Twenty-five years ago the ia that an openly gay and very butch woman uld bee a pop idol was seismic. Now she n jt make her mic.
Contents:
- THE INTERVIEW: GAY IN KD LANG ON WHY EVEN SHE IS BAFFLED BY OUR GENR-FLUID TIM
- JASON KENNEY THKS GAY STUNTS SHOULD BE OUTED. K.D. LANG ASKS HIM IF HE’S GAY.
THE INTERVIEW: GAY IN KD LANG ON WHY EVEN SHE IS BAFFLED BY OUR GENR-FLUID TIM
* is kd lang gay *
I thk culturally had relevance beg sort of the person of the moment [who was] out and reprentg a part of the gay culture and fightg for equaly.
JASON KENNEY THKS GAY STUNTS SHOULD BE OUTED. K.D. LANG ASKS HIM IF HE’S GAY.
It's been nearly two s sce k.d. lang me out publicly as gay, and now she's openg up about beg a longtime lbian in. RELATED: K.D. Lang Says Rumoured Romance Wh Madonna Was A 'Lbian Chic' PR Stunt Speakg to The Guardian, the Canadian sger relled the huge attentn she received after g out. “I was… * is kd lang gay *
I was jt out there as a champn of the gay muny, and the club scene at that time — bee of AIDS and all the homophobia that arose out of that awful perd history — seemed to be an important cultural vortex for g together.
She bends genr clichés, scg dienc wh each breathtakg performance. k.d. lang—born on the Canadian prairie, exiled om Nashville’s untry-mic clique—has skyrocketed to pop stardom wh her sensuo platum album, Ingénue. Takg a break om her globe-hoppg, lang tells Llie Bens about growg up gay, animal rights, fdg her voice, and clowng around on a V.F. photo shoot wh Cdy Crawford. * is kd lang gay *
But this is not the first time the genre has been subverted; 27 years ago, fan of soft tailorg and lowerse letters kd lang released Constant Cravg, a song so suggtive of lbian longg that beme the sapphic anthem for unrequed one of the first openly gay lbians pop – she me out, agast her label’s wish and to a eply nservative untry genre, an terview wh the Advote 1992 – Lang never shied away om rporatg her inty to her mic. ” But bee she wasn’t tradnally feme-lookg, and bee she was a lbian, at a time when beg an openly gay woman was sperately unol, she beme a punchle. Lang’s fluence on a new generatn has breached the cultural surface, but this time ’s gayer wh more gg.