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Originally posted by pika
Yes. She helped me realize it's okay to be gay and accept who I am. She also gave me the courage to tell my family and friends that I'm gay. Now, all who I have left to tell are my parents.
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Posts like this make me very, very happy. Even if you think the music was overblown and the lyrics were too cheesy and you think she should have waited a few albums for a Statement album like this one and you see some imaginary
massive drop in popularity after this album... How can you hold results like these against her?
What people don't understand is, she succeeded... It's not about sales or money for her. It's about helping people. And this thread
proves it -- if one person was stopped from hurting themselves, or if one person found the courage to come out to their family because of the album, then no matter how cheesy you find it, it was a success. An from this thread alone, it helped more than one person.