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- COUNTRY MIC'S (NOT SO SECRET) GAY HISTORY
- JAGUARS ASSOCIATE STRENGTH ACH OUT AS GAY A FIRST FOR US-BASED PRO LEAGU
- HEAR JT HILTNER’S GAY BLUEGRASS AT
COUNTRY MIC'S (NOT SO SECRET) GAY HISTORY
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FeatureChely Wright may be the first major openly gay untry mic star, but she's hardly the first one to the partyCountry mic star Chely Wright has e out as a lbian on the ver of People magaze, part of a high-stak media mpaign that some feel may affect her marketabily. Wright, bt known for her 1999 h "Sgle Whe Female, " told People: "There had never, ever been a untry mic artist who had acknowledged his or her homosexualy. Here's a brief look at key gay ton untry mic:1939Though 's unclear why, "Lavenr Cowboy, " a rerdg by Texas-born untry sger Vernon Dalhart, is banned om the rad.
1973Lavenr Country, onted by openly gay Seattle-based Patrick Haggerty, releas Ameri's first overtly gay-themed untry album.
" 1991Some nsir Pirat of the Mississippi's vio "Feed Jake" the "first untry mic vio wh a gay theme.