(She also has a sold-out show at Bowery Ballroom on Monday night.) On Sunday, she’ll attend her first NYC Pride event, headlining the sold-out Pride Island dance party at Pier 97 in Hell’s Kitchen. She has appeared at numerous LGBTQ events over the years, including Sydney Mardi Gras in 2012 and, in April, the White Party Palm Springs in California. “I could say it feels great, which it does, but more importantly to me it feels natural,” she continues, adding that gay rights have simply “always been acceptable to me.
“I’m asked about it a lot, and don’t really have the answer,” Minogue tells The Post. Yet the Melbourne, Australia, native is hard-pressed to say how it feels to be a gay icon. The gay community’s longtime affection for singer and actress Kylie Minogue is apparently a case of love at first sight, to borrow the title of one of her hit songs.