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GAYS PROMENT AT AMY GRANT’S NASHVILLE WEEKEND
That gays — and at least one lbian uple and one trans woman — were among the group was hardly surprisg.
But for a generatn of gay men who grew up Baptist and Evangelil church the ’80s, Grant was so much more than that and, no exaggeratn, a lifele. Those of fan circl have discsed ad nsm Grant’s public handlg of her gay fans (or lack thereof).
‘GOD AND THE GAY CHRISTIAN’ IS NOT A NEW THG
But Grant would alienate a large part of her fan base if she were to e out one way or the other on her feelgs of the Bible and homosexualy. There’s a clamorg among gay fans, of urse, for her to be more unequivol.
Nobody’s expectg Lady Gaga-liber activism, but heck, even the late Tammy Faye Bakker Msner was more openly gay acceptg than Grant. It’s never been a big al to me, eher the booze or the gay stuff.
), latched on to an off-the-cuff remark she ma durg the weekend when a gut southern gospel sger, tellg a story about a drag queen who’d parodied his wife, said his group had a large gay followg (Grant acknowledged she did as well). My parents, both products of stodgy, old school male and Roman Catholic versns of Christiany, had early-’70s born aga experienc and for them and their fellow Boomers, there was a parallel J mic/born aga fever sweepg the untry the same time Stonewall and the morn gay rights movement was kickg off. In terms of gay stuff, fah, and a whole lot more, this was not your parents’ (my grandparents’) Ameri.