"The 59-year-old Lauper also explained how she became involved in advocating for gay rights.
“Well,
I always saw people being discriminated against – my friends and people
that I work with. At first, I was going to just take refuge and sing in
the clubs at night. I thought, 'Hey, that's a lot of fun.' But when I
couldn't take the conservative straight community, I would run home kind
of, and then I started seeing a lot of disparity going on, things that
were wrong. I just felt like, 'These are my fans. You gotta help them
have more love for themselves.' As they were taking civil rights away, I
thought, 'Somebody better say something. And in two seconds, I will.'
And I did.”
“I had seen Harvey Fierstein speak and he said
something once, that happy people don't self-destruct - and I thought,
'That's right.' That's all you want. People are different, but as long
as they're all happy, healthy-minded people then we're all doing good,
and how can I kind of change the image for them?” Full story here!
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