During her record-breaking MDNA tour in 2012, the pop icon released pink wristbands to audience members in St. Petersburg to show solidarity with the LGBTQ+ community, and delivered a passionate speech about equality. “I feel that people are becoming more and more afraid of people who are different,” Madonna said in the middle of the show. “People are becoming more and more intolerant, but we can make a difference.
We don’t have to do it with violence, but love. “I am here to say that the gay community and gay people here, and all around the world, have the same rights and to be treated with dignity, respect, tolerance, compassion, and love.” Madonna asked the audience to raise their wristbands in show support for LGBTQ+ people and