For years now it has been rumored that Sugarland’s Jennifer Nettles is a lesbian. The “Motorboating” singer openly supports gay rights despite any potential backlash from the stereo-typically closed minded country music community. Now Nettles is opening up about the rumors.
Sugarland’s Jennifer Nettles is a proud supporter of gay rights. The songstress has been rumored to be gay for many years. Now, Nettles is speaking out about the rumors.
She recently addressed the issue in an interview with Pride Source’s Between the Lines feature:
"I had such a strong lesbian following, and in the gay community as a whole, I've always had so much support from them. I think a lot of people assumed, too. Whenever they heard a woman with an alto voice playing an acoustic instrument stylistically reminiscent of those wonderful icons you counted, Ani DiFranco and Indigo Girls--and especially with the audience I had in my 20s--I think a lot of people just assumed [that I was lesbian]."
Nettles went on to add the rumors inspired her to address the subject of equal rights in her song lyrics over the years:
“So those lyrics--‘crotch propaganda / bat for both teams / and it's me not choosing sides standing in between’--I definitely related to because it's like, who cares? Why choose sides? And why do you have to?”
Nettles went on to add that she doesn’t care how fans view her, stating:
“I've really found that everybody just wants to be authentic. That's all I've ever wanted to do, and so what if I have a short haircut and someone assumes something one way or another. It doesn't bother me. I don't care. A lot of times we're just trying to relate to each other and trying to figure out where we fit in. So if I have a short haircut and that makes me gay or straight or whatever to someone else, I don't care.”
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