Article From The Coast

Thanks to me checking Tegan and Sara Banter a billion times a day, I saw this over there... so thanks to Kristin for the link to this article. :)

"'We're not writing about sexuality," says Tegan Rain Quin, calling from Red Deer, Alberta. "Sometimes identifying us as lesbians, I'm not sure entirely how beneficial that is for our music. If you are writing a personality piece, I suppose that makes total sense to talk about the fact that we're twins and we're lesbians, or that we're from Canada. But if you Google "Tegan and Sara,' you get gay.'"

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"'On a day-to-day level I would tend to say it's not a terrible struggle being in a same-sex relationship," says Storey in an email, of their matrimony. 'Especially in the genre of indie-rock/pop. However, there's a lot of education that needs to be done. In a small way we are challenged by helping friends and colleagues unlearn sexist and homophobic behaviour they don't even know they have.'"

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