QUEER COUNTRY: The Lavender Cowboys Carrying Patrick Haggerty’s Legacy
Patrick Haggerty loved to describe himself as, “a screaming Marxist bitch.” More popularly known as the artist Lavender Country, Haggerty recorded the first known queer country album in 1973 – no parodies, no homophobia, and no veiled references. That album, Lavender Country, set the template for future generations:




