O&A Nashville quotes Dolly's response to the 2011 Lesbian T-Shirt controversy then interviews the lesbians involved.īonus: Friend of Dolly (but not Friend of Dorothy) and noted ally Emmylou Harris talks about her support for le gays, pointing out how many gay friends and associates she has. On the topic of Dolly's kinfolk hanging with the gays, "Dolly’s own niece and namesake - Nashville-based singer/songwriter Rebecca Seaver" performed at 2007's Night Of 1000 Dollies. Isn't it nice that Dolly's extended family has so many out gays no one bats a false eyelash when a teenage boy comes out. Howard may be familiar to Knox area readers in his previous role as liaison for local news sources in last year’s “Gay Days at Dollywood” clash over the use of Dollywood’s name by the local organizers of that event and protests by radical rightwing religious elements in the area. “For the Love of Dolly” is still in the back room with no definite release date so far. Recently, he served as the guide for a film crew, shepherding them through Dollywood as part of the production of a documentary. “Dolly’s goodwill in the community helped me,” Jamie says. He points to his cousin, Dolly Parton, as at least partially the reason for his acceptance. “There was no problem whatsoever with my family members or people at school.”īeing the only “out” gay person at Sevier County High School while he was a student there, Howard states emphatically that he was never the object of discrimination or homophobia. “My family was there for me,” Howard says. Coming out at the age of 15, he was gently encouraged to be himself by those around him.ĭefying the stereotypes, the Pentecostal family stepped up for the young Howard, better known to all as “Jamie.” Having had several gay and transsexual family members previously disclose their sexual orientation and gender identity to his extended family, he was blessed with acceptance, in complete defiance of the pervading cultural myth mandating that all Appalachians are narrow-minded, bigoted folks. Growing up in the area, he was loved and supported by his family and his peers.
Today they call it Gatlinburg.ĭown in the valley in Sevier County, Howard’s relatives were also busy settling the area we now know as Pigeon Forge, home of Dollywood and many other tourist destinations. As Dolly Parton’s second cousin and Pigeon Forge native, he is a product of an Appalachian tradition dating back to the days when Martha Huskey and her sons founded a little village in the Great Smoky Mountains area called White Oak Flats. Wrote:James Howard is proud of his East Tennessee heritage. A sexy dubstep remix of TOUCH YOUR WOMAN scores the emotional love scene where Judy comes back from the army for the first time and Dolly sweeps her into her arms and carries her off to the Newlywed Wing of her Brentwood estate while Carl mows the lawn. Justin Beiber and Queen Latifah) as Dolly juggles erudite snob Fran (Anne Hathaway with a bad perm) and loyal good ol' girl Judy. Miley forays into hip-hop with TWO LOVERS (ft. We explore the sad, lonely world of one night stands in lesbian bars with a sleazy, slow jazz SINGLE WOMEN. She'll also record updated covers of Dolly classics to play at poignant moments throughout the flick. She Never Met A Man (She Liked)/Judy's Theme Miley narrates as Dolly's guardian angel and contributes four new original songs to the soundtrack: Rob Lowe will play Sandy in an homage to Lowe's scene-stealing role as a gay plastic surgery addict in Behind the Candelabra. If 500-year-old Matt Damon can play Liberace's twinky 20-year-old lover, Julie can play Judy to young Honey Boo Boo's Dolly.
She's got the red hair, a bunch of lesbian roles under her belt, and Freeheld proved to me she can pull off a feathery quasi-mullet. I re-submit Honey Boo Boo as Dolly and Julianne Moore as Judy. Well, "Dolly & Judy: Inside The Wig Closet" is probably a decade off, at least, maybe two.
I'm fretting in advance because I can just see Miley managing to blag her way into it somehow. Guest wrote:So, I wonder who'll play Dolly and Judy in their inevitable lesbian version of Michael Douglas / Matt Damon's Liberace biopic, Behind the Candelabra.?īecause this s**t ain't gonna stay buried for ever.