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Country music's gay stars: "We're still kicking down the closet door"

Graeme Thomson, The Guardian, 10 April 2014

Country music is known for tears, beers and big hats – not gay anthems. One singer set out 40 years ago to change that, but the scene is still gripped by fear.

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