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Queer country: LGBTQ+ musicians are outside the spotlight as Grand Ole Opry turns 100

  • Written by Tanya Olson, Associate Teaching Professor, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
Queer country: LGBTQ+ musicians are outside the spotlight as Grand Ole Opry turns 100The iconic circle in the Grand Ole Opry stage. Who gets to stand in it?Timothy Wildey/Flickr, CC BY-NC

On March 15, 1974, the Grand Ole Opry country music radio show closed its run at the Ryman Auditorium in Nashville, Tennessee, with Johnny and June Carter Cash leading the song “Will the Circle Be Unbroken.” After that final show, a...

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