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Posted: 2023-11-03T22:05:40Z | Updated: 2023-11-06T15:19:17Z

As she gears up for her rock era, Dolly Parton is doubling down on her commitment to LGBTQ+ rights.

In an interview with The Hollywood Reporter published Thursday, the 11-time Grammy recipient was asked about Tennessees newly-passed legislation that allows for discrimination against transgender people.

Though Parton clarified that shes always tried to steer clear of the politics of everything in her home state, she nonetheless said, I just want everybody to be treated good.

I have some of everybody in my own immediate family and in my circle of employees, she explained. Ive got transgender people. Ive got gays. Ive got lesbians. Ive got drunks. Ive got drug addicts all within my own family. I know and love them all, and I do not judge. And I just see how broken-hearted they get over certain things and I know how real they are.

She went on to note: I know how important this is to them. Thats who they are. They cannot help that any more than I can help being Dolly Parton, you know, the way people know me. If theres something to be judged, that is Gods business. But we are all Gods children and how we are is who we are.

Earlier this year, Tennessee passed a state-wide ban on gender-affirming health care for minors. It also became the first state to criminalize certain drag performances.