Late Bloomer: How Queer Country Supports My Queer Parenting

LGBTQIA+
By
Rosie Tebay
May 10, 2024
Rainbow Rodeo Magazine
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I first started listening to Adeem the Artist (they/them/theirs) back in April of 2023 when I heard their NPR interview on the radio. I was smitten with their music and stories. Before that, I was never really into Country. It’s not what I grew up with since I originally hail from NYC. But here I am, an Alabamian for the past couple of years and change.  Living in God’s Country and listening to Country music just feels right. Somehow the landscape just lends itself to it.

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