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Gloria Gaynor has been chosen as one of the honorees for the 2025 Kennedy Center Honors, which President Donald Trump will host on December 8, 2025, in Washington, D.C. The announcement was made by Trump on August 13, 2025.
Actors Sylvester Stallone and Michael Crawford; country music artist George Strait; and rock band Kiss are among the other honorees, according to a report in Rolling Stone. This will be the first time the gala event has been held since Trump took control as the chairman of the Kennedy Center earlier this year.
Gaynor is best known for her disco anthem, I Will Survive, released in 1978. The LGBTQ+ community largely embraced the track.
The disco queen recently made it clear that she does not identify herself as a feminist. In an interview with Metro in May 2025, she called it the “biggest misconception about her. She continued that people assume her to be a feminist. She quipped on record, saying "I love men," according to a report in Billboard.
Her inclusion in the lineup for the Kennedy Center Honors has sparked an interest in her political views. Let us learn more about it.
Exploring Gloria Gaynor's political views
Gloria Gaynor has never publicly aligned herself with any political party.
She was criticized for her views on homosexuality when she appeared on the BBC in 2007 for an interview.
According to a 2019 report in NPR, Gloria Gaynor was questioned about her 2007 statement, in which she said that she wanted to lead the LGBTQ community to Christ. She clarified that she is not against anyone and said:
“I'm not against (laughter) - I thought it was self-explanatory, what I said. I'm not against anybody. I just am a full believer that God knows and wants only what's best for each and every one of us and is the only one that can bring it to pass if we rely on him. That is the beginning and end of my thoughts about it.”
Gaynor shared that she is surrounded by members of the LGBTQ+ community in her family, work, friends, and fans. She added that she will
“go to my grave loving them.”
She added:
“So none of what I feel about homosexuality or my faith in God and my absolute belief in the Bible, which I believe to be the word of God, has anything to do with my - has - none of it taints my ability to love them. And I think that is what is important.”
In her 2016 interview with Rolling Stone, Gloria Gaynor spoke in favor of Obama:
“He never strayed from the dignity from the office of the president.”
In the same interview Rolling Stone, she recalled the golden period of the discos in the 70s:
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“It was a time when people came together. It was every nationality and color and age group. Disco had that thing of camaraderie. It was an upbeat and happy time. If disco had stuck around, we don’t how much less terrorism we might have in the world now. It puts everyone in a good mood."
In addition to I Will Survive, several of her hit tracks included - Never Can Say Goodbye (1974), Reach Out, I'll Be There (1975), Let Me Know (I Have a Right) (1979), and I Am What I Am (1984).
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