Rita Ora

The rapper was responding to criticism of a song where she raps about being “lipstick.”

The song is about loving girls “50/50,” but some say it’s more about girls kissing girls to titillate men.

The Chainsmokers, Michael Stipe, Bob the Drag Queen, Jackie Cruz, and a host of other celebrities are speaking out.

NEW YORK — The Logo network next month will launch what it hopes will become an annual televised event saluting pioneers in the gay rights movement, with the woman who challenged the federal Defense of Marriage act as the first honoree.