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Kacey Musgraves is ‘pissed’ country music isn’t LGBT-inclusive
The ‘Golden Hour’ singer has been an outspoken ally
Country singer Kacey Musgraves is frustrated that the country music industry isn’t LGBT-inclusive.
During the New Yorker Festival on Friday, Vulture asked Musgraves about her LGBT following.
āWhat I think it is ā someone told me this recently and it broke my heart ā they said, ‘Iāve grown up loving country music and I grew up gay in a small town, and country music has always felt like a big party that I wasnāt invited to.’ Oh my god, youāre invited to my party,ā Musgraves replied. āItās crazy that a certain kind of a person could feel excluded from a genre thatās so real ā or supposed to be so real. That has always really pissed me off. Because I love the genre so much, I felt, ‘Well fine, maybe Iāll just have an all-gay audience.’ā
She went on to say she became an LGBT ally when a friend came out to her after they graduated high school.
āI was the first person he told,ā she continued. āI had an idea, it was an unspoken thing, but it was so painful and hard for him to tell me, even though I was totally fine with it. Thinking about him and all of those other kids who are like, ‘I love country music, why canāt I be a part of this? Why isnāt my narrative included?’ I donāt know.ā
Musgraves has strived to become an LGBT-affirming voice for country music fans.
āI keep dreaming of the day when we have a gay country music icon, that is loud and proud and really, like, a hero for country music fans, especially in these small towns where [LGBTQ people] are terrified of being themselves and feel like they have to hide,ā Musgraves told the Huffington Post in March.
She also is a fan of “RuPaul’s Drag Race” and “RuPaul’s Drag Race All StarsĀ 3” winner Trixie Mattel is a Musgraves fan.
The 2024 New York City Pride Parade wound through the streets of Manhattan and past the historic Stonewall Inn on Sunday, June 30.
(Washington Blade photos by Daniel Truitt)
The fourth annual Fredericksburg Pride march and festival was held at Riverfront Park in Fredericksburg, Va. on Saturday, June 29. The event began with a march around downtown Fredericksburg beginning and ending in the park.
(Washington Blade photos by Michael Key)
Covering Fredericksburg Pride for @WashBlade . City Council member @WillMackintosh speaking: pic.twitter.com/tDdVD2IVsM
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PHOTOS: Goodwin Living Pride
Senior living and healthcare organization holds fourth annual march at Falls Church campus
The senior living and healthcare organization Goodwin Living held its fourth annual community Pride march around its Bailey’s Crossroads campus in Falls Church, Va. with residents, friends and supporters on Tuesday, June 25. Following the march, a drag brunch was held with performances by drag artists of SADBrunch: Crimsyn, Sapphire Dupree and Evon Dior Michelle.
(Photos courtesy of Goodwin Living)
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