Country Mic Gets a Gay-Themed Show Wh Apple Mic's 'Proud Rad' - Variety

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• 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

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.

COUNTRY MIC’S LGBTQ ARROW LANDS AT APPLE MIC, AS THE GENRE GETS ITS FIRST GAY-THEMED SHOW WH ‘PROUD RAD’

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. 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. Beg the dience at the CMA Awards last November and seeg Lil Nas X w a CMA Award as an out Black gay man, and then seeg Brandi Carlile the dience, I really felt like somethg was shiftg that moment. You’ve probably faced the qutn: Is there really enough of a gay/untry tersectn to fill two hours every month, fely?

CODY ALAN WIKI: AGE, MARRIED, ENGAGED, BOYIEND, GAY

There’s a Gay Ole Opry scene out of Brooklyn wh Karen & the Sorrows and Paisley Fields, who I’m playg on this next episo. There was an album that me out recently by Ben Platt, the Broadway star, lled “Sg to Me Instead, ” and he was sgg about his experience openly as a gay man.

Defely that kd of late ’70s, early ‘80s, dis-ish or Crystal Gayle/Anne Murray place is also a sweet spot for me, when to the “okay, that’s f for a drag show” kd of thg.

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. The openly gay uple, who beme close due to untry mic, veloped a close relatnship 2016 and ever sce they did not hate to step at a public event Don't Want To Miss: Lisa Salters Wiki, Hband, Gay or Lbian | ESPN Reporter FactsCody affirmed he had weddg plans wh his fiancé and said that both of them were simple guys.

Country mic has a lengthy and not-so-proud reputatn for beg tensely homophobic.