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Willie Nelson Is a Proud LGBTQIA+ Ally in New Orville Peck Duet

Wilie Nelson teamed with Orville Peck for a pro-LBGTQIA+ duet with a message the country icon thinks is ‘more important than ever’

Willie Nelson and Orville Peck.Getty Images (2)On Friday, April 5, the 90-year-old country music icon joined Peck, 36, on a new version of Ned Sublette’s 1981 song “Cowboys Are Frequently Secretly Fond of Each Other.” The song, from Peck’s forthcoming Stampede album, arrived with a music video that featured same-sex couples dancing happily in a western saloon. The country-flavored album lassoed in stars from all across the music world to help make it one of the year’s biggest pop culture events. Peck told Rolling Stone that the recently inducted Rock and Roll Hall of Fame member “kept talking about how the subject matter in this song was more important than ever.” Peck referenced “all the rhetoric surrounding the LGBTQIA+ community these days,” including the ongoing anti-trans legislation and apparent rollback of gay rights.

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