A lot of friends of mine always ask me: "Why do you like Lady Gaga so much?" Now I am here to tell you what I told them. Back in 2009, I was just a 10-years-old kid, but I was already living a REALLY big mess. I grew up in a Catholic family and my father was (and still is) very "macho". I was thought to like girls, because it was the righ thing, and I was always pressured to find a girlfriend, but my attempts were always unsuccessful. Meanwhile, here comes a woman singing with a flaming bra. I just stared at it, shocked with that shit. I had NEVER seen something like that before. I sought to know who was she and her name got stuck in my head for days. Lady Gaga. Lady Gaga. Lady Gaga. Who the hell is she? This songs are soooo cool... How did I had never listen to this before? As time goes by, I watched from far the highest points of her career, while I still tried to be a perfect straight boy. I couldn't like other boys. It was wrong. It was a sin. And my family would never accept a gay son. Well, continuing. There was the big explosion of Bad Romance in the whole world (everybody in my school talked about that), the EPIC Telephone video with my darling Queen B, and the polemic of Alejandro. As a fool child, I started to notice that was something special about this girl. All the other singers did things that looked like. It was like listening to the same music although you had already changed the disc. They all wanted to be sexy, cute, perfect and... normal. And that bitch was doing something completely different! She wore sunglasses at night, she went out wearing nothing but a swimsuit, a hood and high heels, she had lyrics we couldn't understand just reading them, and I can't forget to mention that FUCKING MEAT DRESS. And then, in February 2011, I did my daily visit to YouTube and came across a huge advertising. LADY GAGA - BOTN THIS WAY. Another great hit, I imagined. So I clicked the link, and went for watching the brand new video and listen to the new song for the first time. I still don't understand what happened with me at that moment. My english wasn't as good as it is today, so I couldn't understand most part of the lyrics. But there was something in that music that made my leg shake, and my whole body shiver. And it was such a gorgeous videoclip. After watching it for other 7 times, I looked for the translated lyrics. And then I discovered there was someone in the world who would love me the way I was. After all, I was born this way. And after that day, I started to love and idolize that crazy gril with horns in her face and shoulders. And I was there when Judas leaked online. And when everybody thought Yüyi would be in the TEOG video. And when she came to Brazil but I couldn't see her, and cried for 3 months. And when she injured herself while doing the BTWB, but came back like a phoenix twice: Releasing ARTPOP and the G.U.Y FLAWLESS video. Fuck the charts. This is ART. So, it was in February 2011 that I understood that there is nothing wrong in being yourself and loving yourself the way you are, cause that's the first step towards happiness. And eventually, I started to accept myself, until I reach the final veredict, and I didn't gave a fuck about being a white 14-years-old tall Brazilian and gay boy. And that's just one of the reasons why I love Lady Gaga. Because she saved my life. Thank you for your attention. Kisses, Luciano.