We heart Cyndi Lauper. And she hearts us.

In a recent interview for the Times, Cyndi couldn’t stop talking about how much she loved the gay community, and how much she didn’t appreciate George Bush’s homophobia:

Lauper told the Times always felt a part of the gay community, despite being straight. “My sister was gay, my best friends were gay, so I figured I had to be gay,” explained Lauper. “So I did everything they did. I tried kissing girls. But it didn’t feel right for me and eventually I was forced to come out as a heterosexual.”

In 2007 Lauper launched the True Colours tour to raise awareness of homophobia. In 2008 the tour included Tegan and Sara, The B52s, Regina Spektor, Andy Bell of Erasure, Joan Jett and the Blackhearts and the Indigo Girls.

“This community for me is my beloved community,” said Lauper. “This is not a money-making venture. I have been running with this community all my life, and when I hear people like George Bush talk about the gay community being antiAmerican it makes my blood boil.

“The guy who saved the White House, one of the heroes who crashed that plane on 9/11, was gay – the rugby player Mark Bingham, who died on United 93. And does Bush ever mention that? Does he fuck! That gay guy saved his lousy ass.

“And this guy who says he prays to God, this guy who promotes hate and fear, this guy we call our President . . . This guy is the true antiAmerican.”

Brilliantly, Lauper even corrected the language of the Times’ journalist interviewing her, when he said Cyndi was ‘very popular with the gays’.  “I hate that expression,” she fired back. “Like they are not quite real people.”

We love you Cyndi.

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