EXCLUSIVE: Jennifer Nettl Giv the Gays Some Sugar(land) - Pri Source

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• SUGARLAND'S JENNIFER NETTL TALKS GAY RUMORS: A LOT OF PEOPLE ASSUMED I WAS A LBIAN
• EXCLUSIVE: JENNIFER NETTL Q&A ON LBIAN RUMORS, COMG OUT STRAIGHT & HOW SHE’D RAISE A GAY SON
• EXCLUSIVE: JENNIFER NETTL GIV THE GAYS SOME SUGAR(LAND)
• JENNIFER NETTL ON GAY RIGHTS: ‘THIS SHOULD HAVE ALREADY BEEN BEHD US’
• JENNIFER NETTL STANDS UP FOR ‘INSPIRG’ GAY COMMUNY

SUGARLAND'S JENNIFER NETTL TALKS GAY RUMORS: A LOT OF PEOPLE ASSUMED I WAS A LBIAN

But at the same time — the last song on the album, ‘Not the Only, ’ pecially speaks to this — a lot of still feel very alone and very unseen, and I hope that wh the queer muny, wh the gay muny, the trans muny — the LGBTQA! Jason Merrt/Getty ImagOver the last few years, Sugarland's Jennifer Nettl has been at the center of gay mors, partially due to her suggtive lyrics a few h songs. "I had such a strong lbian followg, and the gay muny as a whole, I've always had so much support om them, " she said.

EXCLUSIVE: JENNIFER NETTL Q&A ON LBIAN RUMORS, COMG OUT STRAIGHT & HOW SHE’D RAISE A GAY SON

" The 39-year-old untry star opened up to PriSource about the gay mors -- and the "On the Shoulrs of Giants" lyrics -- an terview published Tuday. She says she has always felt a powerful nnectn wh the lbian, gay, bisexual and transgenr (LGBT) muny.

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EXCLUSIVE: JENNIFER NETTL GIV THE GAYS SOME SUGAR(LAND)

(Lghs) I had such a strong lbian followg, and the gay muny as a whole, I’ve always had so much support om them. So if I have a short haircut and that mak me gay or straight or whatever to someone else, I don’t re. So you regnized a gay followg even before Sugarland?

JENNIFER NETTL ON GAY RIGHTS: ‘THIS SHOULD HAVE ALREADY BEEN BEHD US’

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JENNIFER NETTL STANDS UP FOR ‘INSPIRG’ GAY COMMUNY

Has the gay muny ever spired a song you wrote? Country mic don’t have a history of embracg the gay muny, so how do feel to see the genre make progrs on that ontier?