10 Times Lady Gaga Has Successfully Proved She's A Gay Icon

We all know Gaga is the pop queen of the LGBT community, but how did she reach that status? Take a trip down memory lane and check out some of her best moments.

1. Yelling at Obama in front of 200,000 Americans.

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"ARE YOU LISTENING?!!!??" She asked him, addressing LGBT rights at the National Equality March in 2009. Turns out he was... Unless you've been living under a rock, you'll know America is one step closer to equality.. Gay marriage is now legal in every state!

2. This iconic moment at her Monster Ball Tour.

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At all of her shows during the flawlessly successful Monster Ball Tour, (literally over 200... How did she not get bored? Surely there's only so many times she can cover herself in blood live on stage...) Gaga took a second to remind the thousands of screaming monsters that they were all born superstars. What a queen.

3. "The Prime Rib of America".

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Gaga made a brilliant speech at a rally in Maine called "The Prime Rib of America" in 2010, stating that being equal is America's prime rib but the LGBT community is not able to enjoy it because of the rights they are held back from.

4. That time she wore meat AND brought discharged LGBT soldiers to the VMAs in 2010.

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Gaga arrived at 2010's MTV Video Music Awards flanking a group of soldiers discharged as a result of the "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" law that basically banned soldiers from being openly gay in the army.

Ps... That law has been overturned now.

5. Shutting down a Westboro Baptist Church Member.

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A protestor outside Gaga's Monster Ball show didn't stop her from sassing him. He gave her a "get out of Hell free" card, to which she wondered, "if it's this easy to get out of Hell, why don't we just print up a bunch of these cards?"

6. Born This Way - The Song

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Need we say more?

7. Born This Way - The Album

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A whole album devoted to being yourself...

Again... Need we say more?!

8. Literally asking Russia to arrest her.

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At her Born This Way Ball Tour in Russia, Gaga was outraged at the increasing laws against the LGBT community, and made it very obvious by screaming "ARREST ME RUSSIA... I DON'T GIVE A F***!!!"... She thinks she's probably not allowed back.

9. The Born This Way Foundation.

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Gaga and her mum Cynthia set up a movement called The Born This Way Foundation. The launch took place at Harvard University, and OPRAH was there!

The Foundation continues to raise funds for troubled LGBT youth and gay rights, and the Born Brave Bus followed Gaga around on tour, a safe haven for fans to get information and meet other people in their community.

10. When she made this rad speech at NYC Pride in 2013.

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"We are not a niche. We are part, a big giant part of humanity. It's time for us to be mainstream."

Gaga dazzled the crowd in her first appearance since her not-so-hip slip up at her Born This Way Ball tour, proving she still had it by empowering the revellers and slaying a rendition of 'Star Spangled Banner'.

Lady Gaga has really solidified her place in the music industry by not only breaking the rules of pop music and performance but also by really amplifying her love of the gay community.

Paws up, queen!