Born This Way has some spiritual roots.Lady Gaga marked the 10-year anniversary of the gay anthem and its album by revealing that Carl Bean was its inspiration."Born This Way, my song and album, were inspired by Carl Bean, a gay black religious activist who preached, sung and wrote about being 'Born This Way,'" Gaga wrote Sunday on Instagram."Notably his early work was in 1975, 11 years before I was born," she added. "Thank you for decades of relentless love, bravery, and a reason to sing.
So we can all feel joy, because we deserve joy. Because we deserve the right to inspire tolerance, acceptance, and freedom for all." Bean was the founder of the Unity Fellowship Church Movement, a denomination that sought to be inclusive of LGBTQ+ people.