Queer Music
Two music stars have recently announced that they are lesbians: today Audrey Bilger at Ms. Magazine writes about Chely Wright, a country singer with a new book; last week Douglas Harrison wrote at Religion Dispatches about Jennifer Knapp, a Christian music singer who bravely appeared on Larry King Live with a Christianity Today editor. Harrison cautions us against assuming that Knapp's coming out is representative of a trend within Christian music of acceptance of homosexuality. He anticipates that Knapp's career is probably through as Evangelicals continue to react against broader acceptance of gays in society. Wright's 90s heyday is long over; she no longer looks solely to the Country music world for an audience.
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Two music stars have recently announced that they are lesbians: today Audrey Bilger at Ms. Magazine writes about Chely Wright, a country singer with a new book; last week Douglas Harrison wrote at Religion Dispatches about Jennifer Knapp, a Christian music singer who bravely appeared on Larry King Live with a Christianity Today editor. Harrison cautions us against assuming that Knapp’s coming out is representative of a trend within Christian music of acceptance of homosexuality. He anticipates that Knapp’s career is probably through as Evangelicals continue to react against broader acceptance of gays in society. Wright’s 90s heyday is long over; she no longer looks solely to the Country music world for an audience.