Music and impact on LGBTQ musicians
McEntire's song "She Thinks His Name Was John" (1994) is about a woman dying from HIV/AIDS [21] [22] and confronted the crisis. [23] [24] Writing for Country Queer, Matthew J. Jones said, "The first country song about HIV/AIDS by a major artist, the song marks an important turning point in country music's relationship with the epidemic, which had already begun to impact rural America when the song was recorded. The song is an important country music milestone, but its shimmering, sentimental surface masks a lot of victim blaming and politics that have not necessarily aged well." [25]
A remix of McEntire's "I'm a Survivor" by transgender producer LeahAnn "Lafemmebear" Mitchell features queer and trans musician Mya Byrne on lap steel. [26] The collaboration has been described as "unprecedented". [27]
Gay country musician Orville Peck has covered "Fancy", which McEntire covered in the 1990s. [28] American Songwriter said Peck "[gender-bends] the track to include the idea of a young boy growing up and learning femininity and taking advantage of that in order to earn upward mobility". [29] Esquire said, "Peck has taken this song, so definitive and controversial on its own, and reframed it as a modern tale of desperation, fetishization, and darkness—but through the lens of queerness. It's an angle that Gentry likely didn't consider with her original release, but one that adapts seamlessly to the narrative." [30] The Advocate called the cover "very queer". [31]
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