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link: http://www.autostraddle.com/the-trevor-project-gives-katy-perry-an-award-because-gay-visibility-or-something-148848/
title: Katy Perry Perplexingly Honored By The Trevor Project for LGBTQ Visibility
date: 2012-12-04
link: katy-perry-honored</p>
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<p>I was really, really hesitant to post this, to be honest. I still feel torn. I strongly recommend reading this article, but I also recommend reading it with an understanding of bias (like you do on the Internet), and as always, please be careful reading the comments (like you do on the Internet): there are a higher percentage of good ones than elsewhere, but still&hellip;comments on the Internet. </p>
<p>I&rsquo;ve never been a huge fan of Katy Perry, Lady Gaga, or Dan Savage, but I&rsquo;ve never felt very strongly against them, either. Being sort of neutral, I mostly just keep my mouth shut: I really had nothing to add. They are all, I think, good enough to warrant their fans, even if I don&rsquo;t like them personally, so I&rsquo;m not going to but in with my neutralness.</p>
<p>I do have to say, though, that despite their popularity, I am rather surprised at the status they&rsquo;ve gained for their role in the LGBT arena. Lady Gaga writes songs - at least one in particular - that appeal to the outsider in us, and I do think that&rsquo;s good; Katy Perry I never really got, nor event spent much time listening to, because I didn&rsquo;t feel there was anything to really draw me in; and Dan Savage is too abrasive for my tastes, despite being occasionally quotable. I suppose that I&rsquo;m with the article in that, while I appreciate some of the mainstreaming that these folks have done, I can&rsquo;t honestly identify them as heroes of LGBT. A lot of the heroes in my life are those with realistic journeys, or at least realistic journeys that are part of their story as to why they&rsquo;re heroes: Lana Wachowski is one of my heroes because, after her <a href="http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/lana-wachowskis-hrc-visibility-award-382177">talk at the HRC Visibility Award reception</a>, she became a product of her story in a way - a success, a survivor, a step forward for her was a step forward for so many people.</p>
<p>Because of this, it&rsquo;s really hard for me to accept a very public figure such as a performer or writer as a hero or idol of the LGBT crowd, or even just the gay crowd. This goes further when, because they&rsquo;re so public-facing, their faults come out in the present, rather than something in the past which was overcome. I&rsquo;m all about loving someone for their faults, or even because of them, but not idolizing them or placing them in the role of a hero. A hero, to me, as with an idol, is someone you can hold as an ideal for yourself in spite of or because of their humanity. I count Lana Wachowski as a hero due to the fact that she is who she is now because of her past, for example. Her story helped place her in that role for me.</p>
<p>However, I worry about posting this link, even though I think it&rsquo;s worth sharing, because I know how much a hero or an idol means. I know that, in a lot of places, these folks mean a lot to people, and often for good reason: many times, it&rsquo;s the legitimacy of seeing someone even talk about or mention tough issues in a public role that means a lot. I can dig why these people became heroes, even if I disagree with a lot of what they did. They&rsquo;re not my heroes, but I can see how they would be for others. To you all: keep being awesome, thanks for the visibility, and I&rsquo;m only sorry that we don&rsquo;t see eye to eye on all things :o)</p>
<p>Cheers.</p>
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