Lady Gaga's Intersex Rumors Explained

Lady Gaga's struggling with Intersex rumors became tabloid fodder in 2009, as an unflattering image taken during a performance would become widely circulated on the internet. Before Gucci and a Star is Born, Gaga was shutting down rumors that she was intersex / hermaphrodite.

1. Lady Gaga & The Intersex Theory

2. Background

3. In 2009, Gaga was performing at Glastonbury Festival in the U.K., when an unflattering image of her taken from the concert was posted online. The image showed the popstar, where excessive material had gathered around her crotch, giving the allusion she had male genitalia. Sources Remember when Lady Gaga Had a Penis? VLACO ( Youtube ) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2j_2KClFli8 LGBTQ+ fans thanked Lady Gaga for her response to ‘penis rumors’ in resurfaced interview Gillan Lasic (Inquirer) https://pop.inquirer.net/91478/lgbtq-fans-commend-lady-gaga -penis-rumor-hermaphrodite-interview How did it Begin?

4. Before Gaga’s role in a Star is Born and Gucci, she was a much publicized popstar. Therefore, rumors of her being intersex flooded social media. As users investigated the images further, making fun of Gaga in the process. The media took hold of the rumor, and reposted the social media reaction, pushing the rumour into the mainstream. Queety Staff ( Queerty ) https://www.queerty.com/is-lady-gaga-the-worlds-most-famous- intersexed-pop-diva-20090807 The Fallout

5. It is commonly assumed that the rumor had so much staying power due to Gaga’s ridiculous costuming and publicity stunts. Due to her batting, people were inclined to believe the rumor not out of any true belief that it was real, but of glee that it could be. Alas, Gaga attended the Grammy Awards as an alien coming from an egg, therefore, a rumor that she was intersex would fall within her outrage-based personality. Remember when Lady Gaga Had a Penis? VLACO ( Youtube ) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2j_2KClFli8 Why?

6. The public response was user created memes poking fun at the popstar, and tongue-in-cheek discussions. Katy Perry (fellow popstar of “I Kissed a Girl” and “California Gurls” fame) commented that it was a publicity stunt, that Gaga put something in her “knickers”. However, it would be later debated of whether Perry said this at all. Originating from U.K’s Dailymail , the word “knickers” is a British phrase and Perry is an American. Also, Gaga and her manager denied the rumors, so if it was a stunt, surely that would at least no say anything to keep the momentum going. Katy Perry calls Lady Gaga Hermaphrodite Rumors “Calculated” (James Montgomery) MTV News http://www.mtv.com/news/1619042/katy-perry-calls-lady-gaga- hermaphrodite-rumors-calculated/ Response

7. The response to the rumors demonstrates the public’s fascination and morbid curiosity for individuals that go beyond the male and female architypes. Indeed, it was only a few years prior when tabloids were portraying ”The First Man to be Pregnant!” – a transgender man who stocked taking testosterone for a couple of months and was able become pregnant. An intersex female with male genitalia demonstrates a contradiction of normal male/female anatomy and drew people’s attention to the subject. What does it all Mean?

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