Lady Gaga Says She Wanted to ‘Be Protective and Loving’ to the Trans Community with 2025 Grammys Speech

Supporting the LGBTQ+ community remains a priority for Lady Gaga.

In a new interview on the iHeartPodcast show Las Culturistas, the “Born This Way” superstar, 38, reflected on speaking out in support of the transgender community while accepting the best pop duo/group performance award at the 2025 Grammys for “Die with a Smile” with Bruno Mars.

During the Feb. 2 ceremony at the Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles, Gaga concluded her speech by telling the crowd, “I just want to say tonight that trans people are not invisible. Trans people deserve love. The queer community deserves to be lifted up.”

The longtime LGBTQ+ advocate told Las Culturistas hosts Bowen Yang and Matt Rogers the powerful moment was an “absolute privilege” for her.

“I promised myself that if I won a Grammy that night, I was gonna say something that was in support of something that is so, so important, which is to be protective and loving to a community that is experiencing violence,” she said.

“It’s my privilege to be a part of this community, and it’s the language that we speak to each other,” added Gaga, directing her attention to queer people. “Thank you for teaching me so much about the world. I couldn’t be the person that I am without the stories of all of the people that I’ve met — and their authenticity and their realness.”

The “Abracadabra” artist spoke about having “so many gay friends” who share their “truth” with her, which she sees as “a real gift.”

“This is my privilege to be a part of [the LGBTQ+ community], and I know I wouldn’t be the same,” continued Gaga, before declaring Born This Way as “easily my favorite album that I ever created.”

Released in 2012, the album — and especially its title track — served to uplift and celebrate LGBTQ+ people and drew from Gaga’s own experiences with them in its lyrics.

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“Born This Way was a mixture of the inspiration of the queer community, my love of the queer community, as well as this techno-rock, electro-rock, underground New York metal scene that I was a part of,” she said. “That blender is truly what makes me me, and it still is.”

Gaga, whose new album Mayhem is out now, then declared, “I think this is an important time for us all to be real with each other and ask for what we need from each other.”

Las Culturistas is presented by iHeartMedia and Will Ferrell’s Big Money Players Network.