LGBT: How much did Gaga "help" you growing up?

[Melech 9,870]

Gaga always been really supportive of LGBT rights and send out her message. How much did it affect you? Did it help you with accepting yourself? 

 

Personally she did a lot. I remember I never been really secure with my sexuality and still struggle sometimes these days considering my mother is really homophobic. Though, when I still lived home when I was a teen, Gagas positive message actually helped me accepting myself as who I am. That sounds a bit cringey, but I'm really thankful for that even if I never met her personally  

Sometimes I wonder what would be if Gaga never became famous. How my teen years were then considering none of the popstars back then were really vocal about gay issues. 

[Thomas P 18,377]

Born this way came out when I was ten. I realized I was gay, and two years ago I figured that if no one accepted me, Gaga will. Turns out everyone was okay with it, and Gaga is responsible for my self confidence about the subject.

[darkchylde 14,857]

id be fvcking dead already. not a joke.

[tomsches 16,962]

She didn't help me at all 

[GagaTheExplorer 2,013]

words are not enough so I only gonna say 

[Sakrai 4,759]

not LGBT but when BTW came out I was struggling with very strong suicidal thoughts and it really did help me. I wouldn't say it "saved me", cause that's a very strong thing to say, and I think that expression is being thrown around way too casually nowadays. But it did help me "grow" in a very profound way and eventually get better. I think I will never stop being thankful to Gaga for that.

[calmar 21,380]

I'm not sure about 'growing up', really, since when I became a fan of hers I was 17. However I've gone through a lot of stuff in my life since I was 17, and her oeuvre has definitely been a comforting thing to turn to when things get too rough.

[StarMom 497]

'Born This Way' saved my life, not a joke

[Nino 12]

Little monsters saved my life. 

[TheBatman 951]

Not at all lol cause I'm older than her.

[Glitterngrease 482]

Somehow I've always been secure with being bisexual. I had a lot of gay friends so maybe that's why. But she helped me to accept myself in other ways. Gaga and I have had very similar issues in the past and she made me feel more capable of overcoming them.

[Snow 1,582]

None, Im older than that. There were many many other things before.....  Things were looking pretty good by The time of Gaga anyway. 

[Logan 20,538]

A lot. I remember being a Senior in high school and dressing up as Gaga for one of my last days of school. This was a big deal because I grew up in a very small country town, and there was virtually no open gay people. I got a lot of judgement and mean comments for it, but I remember it was a very liberating experience. By channeling Gaga I was able to borrow her confidence to kind of get back at all of my bullies. 

[Reid LePage 4,773]

28 minutes ago, TheBatman said:

Not at all lol cause I'm older than her.

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[CDAR 25]

Gaga made me become excited about life again. Sometimes when I contemplate my life, the little things are what save me. I rationalize that I have to take care of myself so I could hear gaga's next album/single and see her next music video/tour. It's kinda superficial and stupid, but I'm serious.