‘We spend so much time chastising what other people do in the darkness of their bedrooms that we forget that love is a part of our souls’
To celebrate LGBT Pride Month, some of the world’s most high profile musicians, including Britney Spears, Elton John and Selena Gomez, have written love letters to the LGBTQ community. These gorgeous tributes have all been published on Billboard.com.
One of the musicians taking part in the project is none other than pop goddess Lauren Jauregui of Fifth Harmony fame. All the letters are wonderful and well worth a read, but Lauren’s stands out as being particularly in-depth and heartfelt. One thing’s for sure, this woman knows how to pen a stellar open letter.
She begins:
“I think one of the most defining moments of learning to find true self-acceptance was when I put it into a piece I wrote for Billboard those months ago. The Trump Campaign was really my breaking point as a bisexual Cuban female artist.
I incorporated those four particular adjectives because they were all parts of me that I felt were being stripped away, questioned, threatened, and even invalidated by the continuous slew of ignorant conversation that his administration has been allowed to push.”
She goes on to discuss the Trump campaign and how it affected her.
“The way in which his campaign was run scared me. His obvious misogyny, his homophobia, his dismissal of the arts, and his incessant ideology pushing of minority communities as terrorists, rapists, and criminals truly made me feel terrified for my future and the future of the children growing up in this world right now. It made me wonder if people really felt this way; and when he won, it truly broke my heart.”
She speaks candidly about her feelings as a bisexual woman.
“It made me come to terms with the fact that the part of me that loved women was invalidated and that she was an important part of my story and who I was. Accepting her in one sentence within the context of a whole political commentary being what caught the world’s attention made me realise how scandalous it still is as a concept for humans to connect with their souls.
“The fascination humanity has with sex and who’s engaging in it and what other people do when they engage in it amazes me. We spend so much time chastising what other people do in the darkness of their bedrooms that we forget that love is a part of our souls and it can be felt on a grand spectrum of truth. Anyone can love anyone and we should all be loving each other, not looking for reasons to segregate and invalidate one another.”
Her final message is one of hope.
“When I set out on my goal to help fix this mess whatever way I could five years ago through art, I couldn’t have ever imagined my journey would pan out the way it has, but I’m grateful for every moment and am proud to be who I am. I am even more grateful to live in a generation where there seems to truly be an awakening to the understanding of love and how much it can heal us all, especially in the youth. I know I’ve helped my fans in my own way to come to terms with themselves, love themselves and each other and that’s truly where this whole healing process starts for me.”
Lauren, you glorious bisexual Cuban female artist, could we love you any more right now?
