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Lavender Country: Patrick Haggerty’s transgressive queer music broke boundaries

The late musician saw overdue appreciation for his bold, pioneering 70s gay country album when he was in his golden years

The Guardian - UK · Nov 1, 2022

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