Country artists aren't known for beg outright activists for gay rights, but some have still preached acceptance when asked.
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
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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. Before You GoCelebri Who've Faced Gay RumorsPopular the CommunyYou May Like. In a recent chat, the sger talked “keepg the gay fay” milly, her thoughts on LGBT issu the untry muny and the sweet words for her son should he ever e out to her.
EXCLUSIVE: JENNIFER NETTL Q&A ON LBIAN RUMORS, COMG OUT STRAIGHT & HOW SHE’D RAISE A GAY SON
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When we chatted a few years ago, the joke was that you have the mil taste of a gay man.
EXCLUSIVE: JENNIFER NETTL GIV THE GAYS SOME SUGAR(LAND)
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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. 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.
JENNIFER NETTL ON GAY RIGHTS: ‘THIS SHOULD HAVE ALREADY BEEN BEHD US’
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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. Has the gay muny ever spired a song you wrote?
JENNIFER NETTL STANDS UP FOR ‘INSPIRG’ GAY COMMUNY
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?
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.