Lady Gaga, Intersex, and The Real World vs. The Unicorn World

[Shana A]

Lady Gaga, Intersex, and The Real World vs. The Unicorn World
Filed by: Gina de Vries
March 24, 2010 9:30 AM

http://www.bilerico.com/2010/03/lady_gaga_intersex_and_the_real_world_vs_the_unico.php

Lisa Harvey at Questioning Transphobia wrote a great blog post on the rumors about Lady Gaga being intersex. Lisa articulates pretty much all of my feelings on the subject way more eloquently than I could hope to. Take a gander, please.

Parts of the Telephone video are clearly intended to be a direct response to the intersex rumors. Namely: The beginning of the video, where the guards make reference to Gaga's junk. (Guard #1: "I told you she didn't have a dick." Guard #2: "Too bad!")

Honestly? If Gaga is going to choose to respond to these rumors in any way -- whether she is intersex or not -- in my fantasy unicorns-n-rainbows world, I'd love to see her say something along the lines of:

"Hey, legions of adoring fans! Here's some information about what intersex is.

[tekla]

Hey, legions of adoring fans! Here's some information about what intersex is.

Of course that video went viral from the get-go, getting 65 million viewings the first day, which of course makes her a star.  If she had done it your way, she'd be a basement blogger with few people paying attention.

[cynthialee]

 Lady GaGa is not beholden to anyone but her self and her contracts.
Just because WE may not like something she has said or not said does not make her beholden to us.
She is crass that is her right.
If she started getting on the bandwagon and suporting us I am pretty sure her fans would leave her and she would be reduced to b list status or stuck as a producer of other more popular acts.
I feel that she has every right to continue the ambiguity and make people wonder.
Also I do not think a single dime of her cash is owed to any part of the TS/IS culture.

[tekla]

If she started getting on the bandwagon and suporting us I am pretty sure her fans would leave her and she would be reduced to b list status or stuck as a producer of other more popular acts.

Except that is not true.  She is very supportive, very publicly supportive at that.  Has been that way long before you ever heard of her.

And the rest of it is kind of silly.  I'm sure she made enough money this year not to ever have to do anything else for the rest of her life.  But that's not what make people do what she does.