Highlights
- Pop sensation Lady Gaga says she was thrilled to receive the Hero Award in recognition of her work with the LGBT community and called it "better than a Grammy".
- The Marry the Night hitmaker was honoured by the Trevor Project - a non-profit company that offers suicide-prevention services to lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) youth - at their annual Trevor Live event in Los Angeles on December 4, Femalefirst reported.
- "This means more to me than any Grammy I could ever win," she said, accepting the prize at the star-studded event at The Hollywood Palladium.
- Gaga, 25, was presented with her award by the family of Jamey Rodemeyer, the New York teenager and a huge Lady Gaga fan, who killed himself in September after enduring constant bullying over his sexuality.
Pop sensation Lady Gaga says she was thrilled to receive the Hero Award in recognition of her work with the LGBT community and called it "better than a Grammy".
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Marry the Night hitmaker was honoured by the Trevor Project - a non-profit company that offers suicide-prevention services to lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) youth - at their annual Trevor Live event in Los Angeles on December 4, Femalefirst reported.
"This means more to me than any Grammy I could ever win," she said, accepting the prize at the star-studded event at The Hollywood Palladium.
Gaga, 25, was presented with her award by the family of Jamey Rodemeyer, the New York teenager and a huge Lady Gaga fan, who killed himself in September after enduring constant bullying over his sexuality.