Belinda Carlisle on DWTS

Belinda Carlisle on DWTS

Belinda Carlisle is the lead singer for the Go-Gos and is also a competitor on Dancing with the Stars. She was the first contestant voted off of DWTS in 2009. The Go-Gos' 1981 multi-platinum hit debut, "Beauty and the Beat," spawned... [more]

Belinda Carlisle is the lead singer for the Go-Gos and is also a competitor on Dancing with the Stars. She was the first contestant voted off of DWTS in 2009.

The Go-Gos' 1981 multi-platinum hit debut, "Beauty and the Beat," spawned mega hits "Our Lips Are Sealed" and "We Got the Beat" and made the Go-Go's the first all-female band (who wrote their own music and played their own instruments) to achieve a #1 album.

Belinda Carlisle: My Son, James, is Gay

I love Belinda Carlisle. Not only is she is a Grammy Award-nominated singer, the lead vocalist and a founding member of the all-female band The Go-Go’s, and a successful solo artist, she’s a straight ally of the gay community.

On October 11, 2009, Carlisle announced her support for same-gender marriage by appearing in a PSA video urging supporters to donate to the No on 1 campaign in Maine.

In the following PSA video, Carlisle states that she recorded the video not as a musician or celebrity, but as a concerned and loving mother: “My son, James, is gay, and I want him and every other gay person out there to have the same opportunities and rights that I’ve had in life.” And from the looks of the video (no makeup, no glam), we can believe that Carlisle is speaking as a concerned parent and not a celebrity.

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