Lady Gaga honors queer music icon Carl Bean and the legacy of his 1977 anthem, “I Was Born This Way” in an exclusive clip from the upcoming documentary I Was Born This Way .

In the film, Gaga, Questlove , and Billy Porter are among those who reflect on the song’s powerful impact on the LGBTQ community. “This song is actually the music equivalent of the Giving Tree,” says Questlove, spinning the track on vinyl.

The clip opens with the chart success the song, released on Motown, had in the United States, climbing to Number 16 on the Billboard Hot 100, and how it became an “immediate anthem for the gay community,” embraced by house DJs worldwide.

Gaga — who titled her sophomore album after her own Bean-influenced LGBTQ-celebrating anthem, “ Born This Way ” — reflects on Bean’s

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