Ariana Grande pens open love letter to LGBT+ community

Ariana Grande has penned an open lover letter to the LGBT+ community in celebration of Pride Month. Appearing in Billboard, she wrote that she owes much of her career to the “infectious… joy and love that the LGBTQ community exudes.” Apart from growing up with an older gay brother – Frankie Grande who recently appeared on RuPaul’s Drag Race – Grande remembers sneaking off to New York gay bars when she was in the Broadway musical 13 in 2008.

“I was taught to do my makeup by queens in gay bars in New York City,” she writes. “I made my Broadway debut at 14 years old and did 8 shows a week but there was never a night I was too tired to run to a gay bar and do a quick Whitney cover before bed.”

The No Tears Left to Cry singer continues:

My music being embraced and celebrated by the LGBTQ community is all I ever truly cared about when I thought about my career goals early on. There’s no award I could win or accolade I could receive that would fulfill me more than seeing a 6-foot queen with a 4-foot ponytail walk into my meet n greet and say “hey girl” or meeting a young queer person at Starbucks and them letting me know that my music has helped them become who they are. Literally nothing.

Love is like music. It knows no boundaries and isn’t exclusive to any one gender, sexuality, race, religion, age or creed. It’s a freedom and a delicious luxury that all people should be able to sink into and enjoy every moment of.

I am eternally indebted to and inspired by the LGBTQ community. I hope to create anthems for you that wrap you up with comfort and make you get your best life for as long as I live. Thank you for celebrating me the way I celebrate you.

I love you forever.

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