Cyndi lauper is gay
Cyndi Lauper tells Howard Stern of woman-loving woman 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 like, 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 cherished 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 buddy about inclusion…. Reflect about the lgbtq+ community, and ponder 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 include their civil rights chipped away, small 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 come out as straight.
"My sister was gay, my best friends were gay, so I figured I had to be gay," she said. "So I did everything they did. I tried kissing girls. But it didn't undergo right for me and eventually I was forced to arrive out as a heterosexual."
Lauper also launched a broadside against George W. Bush.
"When I hear people like George Bush talk about the gay group being anti-American it makes my blood boil," she said.
"The guy who saved the Ivory House, one of the heroes who crashed that plane on 9/11, was gay — 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 skyrocketed to fame in 1984 on the strength of her four-octave vocal range, zany persona, ragtag wardrobe, and multicolored hair. In the intervening decades her seemingly do-it-yourself image and iconoclastic career have attracted a legion of fans in the gay, lesbian, bisexual person, and transgender communities, which have always embraced her as a sort of kindred spirit. Lauper has always reciprocated their warmth, but this month she’s got a special surprise in store: the launch of a three-week, 15-city True Colors tour to benefit the Human Rights Campaign, during which she’ll share the stage with a roster of topflight talents. The tour kicks off in Las Vegas on June 8.
ALAN CUMMING: In this interview I’m going to probe you, Cyndi Lauper, to your very core. Ready? What are you wearing?
CYNDI LAUPER: [laughs] Nothing!
AC: Shut up.
CL: I’m serious. I just came out of the tub. I’m lying down, but I can’t accept it. I keep getting up. I lie help down again. I receive up. I haven’t done this since I can’t remember when, so I figured it was either this or go to the hockey rinks.
AC: ‘Cause you’re a h
Two LGBT country song blogs in a row? Who woulda thunk it possible?! Perhaps only Cyndi Lauper could produce 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 same-sex attracted, she has been an ardent fighter for gay rights. She said that she became dedicated to the cause because her sister is gay, as adv 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 difficulty. 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