Gaga went topless

Lady GaGa's Topless Shoot for Q Cover Banned in the U.S.

Retail stores have refused to stock the 285th edition of Q because the lower part of the dance queen's left breast is exposed in the cover.

Lady GaGa's controversial cover shoot for Q magazine's 285th edition has made headline once again. After generating buzz for picturing a dildo strapped in the 23-year-old's pants, the front-page photo is now deemed to racy in the United States. Still, it wasn't the dildo that caused the issue to be banned.

Q The Music reported that retail stores like Borders has refused to stock the particular edition because the cover shows too much the lower portion of the "Poker Face" singer's left boob. The publication additionally mentioned New York state law prohibits showing any area of the breast below the nipple, before making notes that Borders also expresses some concerns over "crotch grabbing".

There is yet comment from GaGa regarding the ban. The magazine's editor, in the meantime, wrote a statement, "We can't help wonder what Lady Gaga herself would make of this turn of events, given her prophetic quote, standing at the start of the Q photo shoot with a dildo in her hand 'It'd be a real f**king story, right'..."

Lady GaGa has previously talked about her cover shot for Britain's Q magazine. Of the strap-on in her pants, she said, "We all know that one of the biggest talking points of the year was that I have a d***, so why not give them what they want?"

"I want to wear a d*** strapped to my vagina," she continued on elaborating as responding to previous rumor that she has a private man part under her outfit. "I also carry myself onstage in a masculine way and sing in a low register. This is not out of nowhere, right? I want to comment on that in a beautiful, artistic way. How I wanna show it. And I want to call this piece Lady Gaga Dies Hard."

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Responding to speculation that she has a penis, the 'Poker Face' hitmaker appears on the cover of a magazine topless and sports a presumably strap-on bulge in her black pants in several shots.

Lady GaGa has a unique way to respond to circulating rumor that she has a private man part under her outfit. Gracing the cover of Britain's Q magazine, the "Poker Face" hitmaker goes topless, covering her chest with only her gloved hand, and sports a bulge, which is presumably a strap-on, in her pair of spiky black trousers. Several other shots also see the "Bad Romance" singer packing a fake bulge under her trousers.

Discussing the reason why she opted for the shots, the 23-year-old told the magazine, "We all know that one of the biggest talking points of the year was that I have a d***, so why not give them what they want?" She continued on elaborating, "I want to wear a d*** strapped to my vagina. I also carry myself onstage in a masculine way and sing in a low register. This is not out of nowhere, right? I want to comment on that in a beautiful, artistic way. How I wanna show it. And I want to call this piece Lady Gaga Dies Hard."

In the interview for the issue which is available on newsstand February 23, GaGa also talked about going against conventional pop star image. "The last thing a young woman needs is another picture of a sexy pop star writhing in sand, covered in grease, touching herself," she said. "My image was an issue at my record label. I fought for months and cried at meetings."

Speculation that Lady GaGa might be a hermaphrodite sparked after a video filmed at the U.K.'s Glastonbury festival shows a bulge under her wacky outfit. Multiple blogs then cited a supposed quotation from her as saying, "It's not something that I'm ashamed of, it just isn't something that I go around telling everyoneYes. I have both male and female genitalia, but I consider myself a female. It's just a little bit of a penis and really doesn't interfere much with my life."