Cyndi Lauper Biography

Fast Facts

• Was awarded the 2017 Logo Trailblazer Honor
• Consistently active in promoting equality, she uses funds from her True Colors Tour and True Colors Fund to fight discrimination against LGBT people in schools and workplaces and to aid homeless LGBT youth
• Was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2015
• Began performing with cover bands, eventually forming the band Blue Angel
• Quote: "Up to 40 percent of the kids on the street are gay or transgender and they're only on the street because they're gay or transgender․ We figured that is fixable․ We could fix that․ We could get that better․"
• Quote: "It's not about what people think of me, but what I learned along the way․"
• Known for addressing social issues in her song lyrics
• Known for unique fashion sense and wildly varying hairstyles and colors
• Created the music and lyrics for the Broadway musical "Kinky Boots․"
• Published her bestselling book "Cyndi Lauper: A Memoir" in 2012
• Dressed up as a belly dancer for a 1997 Halloween ball when she was nine months pregnant
• Once spent two weeks in the woods of Canada with her dog in an effort to find herself