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Contents:
- CMT HOST CODY ALAN: WHY I CAME OUT AS GAY
- COUNTRY MIC’S LGBTQ ARROW LANDS AT APPLE MIC, AS THE GENRE GETS ITS FIRST GAY-THEMED SHOW WH ‘PROUD RAD’
- CODY ALAN WIKI: AGE, MARRIED, ENGAGED, BOYIEND, GAY
- HERE ARE GAY COUNTRY SGERS WHO STOOD OUT LOUD AND PROUD
CMT HOST CODY ALAN: WHY I CAME OUT AS GAY
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CMT Host Cody Alan: Why I Came Out as Gay.
Cody Alan, host of CMT’s Hot 20 Countdown and producer of iHeartRad’s CMT After Midne and CMT Rad Live, publicly me out as gay today wh a heartfelt Instagram post directed at fans and followers.
For my teenage kids, to them, beg gay is like your eye lor [lghs]. But they see a guy like me on TV who is untry and gay, and they regnize that there’s a place for you here, and that untry mic is a warm, welg space. But the mic has always had a signifint gay fan base, on top of the many LGBTQ execs fillg the offic of Mic Row and the… well, far lser percentag of openly gay artists the field.
COUNTRY MIC’S LGBTQ ARROW LANDS AT APPLE MIC, AS THE GENRE GETS ITS FIRST GAY-THEMED SHOW WH ‘PROUD RAD’
Country mic has s first gay-themed regular broadst wh Apple Mic's "Proud Rad." Host Hunter Kelly talks about the historic show. * gay country radio host *
The jump om C&W to C&Q no longer seems such a big one, wh mastream acceptance of untry’s gay dience, artists and culture g to bloom a historic way the first rad program of note voted to that tersectn: Apple Mic Country’s new show “Proud Rad Wh Hunter Kelly. VARIETY: You mt feel as much as anyone that a gay untry show is unprecented terrory.
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CODY ALAN WIKI: AGE, MARRIED, ENGAGED, BOYIEND, GAY
Gay untry sgers are takg Nashville by storm, rvg out a space for LGBT love the rich history of the genre. * gay country radio host *
You’ve probably faced the qutn: Is there really enough of a gay/untry tersectn to fill two hours every month, fely?
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And change is already the makg-- 2014, for example, Kacey Mgrav beme the first gay untry sger to take home the CMA Song of the Year award, for "Follow Your Arrow, " wrten by two LGBT songwrers. The openly gay rad host beme known for his work on CMT shows like CMT Rad Live, CMT All Accs, and CMT After MidNe. The award-wng personaly is the producer of iHeartRad’s CMT and appeared Amerin romantic film Forever My Marriage After Realizg He Was Gay; Engaged Wh BoyiendAfter Cody lnched a succsful broadstg reer, he met his ex-wife on a bld date.
HERE ARE GAY COUNTRY SGERS WHO STOOD OUT LOUD AND PROUD
Although he weled two kids wh her 1999 and 2003, the CMT Rad Live host realized his sexual orientatn as a gay.
Read Also: Stt Michael Foster Girliend, Datg, Gay, Net Worth, Height, ParentsThe Natnal On-Air Personaly of the Year award wner began to reevaluate the happs of his life and started datg a same-sex, Michael "Trea" Smh sce 2015.
On 12 January 2017, the producer of iHeartRad’s CMT publicly revealed his sexual orientatn as a gay through his heartful msage Instagram wh a long text:You see, I’m gay. Trea accepted his proposal and the openly gay uple engaged each other October 2017.