Kacey Mgrav, at this year’s New Yorker Ftival, discsed how she’s a gay in and her fluence the LGBTQ muny.
Contents:
- KACEY MGRAV IS A GAY IN AND THE WORLD NEEDS TO KNOW
- KACEY MGRAV DREAMS OF A DAY WHEN ‘WE HAVE A GAY COUNTRY MIC IN’
- KACEY MGRAV, NOTED GAY IN, IS ‘PISSED’ COUNTRY MIC ISN’T MORE LGBTQ-FRIENDLY
KACEY MGRAV IS A GAY IN AND THE WORLD NEEDS TO KNOW
After spendg nearly a Nashville buildg a reer that has all but refed morn untry — all while wholeheartedly embracg her queer fans — the 30-year-old Texas native has achieved the rare kd of mastream regnn that many untry performers crave but rarely atta, and bee a gay in, to many, Mgrav is an inoclast: a pop stylist wh a tradnal untry soul, and a lover of big hair and bell bottoms who once said she feels “like I'm a drag queen trapped si of my body.
If you tell certa Christians that you're gay, you risk judgement. If you tell a gay person you’re Christian, they uld have a negative reactn as well.
History tght me that gay people weren't wele the church, but as soon as I found my church and realized that wasn't the se, I was able to start peelg away those layers of shame I'd built up ’s lyrics, and the story behd how she got to where she is today, is what ronat wh me most. When I was a kid, I wanted to be a prit, but my fay disuraged , maybe bee they knew I was gay.
KACEY MGRAV DREAMS OF A DAY WHEN ‘WE HAVE A GAY COUNTRY MIC IN’
And beg so open about homosexualy, equaly, and happs is really risky her dtry. She’s sayg be who you want to be, be gay, don’t be gay. All Kacey wants is a gay, llective “You’re dog amazg sweetie, ” which we’re tent on givg her.
KACEY MGRAV, NOTED GAY IN, IS ‘PISSED’ COUNTRY MIC ISN’T MORE LGBTQ-FRIENDLY
On the day of the release of her tly excellent new album, Goln Hour, by our cree as two (unqualified) gatekeepers to the Pantheon of Favs, we hereby duct Kacey to the non of pop songstrs servg of gay worship, supported below by select tracks and the herently queer narrativ behd them.
We beg wh the song that started all, and by that we mean the first song that actually referenc gay stuff.