Lady Gaga made a surprise visit to
London's Albert Kennedy Trust, one of the first LGBT charities in the
world.
Lady Gaga's visit was arranged through
The Elton John AIDS Foundation and comes roughly a week after she
visited a similar charity in New York, the Ali Forney Center.
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during visit to Ali Forney Center for homeless LGBT youth.)
She talked about her visit in a
statement.
“I went to the inspiring Albert
Kennedy Trust to meet some homeless and suffering LGBTQ youth and
share kindness on behalf of the Born This Way Foundation,” Lady
Gaga wrote. “They are so sweet, talented, and ambitious.”
“But the holidays are very different
for them so we brought some gifts and bonded, sharing our life
stories and I did some research on what they really need to survive.”
“They need positive words and
donations to keep LGBTQ homeless children who were abandoned off the
streets and out of shelters that are dangerous. They are normal good
kids, I hung out with them all day. They deserve a real shot at
life,” she added.
Using colorful sticky notes, Lady Gaga
posted an empowering message on the office wall: “If you want to
heal, you have to reel. Restore your dignity, reclaim your power.”
The charity's founder, Cath Hall, named
it after Albert Kennedy, a 16-year-old runaway from a children's home
who experienced homophobia in his short life and fell to his death
from a parking garage in Manchester.