During a recent interview , international music superstar Dolly Parton shared her thoughts on the passage of anti-transgender legislation in Tennessee: “I just want everybody to be treated good.” https://twitter.com/THR/status/1720276381412520136 From The Hollywood Reporter:
“Well, what I always say, ‘I just want everybody to be treated good.’ I try not to get into the politics of everything. I try to get into the human element of it.
“I have some of everybody in my own immediate family and in my circle of employees. I’ve got transgender people. I’ve got gays. I’ve got lesbians. I’ve got drunks. I’ve got drug addicts — all within my own family. I know and love them all, and I do not judge.
“And I just see how broken-hearted they get over certain things and I know how real they are. I know how important this is to them. That’s who they are. They cannot help that any more than I can help being Dolly Parton, you know, the way people know me.
“If there’s something to be judged, that is God’s business. But we are all God’s children and how we are is who we are.”
You really should read the whole interview as she touches on turning down the Super Bowl Halftime Show, standing up for owning her own songwriting publishing rights, her relationships with Michael Jackson and Whitney Houston, and much more. https://twitter.com/THR/status/1720159726728794613 Of course, Dolly has been an LGBTQ ally for years and years. And harbored no fears in expressing her support. In 2016, she told PEOPLE she’d helped some of her loved ones with the coming out process by simply accepting them.
“I say, ‘You need to let people know who you are, and you need to come on out. You don’t need to live your life in darkness – what’s the point in that? You’re never gonna be happy; you’re gonna be sick. You’re not gonna be healthy if you try to suppress your feelings and who you are.’
“I have a huge gay and lesbian following and I’m proud of ’em, I love ’em and I think everybody should be themselves and be allowed to be themselves whoever they are, whatever they are.”
Boy, we can certainly use more Dolly Partons in the world, no? Dolly’s new album Rockstar is scheduled for release November 17. https://www.instagram.com/p/CsKXicHuGOD/
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