This weekend is an especially significant one in New York City — in addition to being NYC Pride, it’s the 50th anniversary of the riots at the Stonewall Inn in Greenwich Village, an event that many credit with sparking the modern LGBTQ rights movement. Many musicians are marking the occasions with performances, speeches or messages of support on social media.
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Lady Gaga delivered a passionate speech at Stonewall on Friday (June 28), declaring she would “take a bullet” for the LGBTQ community, while Nicki Minaj reflected on her first Pride performance in Atlanta and Brandi Carlile took to social media to “commemorate the brave activists who encouraged a generation to fight for change.”
Check out all the posts below.
I did my 1st pride concert in ATL like 10 years ago & I’ll never, EVER get over it. The energy in the room was like nothing I’d ever experienced b4. — I thank you & love you for all the love & support you’ve shown me. God bless my babies.
— MEGATRON (@NICKIMINAJ) June 29, 2019
Can’t Believe It’s 50 YRS SINCE STONEWALL —-.Don’t Have Anything Witty Or Smart 2 Say..actually I’m in tears
writing this–.U HAVE FOUGHT SO LONG,BEEN SO STRONG,IM BEAMING WITH PRIDE–. WE HAVE HAD EACH OTHERS BACKS SINCE I WAS 9.WE WILL CONTINUE 2 WALK THE ROAD 2GETHER.
— Cher (@cher) June 28, 2019
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Bi/Pan PRIDE —- https://t.co/TdMjrUwvVh— Janelle Monáe, Cindi (@JanelleMonae) July 1, 2019
some of y’all already know, some of y’all don’t care, some of y’all not gone fwm no more. but before this month ends i want y’all to listen closely to c7osure. —-? pic.twitter.com/O9krBLllqQ
— nope (@LilNasX) June 30, 2019
HAPPY PRIDE DAY I LOVE YOU GUYS???????????? — ————
— camila (@Camila_Cabello) June 29, 2019
HAPPY WORLDPRIDE NYC
This is our world and it’s beautiful
I wanna survive together
I see rainbows
I see tomorrow
I see us sending rainbow love
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love, yoko#LOVEISLOVE #PRIDE #PRIDE2019 #PRIDEMONTH #WORLDPRIDENYC #NYCPRIDE #STONEWALL50 pic.twitter.com/brsATlkf9s— Yoko Ono (@yokoono) June 29, 2019
Happy Pride to straight girls only who are gonna be abandoned today by their blackout gays w dick mode activated. pic.twitter.com/VLP98ntw9s
— Trixie Mattel (@trixiemattel) June 29, 2019
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Happy Pride! Stay organized! #Pride2019 pic.twitter.com/7572qQhhDo
— The Magnetic Fields (@TheMagFields) June 29, 2019
#FBF 1973 4th Pride Event, Washington Square Park, NYC… and 46 years later, still in the trenches for LGBTQ rights. Or as I like to call ‘em, human rights! i’ll be staying up late to drop by Saturday Night – Pride Main Event at Javits Center to get the celebration started right. pic.twitter.com/EsDvQ2liwl
— Bette Midler (@BetteMidler) June 28, 2019
EVERY MONTH IS PRIDE MONTH BITCH!!!!!!!! ——–
— Charli (@charli_xcx) June 29, 2019
happy pride from me & the pink — pic.twitter.com/GLlLCUKVbQ
— Ben Platt (@BenSPLATT) June 29, 2019
Happy #PRIDE my friends! I know that some people reading this will have endured a lot of pain and struggle in their life purely for the freedom to be themselves. I’m full of respect and admiration for you, because it takes a type of bravery most of us may never have to summon. 1 pic.twitter.com/1bbNa3khAk
— MARINA (@MarinaDiamandis) June 30, 2019
Hope and love last longer. The #HamFam at #HamiltonBway is wrapping up this year’s #Pride tradition. (– + –: @iLLluminatiNYC) pic.twitter.com/uKhek8NRVj
— Hamilton (@HamiltonMusical) June 30, 2019
Happy #Pride to our LGBTQ+ fans and friends and family. We celebrate Love and we celebrate you!! pic.twitter.com/nJqR1Du59B
— Sugarland (@Sugarlandmusic) June 30, 2019
Happy PRIDE to us all! Pride is Love and Equality and Fun and Hard Work and Acceptance and Friendship and Hope and Beauty! #pride pic.twitter.com/cRCd3cVNMV
— Regina Spektor (@respektor) June 30, 2019
Couldn’t be more proud to be involved with @LOVELOUDfest From the second @DanReynolds called and asked me to join the team, I was in. Looking forward to playing in the heat in a few hours and raising money for LGBTQ youth. #pride #TurnUpTheLove https://t.co/2Q4P0uPd6c
— Tegan and Sara (@teganandsara) June 29, 2019
Saturday Night’s Alright for #PRIDE! Celebrate #WorldPride with #Rocketman in theatres now.https://t.co/mElmDKTEaY pic.twitter.com/8UByy2TdTb
— Elton John (@eltonofficial) June 29, 2019
OMGGG STONEWALL!!! –?– I feel so honored, so welcomed, so much gratitude. to be able to show you love and for you to SHOW ME LOVE back! @whoopigoldberg announced me, @thatonequeen surprise revealed me —- , #YvesMathieu WOW’d me! I’m still letting it all sink in! Happy #pride!! pic.twitter.com/KhWJju8EkL
— Alicia Keys (@aliciakeys) June 29, 2019
Happy pride to everyone, yes, everyone. On days like this we laugh, stand proud, share our peccadillos, fashion triumphs and mistakes. We ask for tolerance and we give tolerance. We were perfectly created and we are perfectly creative. Not better. Not worse. Just ‘Other! #Pride
— Boy George (@BoyGeorge) June 29, 2019
“Do not swear by the moon, for she changes constantly. then your love would also change.” Playing Romeo and Juliet for @papermagazine #pride https://t.co/xj8598LxqK pic.twitter.com/SLXV1IaHaR
— Carly Rae Jepsen (@carlyraejepsen) June 28, 2019
‘Love is bigger….’ #Love #Pride pic.twitter.com/x8nET8dtZ2
— U2 (@U2) June 28, 2019
LOVE always come first. ……………. Happy PRide!!! —————- #whoa #worldpridenyc #stonewall50 #davidbanda #mercyjames pic.twitter.com/ABuVOsfpMT
— Madonna (@Madonna) June 30, 2019
Last day of pride. — pic.twitter.com/8XeCSIAEsF
— blink-182 (@blink182) June 30, 2019
Hello NYC! On the @AMFAR/@NeimanMarcus Float for #WorldPride! Wave if you see me! –??——– #pride #stonewall50 pic.twitter.com/SaxdPL62Rd
— Victoria Justice (@VictoriaJustice) June 30, 2019