Doechii, Becky G, Lauren Jauregui unpack bond between pop girls & gays
| 04/03/25
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The relationship between the pop girlies and the gays is sacred.
(L-R) Lauren Jauregui; Doechii; Becky G
Kathy Hutchins/Shutterstock; Michael Buckner/Billboard via Getty Images; Richard Harbaugh/A.M.P.A.S. via Getty ImagesThe relationship between the pop girlies and the gays is sacred. Oftentimes, the LGBTQ+ is uplifting women in the music industry long before they push into the mainstream. Just look at Chappell Roan! Sabrina Carpenter! Doechii! The list goes on and on and on and spans across the history of music.
The gays know how to pick 'em. And they show love for us in return!
Out caught up with some of our favorite female singers and rappers on the red carpet for the Billboard Women in Music Awards and posed the question: "when was the first time you realized the LGBTQ+ community had your back, whether that was at a show or in your private life?"
The girls showed out with some stunning answers and love for the community.
Scroll through to read what artists like Erykah Badu, Becky G, Ari Lennox, Muni Long, Doechii, Lauren Jauregui — among others — told Out about bonding with their gay fans!
Becky G
"Who are we without our gay fans? Who are we? No one!"
"When someone else lives their most authentic life, it's magnetic. It's so powerful. You don't even realize that you being yourself can literally change other peopler's lives. I didn't know I was doing that for others the same way they were doing that for me. From 'singing in the shower days' to 'Becky on the Block' if you really want to take it back, my gay fans are everything to me. The LGBTQ+ community, whether it was in film, TV, or music, I've always been matched with support and the energy and that's something you can't take for granted."
Muni Long
"Most of my close friends are in the LGBTQ+ community. I just see people. But it's definitely the gays... actually at my first show ever in LA, this lesbian couple got engaged at my show right in the front. I was like, 'ooh!' When I was singing 'Hrs & Hrs,' she got down on one knee. If it wasn't for them, especially because they thought 'Hrs & Hrs' was a sapphic love song... I was like y'all, there's no E! There's no E. It's not 'Hers and Hers,' it's 'Hrs & Hrs.' Love the kids."
Tanner Adell
"When I have shows, the gays bring it. The gays bring it every time. There's so many asless chaps, and that's exactly that's exactly what I dreamed of, you know?"
Catie Turner
"The gays are culture. They will humble you. And you need them. Bitch, if you have no gay fans, something's wrong. You have no taste."
"The gays have been there for me since middle school bitch. We were all in the back of the auditorium. They've been holding it down for me in my personal life. Honestly, without them, I just wouldn't have fun. The amount of times they will just clock me on having a wonky eye, like thank you. No, but I love them. They make it all worth it. They're culture. If you want to be a pop star, you have to love the gays."
Queen Naija
"My stylist is gay. They be getting me right. I really understand. They get it."
Rico Nasty
"I've always loved the gays. I remember in elementary school I had a gay bestie and his name was Aaron. He just the sweetest person ever and I'd be like, 'stop! Leave Aaron alone!' I would actually get mad when people would try to talk bad about him. I feel like I've always been an ally. I love the theys and the gays. Especially at the shows, it does range from city to city, but you know, San Fran get down. I love San Francisco. I just did my first pride last year. I just feel like they're a huge part of the community from what we do in dance to hair to fashion. I love the gays."
Maggie Lindemann
"It always feels good to have support, especially in this community. We're a closeknit community. It's just fun. I'm glad we can all have fun together."
Siiickbrain
"I do it all for the girls and the gays."
Ledisi
"It's how I learned how to do my makeup, doing theater. The freedom of just going to a nightclub to dance and be free. I waited tables and afterwards, my friends would take me out. 'Girl, come on to this club.' That's when I got familiar with dance music. I learned about Sylvester, I learned about all these bigger artists. I was like, oh my God, what have I been missing? Because all I heard was R&B and gospel growing up. To go and hear all that R&B and gospel and dancing, it was so beautiful. The theater world introduced me to a whole other world that I could never ignore."
JoJo Siwa
"When I came out! When I came out, the community became my family. I've obviously always loved and supported the LGBTQIA community, but now more than ever, they're my babies! They're my people!"
Snow Wife
"Day one. I think that's my whole community honestly. That's the community I started making music for. They started rooting for me day one, thank God."
Ari Lennox
"I've been noticed how beautiful the LGBTQ community has been to me. This one time, it was overly apparent. That Orlando show on the A/S/L tour. I am loved. This is amazing. I want this every night of my life. And always. It's always beautiful people helping me out behind the scenes, but that was a vibe. It was a happy, beautiful moment."
Kiana Ledé
"My relationship with the community, I don't know how I could describe it because it feels so deep. I've always been somebody that's sat in room and been in environments with people who are seen as different and are part of the LGBTQIOA+ community. I've always felt more comfortable in those spaces. There's no judgment in those rooms and that makes me feel so happy. I feel this deep, deep love for this community. Also, I'm a part of the community."
Inayah
"Honey, the LGBTQ community love them some Inayah. And I love them. Seriously, I think they might be at least 70% if not more of my fanbase. They show up for me every single time and I love them. I cherish them, very much so."
Flyana Boss
"It's always been there. Even when we were smaller, we've always had the gay community. We're here, we're queer, and we out here! It's always been that. We don't know what it's like without it. It's like breathing. Our music, we really make it for the girls, the gays, and the theys. We wouldn't have it any other way."
Lauren Jauregui
"Definitely in the group [Fifth Harmony]. The gays were feral. Especially the women. They clocked me before I clocked myself. Let's be honest. Lesbiahonest. They are such a core part of my support team in this world. They've always seen my heart. They've always seen my fierceness as an asset. They've always just honored me in that way. I love my queers. My queers and my girls!
Lu Kala
"I've been kind of lucky, just in the way that the gays have always welcomed me. We go together real bad. I never had to fake the funk. That's just who I was since I was a child. I was like, you're a bad bitch, I'm a bad bitch, let's be bad together. I'm just grateful that everytime I perform, I do see a sea of the gays. They're reppin for me. Even this past year, I got to guest premiere on Canada's Drag Race. It was so nice seeing tweets before it came out that were saying, 'we would like to see Lu Kala be a guest judge' and they didn't know! It made me happy because they gays always ride for me. So Imma ride for them."
Doechii
"When I went to fine arts school, Blake High School, that was my first time experiencing the support and being surrounded by so many queer people. And them embracing me as queer. And us just being fabulous and extremely talented together! We can't help it!"
Laila
"It's crazy because I just started my first tour in the U.S. and I just noticed that there's this random rainbow of people in my audience that I never could expect. Old people, young people, gay people, straight people. That's something I'm really proud of because I don't make music for just one kind of person. When I first started making music, I never thought about what my supporters would look like. I never thought about having supporters. Now that I'm able to see them, I love that it's everybody."
Erykah Badu
"You know what, I never even thought to separate the people who show up for me, you know, because they all have eyes. We're looking at each other and we're breathing together and when we become one living breathing organism, we forget we're gay or Black or Catholic or short or tall or any of that. I would like to say that I do see it and I acknowledge it and I love you all. We just want to be ourselves and that's what I try to encourage at the show and I hope that I continue to do that for gays."
