| A lot of people are afraid to say what
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| | Manhattan to pursue a career as a
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| they want. That's why they don't get what
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| | professional dancer. Upon her arrival,
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| they want. - Madonna
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| | some of the first people she befriended
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| Poor is the man whose pleasures depend on
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| | were drag queens and gay rentboys.
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| the permission of another. Madonna
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| | After the launch of her music career and
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| Madonna isn't happy with the "boring"
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| | her entry into public consciousness,
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| movie roles she's lately been offered.
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| | Madonna began to solidify her reputation
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| Casting, she complains, sees her as the
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| | as a gay icon. In the 1980s, Madonna was
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| mother of a "truculent teenage daughter."
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| | one of the first major celebrities to
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| "Mom" (real life mother of two) sees
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| | lend her support to AIDS causes. Many of
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| herself as the truculent one. She's that
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| | her friends and inspirations, such as her
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| and more - this always cutting-edge
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| | ballet teacher Christopher Flynn, artist
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| artist is "frighteningly" good at being
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| | Keith Haring, and photographer Herb Ritts
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| anything she wants to be.
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| | - as well as her brother Christopher -
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| Madonna Louise Ciccone Ritchie (born
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| | are gay males, and some of them have died
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| August 16, 1958), better known as
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| | of AIDS. The song "In This Life" from her
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| Madonna, is an American pop
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| | fith studio album, Erotica, is about the
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| singer-songwriter, dancer, record, film
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| | loss of Madonna's (gay) friends to AIDS,
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| producer, actress and a fashion icon. She
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| | containing the line, "Have you ever
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| is a multiple Grammy and Golden
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| | watched your best friend die?"
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| Globe-award winner, known for her
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| | One of Madonna's biggest hits, 1990's
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| ambitious music videos, stage
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| | "Vogue", is a song in tribute to the
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| performances and use of political,
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| | underground dance form known as vogueing
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| sexual, and religious themes in her work.
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| | which first found popularity in gay bars
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| Madonna is sometimes referred to as "the
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| | and discos of New York City. "Deeper and
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| Material Girl" or "Queen of Pop" in the
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| | Deeper," a 1992 hit about a young man's
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| media.
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| | coming out, featured a small reprise of
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| Since her debut in 1982, Madonna has
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| | "Vogue".
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| released many chart-topping albums and
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| | In 2003 Madonna kissed Britney Spears and
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| singles, and has sold more than 200
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| | Christina Aguilera onstage at the MTV
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| million albums worldwide. Billboard
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| | Video Music Awards. According to Out
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| reported that her 2006 Confessions Tour
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| | Madonna shrugs off the attention the act
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| holds the record for the top-grossing
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| | garnered and her daughter Lourdes'
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| concert tour by a female artist.
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| | reaction to it (Lourdes told her mother
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| According to both the 2007 Guinness Book
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| | people call the pop star gay and the girl
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| of Records, and Billboard, she is the top
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| | has gained more consciousness of the gay
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| earning female singer. Madonna is the
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| | community). "I kind of assume everything
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| richest female singer in the world, and
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| | I do is going to appeal to the gay
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| one of the richest self-made women in the
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| | audience. I'm just a big queen... it just
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| world, with an estimated net worth of
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| | means I kissed Britney Spears. I am the
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| over $850 million. On September 27, 2007,
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| | mommy pop star and she is the baby pop
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| she was nominated for induction into the
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| | star. And I am kissing her and passing my
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| Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. In 2001, the
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| | energy onto her. Like, kind of a
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| Guinness Book of World Records listed
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| | mythological fairy tale", Madonna stated
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| Madonna as the "Worlds Most-successful
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| | of the incident.
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| Female Musician".
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| | Madonna has been named by The Advocate as
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| Madonna was introduced to the gay
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| | the biggest gay icon of all time over
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| community while still a teenager. It was
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| | such icons as Judy Garland and Cher. To
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| her ballet teacher, Christopher Flynn, a
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| | this day, Madonna's gay following is one
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| gay man, who first told Madonna that she
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| | of the most loyal segments of her
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| was beautiful. He also introduced her to
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| | audience. While her popularity among
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| the local gay community of Detroit,
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| | certain other communities (like the
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| Michigan, often taking her to local gay
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| | African American and Hispanic
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| bars. It is Flynn who encouraged Madonna
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| | communities, for example) has fluctuated
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| to walk away from her full scholarship to
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| | over the years, her gay following seems
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| the University of Michigan and move to
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| | to stay strongly intact.
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