Didn't she put out a video where she was dancing in a shower with a bunch of naked men? If that's not pandering to the gay crowd, I don't know what is.
I have to believe the artists who think this way are artists who don't have deep connections with their fans. Gaga, Taylor, Ke$ha, etc. all have deeply personal connections with their fans that dictate how they interact with them. Gaga and Ke$ha are very motherly because their fans come to them with their problems while Taylor is very friend-like because her fans approach her that way. How are you going to condemn the way these artists interact with their fans knowing damn well how much it helps their fans and how much their fans love it? There is absolutely, 100% nothing wrong with the way these artists interact with their fans.
As for the pandering thing, I get it. There are some artists who will say they "love the gays" every now and then without doing anything for the community, and that's bad, but at the same time it's better than the popstars who say absolutely nothing about the gay community. But again, artists like Ke$ha and Gaga have been pro-LGBT, and loudly so, their entire careers, so trying to imply they're pandering just shows you don't know what pandering is.
Edit:
at most of the people agreeing being people who have faves who pay them dust on the regular.