The Life Of Dolly Parton, The Queen Of Country Music

Acceptance Comes From Within

Back in the day, Dolly allegedly wasn’t aware of the LGBT community or that there was anyone in her own community that identified with it. She told Pride Source in 2016 that was introduced to the gay community through her own family:

“We were just mountain people, and I did not know at that time – I sure did not. In my early days we did not know [what gay was]. It didn’t take me long to know that people were different and that was always fine with me. I was different too, and I embraced and accepted them and I knew them. I knew them well.”