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Beautiful
By: Christina Aguilera
Art piece: Being Who You Are


                                                                            LGBT
                                                                        Coming Out

Beautiful is a song by Christina Aguilera and R&B singer that is active in the LGBT community. The song was written by openly lesbian singer song writer Linda Perry. Perry wrote this song just not for gay's but for anybody that can relate to the song. The lyrics and vocal in this song expresses the raw emotion of getting through hardship and criticism that can bring you down to your lowest point. The lyrics in this song speaks out the feeling of pain and low self esteem within the words. When the song opens it states "Don't Look At Me", it starts out letting you feel the insecurity with that person.
As the song goes on it gives the intense emotion of harder it is to be who they really is. In the chorus of the song represent the positive side which gives out hope, security, and  high self-esteem. The lyrics in the song gives you confidence to live and be free within yourself despite what people might say toward you. Perry wrote the lyrics but the feelings of the message was brought out more through the vocals of Christina speaking out never give up on yourself to love you when no one else will.

Perry wrote this song as a tribute to the teenagers that committed suicide due to anti-gay bullying. This song is  LGBT community anthem for people to have confidence in being who they are. The lyric in the song give empowerment to face the world of its negativity of a person being gay. Perry seen a reason in written this song because off all the teens and adults being attack and even killed behind being gay. It is so many people that is scared of being who they are and she points out that "You are Beautiful no Matter What People Words don't Bring me down" gives you inner peace of being you. She felt that a song like this can make a lot people stand up for themselves not to let people and there negative thoughts, action, and words bring you down. Perry enlighten the LGBT community with this song to be free, to be you, and most of all love you.