Lady Gaga: Get Your Ass to D.C. for Gay Rights

categories: LGBT Celebrities, LGBT Entertainment, National Equality March

Published October 06, 2009 @ 01:57PM PT

Celebrity support for the National Equality March is pretty widespread, from Charlize Theron to Dustin Lance Black to Annette Benning to the NFL's Scott Fujita. Lady Gaga, perhaps the denmother of the LGBT population, added her name to that list, and she did so with a message for everyone: "Get your ass to D.C."

And while that might not be dinner party language, it's a pretty darn good call for people to get together to fight for equal rights. Here's LG:

I was thinking to myself, 'If everyone in this room were to go and bring 10 friends -- which I don't think is a lot to ask because you all have lots of friends -- just from this one night, there would be 10,000 more people marching....' I really believe in this cause, and as a woman in pop music, I think that this is really an important weekend, and it's not a f*cking joke. So, get your asses to DC and wear something fabulous.

Just please, don't wear anything with little frogs plastered all over it. Or don't be covered in bubble wrap.

And putting her money where her mouth is, Lady Gaga had a sign up sheet at a concert this weekend recruiting folks for buses to D.C. for the National Equality March.

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Lady Gaga is doing the correct thing by supporting the important National Equality March in Washington, D.C. Many celebrities have come in support for the march, but Lady Gaga means it, and is inviting many people to go to the march. The National Equality March will be a unique moment for LGBT rights in Washington, D.C., as potentially thousands of supports of LGBT rights will come to march. Congress and President Obama must be strong for LGBT rights.

Posted by Edwin Bonilla on 10/06/2009 @ 03:51PM PT
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Hell yeah...

May all who can go...Go and stand for equality.

Posted by Thomas McHugh on 10/06/2009 @ 06:54PM PT
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You GO Lady Gaga! I can't go but will be sending positve energy for the march anyhow.

Posted by Ioan Lightoller on 10/08/2009 @ 09:02PM PT
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Hey guys, I found it would be fun to make a cool video out of Lady Gaga's speech so here it is:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bOsrtSOCCcs

don't be shy to post it on your walls and spread the word! It's for a worthy cause. Lady Gaga has done an honorable thing by speaking at the equal rights rally and has now become advocate for LGBT rights.

Our underground community should support her move as we're all lucky and privileged to be living in a liberated society, unlike many parts of the world.

Peace and love to all :)

Posted by Toto Patter on 11/18/2009 @ 09:04PM PT
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Michael is the Communications Director for the Human Rights Program at Harvard Law School, and previously was Communications Director for Pax Christi USA, a progressive Catholic human rights organization.