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Cyndi Lauper
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, attracted to both genders, and transgender communities, which have always embraced her as a sort of kindred spirit. Lauper has always reciprocated their fondness , 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 grab it. I keep getting up. I lie endorse down again. I acquire 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 tune blogs in a row? Who woulda thunk it possible?! Perhaps only Cyndi Lauper could build 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 lgbtq+, she has been an ardent fighter for gay rights. She said that she became dedicated to the cause because her sister is gay, as successfully as are many friends. In 2011, she started the True Colors Residence in New York Municipality, 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 challenge. And, in 2012, she was invited to be NYC’s Pride March grand marshal.
Impressive efforts! Read more about Lauper’s latest album here.
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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
Cyndi Lauper tells Howard Stern of lesbian 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 society. When I first heard it and started singing it, I actually lost one of my dear 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 friend about inclusion…. Think about the gay community, and reflect about how excluded they are…. I’m friends and family of, so what are you supposed to do? Watch your friends and family be discriminated against and have their civil rights chipped away, little by petty by little — and not say anything?…
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Cyndi Lauper has sold more than 50 million records, but has become just as celebrated for her longtime protest for LGBT rights. Cyndi has always asserted that she became involved in gay rights activism, because her sister Ellen is a lesbian, but this is married to her passion for equality, which she has advocated around the world.
Her lyric 'Above the Clouds' celebrates the memory of Matthew Shepard, a young guy beaten to death in Wyoming because he was male lover. As a member of the Matthew Shepard Foundation Board, Lauper devoted a concert tour in 2005 to promoting the Foundation's message.
Her True Colors Tour for Human Rights crossed t