Rita MacNeil as a queer icon? Pop collective aims to challenge perceptions

TORONTO — When asked to name an LGBTQ music icon who influenced him, guitarist Thom Gill vaults over the usual favourites Madonna, Cher, Britney Spears and Liza Minnelli. For him, it’s Cape Breton jewel Rita MacNeil who handily tops the rest. Most Canadians probably wouldn’t regard the late Nova Scotia singer’s working-class anthems as a rallying cry for the queer community, […]