#Lavender Country’s Patrick Haggerty dies at 78

#Lavender Country’s Patrick Haggerty dies at 78

“Lavender Country’s Patrick Haggerty dies at 78” The band’s 1973 self-titled debut is considered the first openly gay country album ever made. Sarah Stierch / Flickr Patrick Haggerty, a lifelong civil rights activist and the leader of the queer collective Lavender Country, passed away Monday morning (October 31) after suffering a stroke. The news was…

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