This year Pride has taken on a different meaning for the 43-year-old opera star, who came out publicly as bisexual in 2014. “I’m reminded of how Pride started as a riot, as a fight for rights, for liberty, for freedom. We are who we are. We are not going to silence ourselves.”
Read More“I’ve been through the diet culture thing. I’ve come out on the other side and I’m now at the healthiest place of my life. And that’s not because I’m skinny; it’s because I’m paying attention to [the things that] impact my health. I’m also at the top of my career, but these messages continue to come from people who just have no place trying to dictate how somebody else’s body should look.”
Read More“Honestly, I am so happy I get to embody women who are not the patriarchal femme ideal… I love how absolutely queer this art form is and has been from the beginning. The queer community has shepherded this forward, from artists to administrators to audiences, we come honestly by those roots and I’m proud of that.”
Read MoreBarton doesn’t flinch at talking about those struggles [with ADHD] in public, for the same reason that she doesn’t shy away from talking about matters related to queerness and/or politics: “I’m just a big believer in trying to help others feel like they’re not alone,” said Barton, who joyfully waved a rainbow flag onstage while performing at the BBC’s widely broadcast Last Night of the Proms in 2019.
Read MoreThese days Jamie Barton’s glorious voice rings out from the world’s great opera stages. But while she crosses the globe for her career, she is still close with her family and community in the Northwest Georgia valley where she grew up.
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