GAYPV Puerto Vallarta Ed 19 Noviembre/November 2017 | Page 166

EXCLUSIVE FEATURE
STEVE
GRAND
THE
Interview by
Daniel Gomez H. for GayPV
Photography by Allan Spiers
courtesy of Steve Grand
H
ello Steve, we feel hono-
red to be able to talk with
you for GayPV Magazine
Puerto Vallarta. First of all, congra-
tulations for all your achievements
on your music career. How has
been for you to be an independent
and openly gay singer/songwriter
inside of music industry? Had it
been a difficult way?
The honor is all mine! I’ve been inde-
pendent (not with a record label) and
openly gay since I released my first
song and video, “All-American Boy,”
so it’s hard to say how much more or
less difficult it would be if I weren’t out
and/or independent. I honestly don’t
spend much time thinking about it
since this is the way I am. I just try to
make the very best of it and I will say,
I think I’ve been overwhelmingly fortu-
nate so far.
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Your music video "All-American
Boy" surprised the music industry
ALL
AMERICAN
BOY
and had a great response from au-
dience. How do you feel about it?
Were you afraid in some way to re-
lease a video like that?
I’ll always have a special place in my
heart for that song and that video, not
only because it was my first effort, but
because I feel like it’s such a pure exe-
cution of my creative vision. The song
and video is also special to a lot of my
fans to a lot of reasons so I also think
fondly of it for that.
You are now an icon for LGBT
people that feels identified with
your music, videos and messages.
What would you say to people that
is still sending homophobic mes-
sages and intolerance campaigns
against gay people?
The western world has come a long
way in not only accepting, but em-
bracing gay people. We live in ex-
traordinary times. I