Lady Gaga reveals she decided not to dispel transgender rumours so others would not feel shame

At the start of her career, Lady Gaga faced a whole load of rumours that she was transgender. There were pages set up, posting photographs of her crotch, trying to figure out whether or not she was a man. Even in interviews, she never answered the question.

“When I was in my early 20s there was a rumour that I was a man,” Gaga said to Bill Gates, referencing the situation. “I went all over the world. I traveled for tours and for promoting my records and almost every interview I sat in they said … there was this imagery on the internet that had been doctored … they’d say, ‘There’s rumours that you’re a man. What do you have to say about that?'”

Lady Gaga reveals she never spoke out against rumors of being transgender so that others would not feel shame:

“What about a kid who is being accused of that who would think that a public figure like me would feel shame? I’ve been in situations where fixing a rumor was not in… pic.twitter.com/mOg8WmDQKj

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Detailing why she never gave a firm answer on the rumours, she continued: "I didn’t feel like a victim with that lie and I thought: What about a kid who is being accused of that who would think that a public figure like me would feel shame?”

“I’ve been in situations where fixing a rumour was not in the best interest of the well being of other people. In that case, I tried to be thought provoking and disruptive in another way. I tried to use the misinformation to create another disruptive point...I’ve been used to lies being printed about me since I was 20 years old. I’m a performer. I think it’s kind of funny.”