08/26/2026
Dolly Parton was a celebrated gay icon and passionate LGBTQ+ ally. In a clip, taken from an old interview she did with talk show host Larry King in 2016, Dolly says: “If you’re gay, you’re gay. If you’re straight, you’re straight. We are who we are. I don’t believe that we should criticise and judge other people. I think we should be accepting and loving. We are all God’s children. I keep saying, ‘Well, if you’re the fine Christian you think you are, why are you judging people?’ That’s God’s job. We’re not God.
“We’re not judges. We’re supposed to love one another, we’re not supposed to judge, and we’re not supposed to take vengeance on other people. That’s God’s job.”
She continued: “I’ve got too much to do on my own [without] trying to do God’s work, and you should be allowed to be how you are and who you are.”
