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• AM I GAY?
• QUEER COWBOY CROONER ORVILLE PECK: "COUNTRY MIC IS SUPER GAY""THERE’S A LONG LEGACY OF MP-NS, STORYTELLG AND FLAMBOYANCE."BY CHRISTOPHER RUDOLPHAUGT 6, 2019/5:22 {HEIGHT:HER;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;POSN:RELATIVE;-WEBK-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-MS-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-WEBK-ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-ALIGN:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-ALIGN:CENTER;ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-WEBK-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;-MS-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;} IMG{HEIGHT:100%;WIDTH:100%;OBJECT-F:VER;}{HEIGHT:2670PX;WIDTH:4000PX;}JIM BENT/GETTY IMAGSEATTLE, WASHINGTON - MAY 18: ORVILLE PECK PERFORMS LIVE ON STAGE AT BARBOZA ON MAY 18, 2019 SEATTLE, WASHGTON. (PHOTO BY JIM BENT/GETTY IMAG)BY CHRISTOPHER RUDOLPHAUGT 6, 2019 / 5:22 PM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"QUEER COWBOY CROONER ORVILLE PECK: \"COUNTRY MIC IS SUPER GAY\"","THUMBNAILURL":","DATEPUBLISHED":"2019-08-06T21:22:37.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2019-08-06T21:22:37.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"LOGO TV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"LOGO TV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT"}},"CREATOR":"CHRISTOPHER RUDOLPH"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}COUNTRY MIC WAS GAY LONG BEFORE LIL NAS X, AND ORVILLE PECK IS HERE TO TEACH THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE QUEER UNTRY CROONER RECENTLY SAT DOWN WH GAY TIM TO TALK ABOUT BEG AN OPENLY GAY THE UNTRY MIC SCENE—AND HE HAD THE SURPRISG RPONSE THAT THE GENRE IS "SUPER GAY."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"THE DRAMA. THE STORYTELLG. THERE’S SO MANY CREDIBLE FIGUR UNTRY THAT GAY DUS WOULD DIE FOR, BEE ’S PAGEANTRY, ALMOST,” HE EXPLAS. “WH UNTRY MIC, THERE’S A LONG LEGACY OF MP-NS, STORYTELLG AND FLAMBOYANCE WH STUM, WIGS AND RHTON. JT LOOK AT DOLLY PARTON, SHE’S PRACTILLY A DRAG QUEEN."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE PONY BOY NTU WH THE HISTORY LSON, STRSG THAT "ORIGALLY UNTRY MIC WAS VERY REBELL, ’S ALWAYS BEEN TRSILLY OUTLAW-ISH. IN THE ’60S, NELSON WAS SMOKG WEED AND WEARG SHIRTS THAT SAID ‘FUCK HOMOPHOBIA.’” HE ALSO MENTNS PATRICK HAGGERTY’S BAND, LAVENR COUNTRY, WHICH RELEASED WHAT WOULD BEE WILY KNOWN AS THE “WORLD’S FIRST GAY UNTRY ALBUM.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;POSN:RELATIVE;PADDG-BOTTOM:56.49999999999999%;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;POSN:ABSOLUTE;HEIGHT:100% !IMPORTANT;WIDTH:100% !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ORVILLE HAS BEEN TOURG THROUGHOUT THE SUMMER, RIDG HIGH OFF HIS CRILLY ACCLAIMED BUT ALBUM, PONY, WHICH WAS RELEASED EARLIER THIS YEAR. THE CANADIAN SGER THKS THAT HE AND LIL NAS X ARE JT THE BEGNG OF A NEW ERA FOR A MORE ACCEPTG UNTRY MIC SCENE, WHICH CLUS LGBTQ ALLI LIKE KACEY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"I THK ’S ON THE BRK OF BEG SOMETHG REALLY DIFFERENT AND NEW, AND I THK OVER THE NEXT FEW YEARS WE’RE GOG TO SEE A LOT MORE PEOPLE MAKG UNTRY MIC THAT PEOPLE WOULDN’T THK ARE THE KD OF PEOPLE TO DO SO," ORVILLE ADDS. "Y, I’M MAYBE A NEW VOICE WH THIS SPHERE FOR PEOPLE, BUT EVERYTHG I DO OUT OF RPECT FOR ARTISTS THAT HAVE BEEN AROUND FOR A LONG TIME AND HAVE ALREADY PAVED THE WAY."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS
• GAY LIBERATN FRONT

AM I GAY?

Gay - While this adjective has historilly scribed men who are attracted to other men, the term now is ed to refer to anyone who experienc romantic, emotnal, or physil attractn to people of the same genr. Sce genr inty and sexual orientatn are separate, transgenr people n intify as straight, gay, lbian, bisexual, etc. Country mic was gay long before Lil Nas X, and Orville Peck is here to teach the queer untry crooner recently sat down wh Gay Tim to talk about beg an openly gay the untry mic scene—and he had the surprisg rponse that the genre is "super gay.

There’s so many credible figur untry that gay dus would die for, bee ’s pageantry, almost, ” he explas. In the ’60s, Nelson was smokg weed and wearg shirts that said ‘Fuck Homophobia. ’” He also mentns Patrick Haggerty’s band, Lavenr Country, which released what would bee wily known as the “world’s first gay untry album.

For a young scene a mid-sized cy, gay Las Vegas boasts some ser sprawl. Like the hog velopments and strip malls that ver the Vegas map like glter on a go-go boy, the lol gay and lbian muny is imprsively spread throughout the valley, all but screamg: we’re here, we’re queer, we’re, of urse, only fuels plats about disnnectn and a lack of a te gayborhood. And the latter reflects the cltered nature of gay bars Las UNLV-adjacent “F Loop, ” the origal gay hub, still draws boys to Piranha, the least pretent of the gay clubs Las Vegas, and girls to FreeZone, the cy’s honorary lbian club.

QUEER COWBOY CROONER ORVILLE PECK: "COUNTRY MIC IS SUPER GAY""THERE’S A LONG LEGACY OF MP-NS, STORYTELLG AND FLAMBOYANCE."BY CHRISTOPHER RUDOLPHAUGT 6, 2019/5:22 {HEIGHT:HER;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;POSN:RELATIVE;-WEBK-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-MS-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-WEBK-ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-ALIGN:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-ALIGN:CENTER;ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-WEBK-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;-MS-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;} IMG{HEIGHT:100%;WIDTH:100%;OBJECT-F:VER;}{HEIGHT:2670PX;WIDTH:4000PX;}JIM BENT/GETTY IMAGSEATTLE, WASHINGTON - MAY 18: ORVILLE PECK PERFORMS LIVE ON STAGE AT BARBOZA ON MAY 18, 2019 SEATTLE, WASHGTON. (PHOTO BY JIM BENT/GETTY IMAG)BY CHRISTOPHER RUDOLPHAUGT 6, 2019 / 5:22 PM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"QUEER COWBOY CROONER ORVILLE PECK: \"COUNTRY MIC IS SUPER GAY\"","THUMBNAILURL":","DATEPUBLISHED":"2019-08-06T21:22:37.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2019-08-06T21:22:37.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"LOGO TV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"LOGO TV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT"}},"CREATOR":"CHRISTOPHER RUDOLPH"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}COUNTRY MIC WAS GAY LONG BEFORE LIL NAS X, AND ORVILLE PECK IS HERE TO TEACH THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE QUEER UNTRY CROONER RECENTLY SAT DOWN WH GAY TIM TO TALK ABOUT BEG AN OPENLY GAY THE UNTRY MIC SCENE—AND HE HAD THE SURPRISG RPONSE THAT THE GENRE IS "SUPER GAY."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"THE DRAMA. THE STORYTELLG. THERE’S SO MANY CREDIBLE FIGUR UNTRY THAT GAY DUS WOULD DIE FOR, BEE ’S PAGEANTRY, ALMOST,” HE EXPLAS. “WH UNTRY MIC, THERE’S A LONG LEGACY OF MP-NS, STORYTELLG AND FLAMBOYANCE WH STUM, WIGS AND RHTON. JT LOOK AT DOLLY PARTON, SHE’S PRACTILLY A DRAG QUEEN."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE PONY BOY NTU WH THE HISTORY LSON, STRSG THAT "ORIGALLY UNTRY MIC WAS VERY REBELL, ’S ALWAYS BEEN TRSILLY OUTLAW-ISH. IN THE ’60S, NELSON WAS SMOKG WEED AND WEARG SHIRTS THAT SAID ‘FUCK HOMOPHOBIA.’” HE ALSO MENTNS PATRICK HAGGERTY’S BAND, LAVENR COUNTRY, WHICH RELEASED WHAT WOULD BEE WILY KNOWN AS THE “WORLD’S FIRST GAY UNTRY ALBUM.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;POSN:RELATIVE;PADDG-BOTTOM:56.49999999999999%;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;POSN:ABSOLUTE;HEIGHT:100% !IMPORTANT;WIDTH:100% !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ORVILLE HAS BEEN TOURG THROUGHOUT THE SUMMER, RIDG HIGH OFF HIS CRILLY ACCLAIMED BUT ALBUM, PONY, WHICH WAS RELEASED EARLIER THIS YEAR. THE CANADIAN SGER THKS THAT HE AND LIL NAS X ARE JT THE BEGNG OF A NEW ERA FOR A MORE ACCEPTG UNTRY MIC SCENE, WHICH CLUS LGBTQ ALLI LIKE KACEY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"I THK ’S ON THE BRK OF BEG SOMETHG REALLY DIFFERENT AND NEW, AND I THK OVER THE NEXT FEW YEARS WE’RE GOG TO SEE A LOT MORE PEOPLE MAKG UNTRY MIC THAT PEOPLE WOULDN’T THK ARE THE KD OF PEOPLE TO DO SO," ORVILLE ADDS. "Y, I’M MAYBE A NEW VOICE WH THIS SPHERE FOR PEOPLE, BUT EVERYTHG I DO OUT OF RPECT FOR ARTISTS THAT HAVE BEEN AROUND FOR A LONG TIME AND HAVE ALREADY PAVED THE WAY."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS

Over revalized downtown—home to the new $4-ln Gay and Lbian Communy Center of Southern Nevada—the only out-and-proud drkery is the 38-year-old Snick’s Place, though lively East Fremont piano bar Don’t Tell Mama and hip Arts District urban lounge Artifice are unofficial homo of downtown, the agg Commercial Center reprents the gay alternative, hostg everythg om poker bars (Badlands Saloon and Spotlight Lounge) to a trans-iendly dive (Las Vegas Lounge) to cisg facili (Entourage Spa and Hawk’s Gym) to a boys’ clothg/accsory store (The Rack) wh an attached performance space attached (Onyx Theatre) and ample LGBT programmg. Krave, former kg of the gay clubs Las Vegas, is now back mid-Strip at the Tommy Wd Theatre after a failed attempt at a downtown expansn.

Gay Las Vegas has e a long way, but still isn’t S Cy.

GAY LIBERATN FRONT

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