Patrick Haggerty, the leader of the pioneering queer country-folk musical project Lavender Country, died Monday. He was 78.
, died Monday from complications related to a stroke he had suffered in September. Haggerty’s manager confirmed the singer’s death. He was 78.
Born Sept. 27, 1944, Haggerty grew up in a large family in Port Angeles, Washington, the son of a dairy farmer and homemaker. He has noted inthat his parents were both accepting of his sexuality, though the rest of the world hadn’t yet caught up — in 1966, he was discharged from the Peace Corps for being gay. Haggerty later moved to Seattle, where he became involved with gay rights activism including the Gay Liberation Front.
The album was largely a cult obscurity after its release and Haggerty went on to do work outside of music, including running for political office and leading activism around gay rights and AIDS awareness — one of his friends included Bobbi Campbell, who went on to become an early face of the AIDS crisis in America.
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