Dua Lipa has mirrored on her LGBTQ+ allyship, telling Trixie Mattel that “life is far more enjoyable with the gays”.
The Grammy award-winner has lengthy been an outspoken LGBTQ+ ally, criticising Qatar for its monitor report on human rights within the lead as much as the 2022 FIFA World Cup and calling out fellow artist DaBaby, who collaborated on the remix for her monitor “Levitating”, for making homophobic feedback.
The ‘Houdini’ hitmaker — who’s rumoured to be courting fellow actor Callum Turner — was interviewed by the RuPaul’s Drag Race star on 18 March forward of her upcoming album Radical Optimism. The pair tried their hand at portray the long-lasting album artwork, which sees Lipa going through off with a shark within the water.
Amongst discussing her friendship with homosexual artist Troye Sivan within the 2024 interview, Mattel additionally took a second to replicate on the Barbie star’s assist of queer followers and mates.
“So, you’re surrounded by the gays,” Mattel started. “At what level in your life did you realise you must settle for, ‘homosexual males are going to be round me ceaselessly.’”
To this, Lipa responded: “I simply like it. There was no ‘accepting’ — I used to be in it. Life is far more enjoyable with the gays!”
Final yr, the singer shared her perception into LGBTQ+ hate, sharing a robust message in assist of the “free, true and proud” queer group.
Throughout an unique interview with Vogue France, the singer reaffirmed her assist for the queer group.
“Homophobia and transphobia are neighbours of misogyny,” she instructed the publication. “Many individuals, deep down, are simply afraid of themselves.
“The liberty of others forces them to come back to phrases with one thing they’re too scared to specific. The great thing about a free, true and proud being paralyses them.”
Many followers have praised the British-Albanian star for her highly effective phrases.
“She’s 100 per cent proper,” one fan agreed on the time. “Homophobes [and] transphobes seethe at the truth that queer and trans individuals are capable of do what they may by no means be capable to, which is stay life on their very own phrases and for THEMSELVES.”