By Brenna Ehrlich Gigi Perez has always searched for belonging in a song. As a closeted teen in New Jersey, she learned covers by queer artists like Troye Sivan and Hayley Kiyoko, because their music felt like it held “the secrets that literally were about to pour out of me,” she says. “I remember walking through the hallways of my school, and it was like someone else at least knew. Obviously [those artists] didn’t know me, but I knew them and that was enough for me.” And as an adult, she forged connections with her own music, like her hit “Sailor Song,” which has been streamed more than a billion times on Spotify. She’s learned that she wasn’t alone with her grief, her confusion, or her battle with faith. There were others there listening for the notes it seemed only she heard. And they’ve accepted her fully. The children of first- and second-generation Cuban immigrants, Perez grew up surrounded by both music and the church.…