Jennifer Nettl – Sugarland Country Star Sgs to Support LGBTQ Youth - Get Out! Magaze - NYC’s Gay Magaze

Contents:

• 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.

" 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 Q&A ON LBIAN RUMORS, COMG OUT STRAIGHT & HOW SHE’D RAISE A GAY SON

I’m still keepg the gay fay! I did pletely the sense that I have my ar, ar iend – a longtime iend and now my personal assistant, and she’s gay – who said to me, “Jennifer, you’re the only person I’ve ever known that had to e out as a straight person, ” which I thought was hilar. (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.

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

So you regnized a gay followg even before Sugarland? I don’t know if was bee I went to a women’s llege – aga, I thk there was a whole slew of different fluenc pieced together that allowed for my support wh the gay muny – but I like to thk that ’s jt bee ’s good mic, and everybody lik good mic.

” Do you thk the gay muny n relate to you more bee you intify as beg on the ge?

Wh the gay muny, the urage tak to be one’s thentic self – even if you’re viewed as different – is spirg. Consequently there is fely a nnectn that gree of thenticy – and dog bee you gotta be who you are – that nnects my mic wh the gay muny.

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

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?

JENNIFER NETTL STANDS UP FOR ‘INSPIRG’ GAY COMMUNY

Have you ever received flak for your support of the gay muny? In the sense that I fely try to live as thentilly and hontly as I n, I thk ’s known that I am supportive of human rights, gay rights and civil rights across the board. What would you tell your son if he me out to you as gay one day?

” She to speak to the duo’s gay fans – even though so few untry artists do. Consirg your ver choic, om Beyonce’s “Irreplaceable” to “Love Shack” and even “Stayg Alive, ” I’m startg to thk that maybe Jennifer Nettl has the mil taste of a gay man. ” om now on I will say that of a gay man.

Around the time the album was released, there was a higher reportg of suicis among gay youth – and the song “Stand Up” om “The Incredible Mache” felt particularly relevant.