felt compelled to defend the transgender community during her Grammys speech, where she won alongside Bruno Mars in the Best Pop Duo/Group category.
via: Pink News
During a conversation with DJ Zane Lowe for Apple Music ahead of Gaga’s new album Mayhem dropping on Friday (7 March), the queer music icon spoke about why she’s such a vocal trans ally.
The conversation began with Gaga and Lowe touching on the horrendous criticism – and particularly, the ageism – women in music face. Though the “Abracadabra” singer is only 38, she spoke about being uncertain about whether she would be “accepted” as she got older.
“I ultimately decided that a woman could be powerful at any age,” she told Lowe.
Lowe then mentioned Gaga’s decision to voice her support for trans people at the Grammy Awards in February. As she accepted the Best Pop Duo accolade for “Die With A Smile” alongside Bruno Mars, she clutched her golden gramophone and told the crowd: “I just want to say tonight that trans people are not invisible.”
She added: “Trans people deserve love. The queer community deserves to be lifted up. Music is love. Thank you.”
Reflecting on that moment, Lady Gaga told Lowe that she wanted trans people to know that they should be “protected” in the face of Donald Trump’s attempts to push through a wave of anti-trans 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 explained.
“I think that we all need to support trans people and each other to know that they deserve to be supported and loved and protected and lifted up.
“What I go through in my life is very different from that, and what every community that is oppressed goes through is different, it’s all unique experience. And then there’s individual people, and everyone’s individual experience is different,” she continued.
Earlier on in her conversation with Lowe, Gaga shared that one of the best things she’s ever learnt is the importance of taking the time to understand and learn other people’s stories. That “gift” has helped her to become a vocal trans ally.
“I’ve learned it’s not all one thing, and every group of people and every individual person, their unique experience is valuable and deserves to be upheld as their own,” she shared.
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