Más allá de su música, si por algo se le conoce a Steve Grand es porque en 2013 se convirtió en el primer cantante country en salir del armario. Steve se encontraba en San Diego (California – EE UU) para hacer un bolo en el bar gay Urban Mo’s. Aprovechando su presencia en la ciudad, una televisión local quiso entrevistarlo.
En un momento determinado, una de las presentadoras le preguntó a Steve que en qué se inspiraba para escribir sus canciones de desamor, compadeciendo a sus pobres novias. Claro, Steve se quedó pasmado, lleva dos años enarbolando la bandera arcoíris allá donde va y siguen dando por supuesta su heterosexualidad. Cuando se recuperó, el cantautor contestó:
“Bueno… No, yo soy gay… o sea salgo con chicos. Pero es igual, son experiencias humanas”.
Someone skipped over a possibly relevant bullet point… lol Today I went on live TV in San Diego to promote the show I’m doing tonight at Urban Mo’s and to also talk about getting asked to the Marine Corps ball. The two anchor ladies on both sides of me were very sweet and cheery. They were great. About a minute into the interview I was talking about where I draw inspiration, and one of the very well intentioned anchors interjected: «poor women who date you, right?»After a few seconds of pause: «well.. No. I’m gay so…» I used the opportunity to talk about how no matter who we love, as humans, we all love the same… That our experiences are far more alike than different… Love is a human experience, not specified to one sexual orientation or another… etc. Immediately after that, the news woman to my right asked about being asked to the Marine Corps ball… by a man. As soon as we cut the segment I burst out laughing and let the woman know it was all okay. I understand they are meeting new people every couple of minutes and are expected to entertain and engage audiences all over the state so I don’t post this at all as a criticism. If I was legit famous it would be one thing, but I still feel grateful for all the opportunities I am afforded to talk about my life and my work. This was just a silly moment I found to be pretty hilarious. Lol. #stayclassySanDiego
Posted by Steve Grand on Sábado, 12 de septiembre de 2015
Ya ni siquiera vale con salir del armario a bombo y platillo, ejercer un activismo LGTB, que un marine declare que quiere ser tu novio o estar de gira por bares gays. El mensaje sigue sin quedar claro: ser hetero no es lo ‘normal’.