Saying she's through with being afraid of what people think of her, singer-songwriter Béatrice Martin, better known by her stage name Coeur de pirate, has penned a letter revealing she is queer.

The letter, published as a blog post on the Vice Media site Noisey, recounts how the native Montrealer was still reeling from the shooting of former The Voice contestant Christina Grimmie when she heard about the Orlando shooting.

The shooting left 49 people dead and 53 people injured, some of them critically.

I'm coming out for my daughter who needs to learn that love knows no race, religion, gender or orientation. - Béatrice Martin, also known as Coeur de pirate

"That is why I'm coming out as queer today," she wrote.

"I can't be scared that someone will stop listening to my music, or that parents might not want their kids listening to me because of the fact that I want to love whoever I want to love."

She said she saw how following the shooting, social media was flooded with people using hashtags such as #gaysbreaktheinternet and #queersbreaktheinternet.

"I thought it was wonderful: why hide who you are? In a world where, in certain countries, being gay is still punishable by death, it's important to take a stand. The internet is a beautiful place sometimes," she wrote.

On Twitter, the blog post prompted kudos from Martin's fans and fellow musicians alike.

<a href="https://twitter.com/teganandsara">@teganandsara</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/NoiseyMusic">@NoiseyMusic</a> thank you so much ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️🌈🌈🌈 —@beatricepirate

In the letter she writes about having romantic feelings for girls when she was around six years old. She said it was "traumatizing" when a girl she had a crush on began to ignore her after finding out about her feelings.

In response, she decided to live her life as a heterosexual. But after the birth of her daughter, the feelings she repressed "came rushing back."

"I'm coming out for my daughter who needs to learn that love knows no race, religion, gender or orientation," she said.

"I'm coming out for the victims that lost their lives because they wanted to celebrate who they truly were."

While the Orlando shooting scared her, she said she "found solace in my difference."

Martin posted a photo to Instagram Monday as a show of solidarity with the LGBT community.

Martin has been nominated for three Junos and has won four Félix awards in her career.

While her first two albums of original material were all French songs, her most recent album, Roses, included songs written in both French and English.