Then it was Joseph, a boy in my choir class who kissed me a few weeks before eighth grade ended. Then it was Jackson, the nerd-jock crossover of my wildest dreams. I had a crush on Christian, a charming boy in my grade with mischievous eyes and a perpetual smirk.
“Born This Way” also came out around the same time I did, at least to myself. It’s also a monumental LGBTQ anthem in which Gaga embraces her bisexuality and affirms other LGBTQ identities, singing “I’m beautiful in my way / ‘Cause God makes no mistakes / I’m on the right track, baby I was born this way.” Lady Gaga’s “Born This Way” is a bop - it topped charts in 25 countries and became one of the best-selling singles of all time.
