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Gaga Bags LGBT Hero Award
Lady Gaga is to be awarded the Trevor Project’s Hero Award for her LGBT advocacy work.
The Trevor Project - the leading US organisation providing crisis intervention and suicide prevention services to lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and questioning (LGBTQ) community - will honour Lady Gaga for being an inspiration to youth and increasing visibility and understanding of the LGBTQ community.
"Our young people are at the centre of a health crisis, and vocal leaders like Lady Gaga and technology leaders like Google Inc. have stepped up to help change our culture," David McFarland, interim executive director and CEO of the Trevor Project, said in a statement.
"Our honourees are working with The Trevor Project to make a better today and a brighter tomorrow for youth. We are proud to honour Lady Gaga with the Trevor Hero Award and Google Inc. with the Trevor 2020 award for their work to help young people express their true selves with pride."
Former Trevor Hero winners include Daniel Radcliffe, Nathan Lane, Vanessa Williams and Oscar-winning Milk screenwriter Dustin Lance Black.
The ‘Born This Way' singer will receive the award at a ceremony on December 4 at the Hollywood Palladium.