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"Nicki Minaj has spoken out to encourage gay fans who may be suicidal to seek professional help.  The rapper reached out via a statement to MTV News after a recent string of suicides by young homosexuals who were bullied by their peers about their sexuality. &amp;quot;I would encourage my gay fans to be fighters and to be brave. People face difficulties, no matter who you are. I faced difficulties with a lot of things. I face opposition every day, but I didn&amp;#039;t kill myself and now, thank God, I&amp;#039;m here. So I want my life to be a testimony to my fans and my gay fans,&amp;quot; she said. &amp;quot;I mean I could never imagine what they&amp;#039;re going through. But I know that suicide is never the answer and I know that things always get better. So I&amp;#039;m supporting you guys. I love you very, very much and for the people who don&amp;#039;t love you, they need help.&amp;quot;  Minaj went on to say that those who are bullied should realise that hate directed towards them is not a reflection on who they are. &amp;quot;I don&amp;#039;t agree that everyone should agree with everyone&amp;#039;s lifestyle. I think that some people aren&amp;#039;t going to agree, but I think that when you&amp;#039;re mean and when you ridicule people it&amp;#039;s a sign of your own insecurities,&amp;quot; she explained.  &amp;quot;So shout out to all my Ken and Barbies out there and my girls too; just believe that things will get better and they will they always do.&amp;quot; She added: &amp;quot;It just takes a little willpower. There&amp;#039;s an answer. There&amp;#039;s always a different way that you can fight people back. And definitely [with] suicide you&amp;#039;re giving up and I don&amp;#039;t promote giving up. I promote fighting and winning.&amp;quot;  "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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