She’s got a Las Vegas residency lined up starting in September at the Zappos Theatre. An acoustic trio record last year, “The Marfa Tapes,” with Jon Randall and Jack Ingram, established that besides being a mainstream powerhouse, she has alt-country bona fides about as strong as anybody’s. 1 hits in the last two years, “Bluebird” and “Drunk (But I Don’t Wanna Go Home)” - the latter shared with Elle King and the first chart-topping country duet between two women in several decades. After a period of years in which she seemed to be experiencing the same trouble getting to the top of the country airplay charts that pretty much all women were, she’s had two No.
She’s chuckling as she says that, of course, and she can afford to laugh right now.
But we also do it in Spanx, which sucks.” We do all the same stuff (as the male superstars), doing this career for so long. Talking about her first time prevailing at the Academy of Country Music Awards this year in the entertainer of the year category, and what a long-overdue triumph it has been for Carrie Underwood and then her to score in that eternally male-dominated division, the singer says that the two of them “we know what we put into it. This altered version of the rainbow flag remains the most frequently used flag to symbolize LGBTQ+ pride.įor Orr, the pride flag means “being authentic and being seen as who you are as an individual.” She said it symbolizes “being recognized for what you’re born into, and not what you choose.You remember the old quote about how “Ginger Rogers did everything Fred Astaire did… backwards and in high heels”? Miranda Lambert has a variation on that. Due to the flags being handmade and a resulting lack of supplies, the pink and turquoise stripes in Baker’s original design were taken out. Gonzalez reports the very first version of the rainbow pride flag was flown in San Francisco on June 25, 1978. Harvey Milk, one of the U.S.’s first openly gay elected officials, asked artist Gilbert Baker to design a “symbol of pride for the gay community.” Gonzalez writes that Baker reportedly chose the rainbow because it is in some ways “a natural flag from the sky.” Most Utahns are likely familiar with the rainbow flag as a symbol of LGBTQ+ pride, but may not know how the flag was created.Īccording to an article by Nora Gonzalez on the Encyclopedia of Britannica’s website, the design goes back to 1978.
Orr mentioned a friend of hers who she claims was falsely accused of being in a same-sex relationship while studying at BYU, and how he was called into the Honor Code office and interrogated for “acting on same-sex attraction.” “I feel like this violates individual rights,” says Orr. She references how even open members of the LGBTQ+ community are allowed to participate in some parts of LDS Church membership, and compared that BYU’s policy is kind of zero-tolerance. Orr hopes that BYU will change this and other policies surrounding LGBTQ+ students. In a Facebook post, Orr comments as someone who identifies as bisexual saying, “it’s scary to live with the fear that at any moment they could take away your degree.” Orr references how violation of BYU’s honor code can result in immediate suspension of student status and even a freeze on student transcripts. I didn’t know if I would be tackled, escorted off the stage, or what.” Orr say she was also worried her degree in psychology could be compromised by her statement.ĭespite her fears, Orr accepted the unknown consequences to do what she “knew was right.” “I understood there would be consequences, but I didn’t know what they would be. When asked if she was scared to wear her regalia to BYU’s commencement, Orr said she was “really anxious.”
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