K.D. Lang Says Being Open About Her Sexuality Hurt Her Career

In an interview with MOJO Magazine, Canadian singer-songwriter K.D. Lang revealed that being open about her sexual orientation prevented her songs from being played on the radio and hurt her career, especially in the beginning.

“There was prejudice against my sexuality for sure. And resistance. I never got played on the radio. I still don’t get played on the radio, but now it’s musical, and back then I’d say it was more about my sexuality,” she said.

“I was an anomaly that they used to modernise country but I wasn’t fully embraced. Though in fairness I didn’t want to be embraced by the world. I loved being a freak of nature in this really traditional world.”

K.D. Lang came out in a June 1992 article for the Advocate.

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