Getting people to volunteer for non-profits is working
for a cause. She did it on her way up, not when she was well established and had already made her billions. As I said before, I think you've got on generational blinders. People Gaga's age don't get why older people aren't accepting and inclusive of gay people and she has been from the beginning. Not tacitly, but explicitly and unapologetically. And she channeled the energy of her fans into work for an important cause BEFORE the "It Gets Better" phenomenon.
I find it intriguing that you make these references to the press, the gay press and members of the gay community being critical of her attitudes toward gay people, as if you can't find people critical of any topic you'd like, at any time. So what?
It seems to me that you're stating a preference for less explicit work for the community, more behind the scenes stuff, as if visibility isn't a cornerstone to understanding and the shedding of prejudices. Do you just prefer to imagine that dance divas are singing about gay people and all you have to do is change the pronouns in their songs? I don't get it.
Gaga backs up her talk by encouraging people to work for a cause. Not by condescending, not by paternalistically plucking two lucky winners from an orphanage on the African continent and whisking them away to an entirely different world, but to organize in their communities. You know, think globally, act locally.
I keep going back to Madonna because I think your willingness to forgive and excuse the incredible excesses of her charity work absolutely show how for some reason (and I think it's because she's new and young) you are all over her for offenses you're more than willing to let Madonna off the hook for.
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Updated On: 2/14/11 at 10:59 AM
