When Emily Saliers and her best friend Amy Ray first took the stage in Atlanta bars and began making a name for themselves, and paving the way for the next generations of LGBTQ+ musicians, there was a sense of optimism that surrounded what they were doing. There was a feeling that they were not only opening doors, but ripping them down, not expecting that by 2026, they would find themselves having to do it all over again, with the renewed [...]…