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    Cyndi Lauper, Kesha, Billy Porter Rock Out for LGBTQ Youth

    Neal Broverman
    | 12/17/19

    Cyndi Lauper, Kesha, Billy Porter Rock Out for LGBTQ Youth

    Cyndi Lauper & Friends Home for the Holidays

    Cyndi Lauper & Friends Home for the Holidays

    For the ninth year, Cyndi Lauper hosted a holiday benefit concert for homeless LGBTQ youth -- a cause the Grammy-, Tony-, and Emmy-winner has long championed. Incredibly, 100 percent of net proceeds from the concerts support Lauper's True Colors United programs to prevent homelessness among queer youth.

    This was the first time a Home for the Holidays concert took place in Los Angeles and it featured performances by Kesha, Belinda Carlisle, Billy Porter, Justin Tranter, K. Flay, King Princess, Marilyn Manson, Henry Rollins, and Perry Farrell (to name just a few folks!). The event, held at the Novo Theater, was sponsored by AEG and Marriott International, while Drag Race star Carson Kressley served as host. Check out the scene on the next pages and click here to learn more about True Colors United.

    Lauper presiding over the festivities.

    Cyndi Lauper True Colors United

    Lauper and Marilyn Manson

    Cyndi Lauper True Colors United

    Billy Porter

    Cyndi Lauper True Colors United

    Lauper and Perry Farrell

    Cyndi Lauper True Colors United

    Singer Greyson Chance

    Cyndi Lauper True Colors United

    Margaret Cho, Kesha, Lauper, Porter, and Justin Tranter

    Cyndi Lauper True Colors United
    Cyndi Lauper True Colors United
    Cyndi Lauper True Colors United
    Cyndi Lauper True Colors United
    Cyndi Lauper True Colors United
    Cyndi Lauper True Colors United
    Cyndi Lauper True Colors United
    Cyndi Lauper True Colors United

    Belinda Carlisle and Lauper

    Cyndi Lauper True Colors United

    Kesha

    Cyndi Lauper True Colors United
    Cyndi Lauper True Colors United
    Cyndi Lauper True Colors United
    Cyndi Lauper True Colors United
    Cyndi Lauper True Colors United
    Cyndi Lauper True Colors United

    King Princess

    Cyndi Lauper True Colors United
    Cyndi Lauper True Colors United

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