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.
KACEY MGRAV DREAMS OF A DAY WHEN ‘WE HAVE A GAY COUNTRY MIC IN’
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.
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KACEY MGRAV, NOTED GAY IN, IS ‘PISSED’ COUNTRY MIC ISN’T MORE LGBTQ-FRIENDLY
When I was a kid, I wanted to be a prit, but my fay disuraged , maybe bee they knew I was gay. And beg so open about homosexualy, equaly, and happs is really risky her dtry.