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Lady Gaga performs amazing rendition of ‘Imagine’ at gay rights fundraiser [video]

People of the nation
Are you listening?
It isn’t equal if it’s sometimes
I want a real democracy

Imagine all the people
Could love equally…

Some of the customized lyrics performed by pop music phenom, Lady Gaga, of John Lennon’s “Imagine” that did for the Human Rights Campaign‘s “National Dinner” in Washington, DC, Saturday, October 10. (via YouTube)


”All my friends, growing up, were gay. Tonight was a very, very special moment for all of us. And I respect and love everyone that works with HRC and wanted to be a representative for the young community of gay men and women and transgendered and bisexual, that will becoming tomorrow at the March. So, I want to be the voice of young people…. President Obama gave us an incredible, incredible speech where he took a stand against hatred and inequality and that’s what tonight is about. And tomorrow’s march is ever so more important.

Lady Gaga speaking with a reporter after her appearance at the Human Rights Campaign‘s “National Dinner” — a fundraiser for the organization’s work on GLBT rights. (OurSceneTV)

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