01-06-2025
Lizzo delivers impassioned speech supporting trans women at Pride performance
Lizzo delivered an impassioned speech supporting black trans women during her headlining concert at OUTLOUD's LGBTQIA+ Pride festival in West Hollywood Park on Saturday night.
'This is dedicated to you and more importantly the black trans women who, without their fight, we would not be able to celebrate today,' the 37-year-old rapper-singer-flautist said from the main stage.
'And we still in some s***, right? But hopefully one day, beyond this motherf***ing rainbow bi***, we will see a place where we no longer have to fight to exist. This is for you.'
Lizzo (born Melissa Jefferson) then performed a stripped down version of the 1939 Wizard of Oz anthem Over the Rainbow with a piano accompanist.
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The four-time Grammy winner represented her shapewear brand by wearing a black-studded Yitty top with a pair of Daisy Dukes and a red faux fur maxi-coat selected by styling duo Wayman + Micah.
Hairstylist Jared Henderson coiffed Lizzo's voluminous mane and make-up artist Alexx Mayo fully contoured her complexion for the event.
On Sunday, the Still Bad singer - who boasts 44.3M social media followers - further lauded the trans community for fighting 'against the systems that tried to erase them.'
'In honor of that fight, we have to continue to take a stand against that very same system that threatens our rights to bodily autonomy and liberation. We ain't free [until we're] all free,' Lizzo noted.
The Detroit-born, Houston-raised star then showcased her famously full 5ft10in figure wearing nothing more than a black Yitty bra and panty set after reaching her weight-loss goal on January 16.
At the time, Lizzo lowered her body mass index (BMI) by 10.5 and lost 16% of her body fat, but she refuses to reveal how many pounds she's lost since 2023.
'If I say the number, I don't think people could do the math,' the Love in Real Life belter told The Jason Lee Show last week.
'I've just seen a lot of TikToks where it's like, "Lizzo talks about her 500lbs weight loss!" Why are y'all putting numbers on me? It kind of annoys me.'
The four-time Grammy winner represented her shapewear brand by wearing a black-studded Yitty top with a pair of Daisy Dukes and a red faux fur maxi-coat selected by styling duo Wayman + Micah
On Sunday, the Still Bad singer further lauded the trans community for fighting 'against the systems that tried to erase them'
The Detroit-born, Houston-raised star then showcased her famously full 5ft10in figure wearing nothing more than a black Yitty bra and panty set after reaching her weight-loss goal on January 16
2025 vs. 2023: At the time, Lizzo lowered her body mass index (BMI) by 10.5 and lost 16% of her body fat, but she refuses to reveal how many pounds she's lost since 2023
The Love in Real Life belter told The Jason Lee Show last week: 'If I say the number, I don't think people could do the math. I've just seen a lot of TikToks where it's like, "Lizzo talks about her 500lbs weight loss!" Why are y'all putting numbers on me? It kind of annoys me'
Lizzo - whose Halloween costume was Ozempic - has never officially denied being on the trendy GLP-1 drug meant for people suffering from type 2 diabetes, but she rolled her eyes at the allegations last September.
The Emmy-winning producer will eventually have to face her former back-up dancers - Arianna Davis, Crystal Williams, and Noelle Rodriguez - at a jury trial in Santa Monica Courthouse due to their sexual, religious, and racial harassment lawsuit.
Lizzo has vehemently denied all of their allegations.
