LOS ANGELES, Calif. -- 
Caption Lady
Gaga made her first public appearance on Friday since being sidelined
by a hip surgery in February (which forced her to cancel her tour).
The
“Born This Way” singer, 27, stepped out to celebrate a cause near and
dear to her heart: Gay Pride Parade’s Kick Off Rally in New York City.
Gaga
wore a sleek, sleeveless, black bodysuit with her shoulder-length blond
hair parted in the center as she delivered a speech to the crowd.
“I
would like to thank everyone from the Supreme Court to every legislator
and political leader that has ever stood with us,” she said. “I am so
fortunate to have been welcomed by all of you into the LGBT community
and to this family… Our evolution as LGBT citizens always continues to
change and we see that the further we are able to reveal and share our
lives, the further we move into the hearts and minds of other
Americans.”
Gaga also thanked the
LGBT community for helping her find her spirituality, after years of
being an “outcast” at school had left her in pain.
“I’ve
always had… this strange relationship with God. I didn’t know if God
was real or what God meant,” she said to the crowd. “I certainly didn’t
know what he meant to America and it was because I felt so damaged, so
destroyed, so degraded by those kids at school, by my own psychological
struggles. My body. The men in the business who only wanted me for sex,
money, as I tried to keep a famous face and carry on.
“But
then it was you that saved me. You saved me, my friends in the LGBT
community time and time again,” she continued. “And I saw God for the
first real time in all of you. You were sent to me like angels to
protect me and to save me. It was you who understood my need to hide
behind the wigs, the glasses, the glamour, the clothing … I get to see
God every day when I’m with you.”
After her speech, the singer waved a pride flag and sang the National Anthem.
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