From Breitbart: In yet another act of the politicizing of the NFL’s Super Bowl, singer Brandi Carlile now says that she will dedicate her performance of “America the Beautiful” to “queer” and “marginalized communities.”
Carlile has added, “The throughline to being queer and being a representative of a marginalized community, and being put on the largest stage in America to acknowledge the fraught and tender hope that this country is based on, it’s something you don’t say no to,” according to Variety.
Carlile added that she is thrilled to be chosen to sing “America the Beautiful” because she feels that the song’s writer, activist and poet Katharine Lee Bates, was a lesbian. This is more a “factoid” than a truth, as it has never been proven that Bates was, in fact, gay.
“I feel called to a long line of contemplative and struggling people. I feel motivated by the fact that she was very likely gay, and a woman relying on her intellect in a time when that was difficult for women to do so, and living with a partner who was doing the same thing,” she added.
When Carlile sang the song at the Super Bowl on Sunday, she did not appear to announce the bizarre dedication publicly, but had already made her intent clear in her earlier interview with Variety.
A special moment from a proud member of the 12s. Thank you, Brandi Carlile.
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— xz* – Seattle Seahawks (@Seahawks) February 8, 2026
Carlile, 44, has been married to a woman, Catherine Shepherd, since 2012, and has two daughters.
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