Madonna is one of the biggest LGBT icons ever. Her work with LGBT rights in the 1980s and 1990s, when most people in the United States were very hostile towards the LGBT community, has been talked about several times in the past couple of years. The popular LGBT site Towleroad listed 26 moments that make Madonna the most pro-gay pop ally of all time.
“What I think to be a big problem in the United States and that’s homophobia – there’s a big section in Truth or Dare devoted to that….These things exist in life. I’m only presenting life to people. I’m not presenting anything that probably they’re not exposed to in everyday life but maybe they don’t want to deal with it. You know, if you keep putting something in somebody’s face eventually maybe they can come to terms with it,” the site quotes Madonna as saying in a 1991 interview promoting her documentary Truth or Dare.
It turns out Madonna was right. Many have pointed out that the mainstreaming of gay acceptance began with the fact that Madonna gave the LGBT community so much exposure at a time during the AIDS crisis and the power of the religious right. She was the first artist to ever include a gay kiss in her work and the first pop star to openly embrace her gay audience, despite the fact that doing so was considered career suicide by most in the industry.
Madonna isn’t as vocal about LGBT rights as she used to be, most likely because the LGBT community has rights. But she is still an ally, and she proved it by spending Thanksgiving at an LGBT homeless shelter.
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