T.J. Osborne of the Brothers Osborne publicly shar he intifi as gay | CNN

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• T.J. OSBORNE, OPENLY GAY ARTIST ADVOTG FOR CLIVY, CELEBRAT CMA W BY KISSG BOYIEND
• TJ OSBORNE OF BROTHERS OSBORNE COM OUT AS GAY: 'MY HAPPS IS MORE VALUABLE THAN ANYTHG ELSE'
• T.J. OSBORNE OF THE BROTHERS OSBORNE PUBLICLY SHAR HE INTIFI AS GAY
• BROTHERS OSBORNE'S T.J. OSBORNE OUT AS GAY
• T.J. OSBORNE OF UNTRY MIC DUO BROTHERS OSBORNE OUT AS GAY
• COUNTRY STAR T.J. OSBORNE OF BROTHERS OSBORNE OUT AS GAY

T.J. OSBORNE, OPENLY GAY ARTIST ADVOTG FOR CLIVY, CELEBRAT CMA W BY KISSG BOYIEND

Osborne, who publicly shared for the first time Febary that he is gay, kissed his boyiend Abi Ventura after the w was announced whle his brother kissed his wife, Lucie Silvas. "While there are many other openly gay artists and songwrers currently workg untry mic, cludg Brandi Carlile, Brandy Clark, Brooke En, Shane McAnally and Lily Rose, Osborne is one of the most proment.

"It kd of gave the msage that maybe people that are gay or LGBTQ really, tly still aren't that accepted this state, " T. In a Wednday terview wh Time, the mician me out as gay — and he has the unndnal support of his brother John, wh whom he forms the untry duo. "I'm very fortable beg gay, " the 36-year-old told the outlet, explag that he worried about g out an dtry that leans nservative.

TJ OSBORNE OF BROTHERS OSBORNE COM OUT AS GAY: 'MY HAPPS IS MORE VALUABLE THAN ANYTHG ELSE'

After the release of their Grammy-nomated song "Stay a Ltle Longer, " the duo paired s mic vio wh imag of terracial and gay upl. In the terview, TJ explaed that he told his brother John, 38, he was gay around the time the two moved to Nashville after signg a publishg and rerd al. Osborne, the lead volist of Brothers Osborne, the band he formed wh his brother John Osborne, has publicly shared for the first time that he is gay.

T.J. OSBORNE OF THE BROTHERS OSBORNE PUBLICLY SHAR HE INTIFI AS GAY

“I’m very fortable beg gay, ” Osborne told the publitn, addg, “I fd myself beg guard for not wantg to talk about somethg that I personally don’t have a problem wh. Osborne is currently the only openly gay artist signed to a major untry label, Time reports, wh Osborne sayg he’s “cur how this will go.

J., 36, is gay. “I’m very fortable beg gay, ” he says later, a quiet room at the office of his management pany.

BROTHERS OSBORNE'S T.J. OSBORNE OUT AS GAY

Be the only openly gay artist signed to a major untry label—a historic moment for the genre. Says, untry isn’t the most popular genre among gay people.

First told his brother that he is gay. ” As Brothers Osborne’s reer grew, they ma gtur toward cln, startg wh the vio for sgle “Stay a Ltle Longer, ” which featured gay and terracial upl.

T.J. OSBORNE OF UNTRY MIC DUO BROTHERS OSBORNE OUT AS GAY

Even amid lls for greater cln, the homogeney of the top artists the genre is still strikg. Will nservative rad programmers or ral ncertgoers be as eager to play and tailgate a gay artist, even one they already know and love? What if beg gay is a gift, and your gayns is not somethg to be tolerated but somethg to be celebrated, and even if untanglg the shame and nfn of growg up gay a straight world tak a long time, ’s worth dog so you n e your voice, not only to sg songs about cutoff jeans and hair blowg the breeze but to say, clearly and unapologetilly, that this is who you are?

COUNTRY STAR T.J. OSBORNE OF BROTHERS OSBORNE OUT AS GAY

What if there are a lot of gay boys small towns who haven’t figured out yet and feel overwhelmed by snarky TV sikicks and gltery pop stars bellowg self-empowerment anthems, and what if those gay boys small towns got to have an avatar of their own—if they knew that someone like them was sgg that song about cutoff jeans and hair blowg the breeze on the rad? ” But what if beg gay is not a small tail? Osbourne is the first openly gay untry artist signed to a major label.

Osborne, one half of siblg duo Brothers Osborne, discsed beg gay for the first time public. "Osborne's g out marks a historic moment for the genre, as he is now the first openly gay artist to be signed to a major untry ’s Picks"You know that thg -- stand for somethg, or you'll fall for anythg?

Osborne revealed a Time magaze terview on Wednday that he is 36-year-old volist for Brothers Osborne, a duo he started wh his brother, John, said he is "very fortable beg gay, " addg, however: "I fd myself beg guard for not wantg to talk about somethg that I personally don't have a problem wh. Osborne is not the first untry star to e out as gay, however, acrdg to Time, he is the only openly gay artist signed to a major untry label.

" He also wonred if untry mic isn't popular among many gay people bee they've never had an opportuny to relate to . The brothers said they have ma subtle msag about cln their past work – for example, featurg gay and terracial upl a mic vio for "Stay a Ltle Longer" — and wasn't always well 's negative and sometim offensive reactns disuraged T. Osborne has e out publicly as gay.

“I’m very fortable beg gay, ” the 36-year-old mician told Time magaze.