Cyndi Lauper strolls to the White House with Joe Solmonese from the Human Rights Campaign to meet President Obama and hear him talk about his signing of the Matthew Shepard & James Byrd, Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act. Lauper’s True Colors Fund was one of the advocacy groups lobbying for the passage of the act which is now the law of the land. Violent hate crimes against the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender community will now be recognized and prosecuted by the Federal government. The singer reminds us

That if you rally, if you do the work, things can change, they really can. So don’t give up and don’t be afraid. Ever.