Lavender Country’s Patrick Haggerty, pioneering gay country musician, dies aged 78 The Washington musician and queer rights activist recorded some of the first openly gay country songs The Guardian - UK · Nov 1, 2022
Decades later, gay country pioneers Lavender Country return In 1973, amid the growing gay rights movement, a band called Lavender Country recorded a country music album that unabashedly explored LGBTQ themes The Independent UK · Feb 22, 2022
Washington's pioneering gay country band Lavender Country releases first new album in 50 years SEATTLE — It's been a long time coming. Then again, nothing in Patrick Haggerty's history-making music career has come fast or easy. Tribune News Service · Feb 21, 2022