Cyndi Lauper

Cyndi Lauper, 80’s icon and a major supporter of queer rights, is set to appear July 3 on CBS’ As the World Turns, according to Entertainment Weekly. Lauper takes the stage at Yo’s for a benefit concert where she stands beneath a sign reading ”Oakdale U. Pride loves Cyndi Lauper” . The singer performs two songs: her new single Into the Nightlife from her new album Bring Ya to the Brink, and her classic diversity anthem, True Colors to support her second True Colors Tour that begins May 31st. 

Lauper dances with the hot gay couple Nuke (Luke/Van Hansis, and Noah/Jake Silbermann). She dedicates the True Colors song to Luke, whom she gets to know when he interviews her for the college paper.

According to Entertainment Weekly, Lauper’s visit to Oakdale makes sense for a couple of reasons. For one, it supports an issue that’s long been important to her — equality. Lauper was raised to believe that you ‘’stick up for your own,” she says, and her older sister, Ellen, is lesbian. Lauper has also followed the Luke-Noah storyline enough to have an opinion on whether the couple — which shared the first gay kiss in daytime last August but has yet to spend the night together — is moving too slowly.

“I think they’re young, these guys, and they’re sweet,” she tells EW.com. “They’re taking their time and struggling with the heart issues, which is even more endearing than just being like the straight couples, half-naked and having sex all over the place. The best way to people is through the heart, and that’s why I think it’s kind of interesting the way they’ve done it. It’s about love.”