An outspoken advocate who earned the title 'gay icon'

Josh ParryLGBT and identity reporter The phrase "gay icon" gets bandied about a lot now-a-days but Dolly Parton is someone who earned the moniker back when it was much less popular to voice support for the community. In the early 90s - when stigma around the Aids epidemic was still rife - she specifically included the lyric "some of them are preachers, some of them are gay" in her song Family. She’s continued to be an outspoken advocate and usually with her famous sense of hu