She bends genr clichés, scg dienc wh each breathtakg performance. k.d. lang—born on the Canadian prairie, exiled om Nashville’s untry-mic clique—has skyrocketed to pop stardom wh her sensuo platum album, Ingénue. Takg a break om her globe-hoppg, lang tells Llie Bens about growg up gay, animal rights, fdg her voice, and clowng around on a V.F. photo shoot wh Cdy Crawford.
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THE INTERVIEW: GAY IN KD LANG ON WHY EVEN SHE IS BAFFLED BY OUR GENR-FLUID TIM
* kd lang gay *
I thk culturally had relevance beg sort of the person of the moment [who was] out and reprentg a part of the gay culture and fightg for equaly.
IS K.D. LANG GAY?
I was jt out there as a champn of the gay muny, and the club scene at that time — bee of AIDS and all the homophobia that arose out of that awful perd history — seemed to be an important cultural vortex for g together.
Lang released the album Ingénue and publicly me out as gay.