As the world continues to mourn the passing of legendary music icon Prince, at least one beautiful thing has come out of this tragedy — a rainbow shooting out over his iconic home, Paisley Park.

Twitter user Aaron Goodyear (twitter.com/acgoodyear) posted the photo to his Twitter feed yesterday afternoon, just hours after Prince was declared dead at the age of 57. Along with the picture, he wrote, "A rainbow just appeared over Paisley Park Studios in Chanhassen. #Prince"

There are varying reports on Prince's relationship with the LGBT community over the years (in a rare 2008 interview with the New Yorker, when asked about social issues like marriage equality and abortion, he fell back on his religious beliefs, stating: "God came to earth and saw people sticking it wherever and doing it with whatever, and he just cleared it all out. He was, like, 'Enough.'"

But the devout Jehovah's Witness also sang about sex and free love and acceptance, and songs like "Purple Rain," "When Doves Cry" and "The Beautiful Ones" have become iconic in the LGBT community.

In the less than two days following the passing of the "1999" singer, thousands have flocked to his compound to pay respect. And though the world may never know the singer's real take on LGBT issues, in a week packed with some seriously sad news, at least for a minute on the outskirts of Minneapolis, Minnesota, the world shone a little brighter.

RIP Prince.

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