@Shit- Was that long speech was suppose to convince me otherwise? You don't need to like her for her to be an icon. I'm not a Gaga stan, but at least I can give credit where it is due. You know you're an icon when you have as much haters as you do lovers. The fact is she is controversial and talked about by EVERYONE. There is no other artist of our day that has been able to do the center of all music talk after one album. You can either hate or love her, but my point is there are millions of people buying her music and watching her videos. She has one of the most die hard fan bases. As far as her appealing to the gay community, who fucken cares? This is 2010!!! This isn't any different from Beyonce appealing to the mainly African American community. That doesn't mean Gaga doesn't have straight supporters, or Beyonce has other supporters from other ethnic groups. Don't be so petty as to include race or orientation in music, not only is it unattractive, but quite frankly makes you sound ignorant as fuck.