In a recent episode of his podcast Las Culturistas, Bowen Yang revealed how Lady Gaga's song 'Born This Way' inspired him to come out again after undergoing conversion therapy. Yang shared memories of blasting the song with co-host Matt Rogers during a comedy festival, which provided him the courage to embrace his identity. Gaga expressed her appreciation for Yang's story and reinforced the importance of love and leadership within the queer community, highlighting her ongoing commitment to advocate for LGBTQ+ rights.
"I think I had come out of the closet again when 'Born This Way' came out, because I went to conversion therapy, (which) obviously did not work out."
"You're so important to a huge swath of people who only want the best things for you and for each other. But also, those people need leadership and you've always been that leader culturally, artistically, in so many ways."
"I believe that we will continue to show people that are filled with hatred and ignorance that they should be looking up to the queer community and following and learning about love, and learning about grace, learning about kindness."
"That's really, really special."
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