Chely Wright may be the first major openly gay untry mic star, but she's hardly the first one to the party
Contents:
- HERE ARE GAY COUNTRY SGERS WHO STOOD OUT LOUD AND PROUD
- 9 COUNTRY MIC ARTISTS WHO HAVE COME OUT AS GAY
- QUEER COUNTRY: LBIAN AND GAY MASTREAM COUNTRY ARTISTS? (BOOK EXCERPT)
- COUNTRY MIC'S (NOT SO SECRET) GAY HISTORY
- COUNTRY MIC HAS NEVER BEEN MORE GAY
- CHELY WRIGHT COM OUT AS COUNTRY MIC’S FIRST OPENLY GAY SGER
HERE ARE GAY COUNTRY SGERS WHO STOOD OUT LOUD AND PROUD
Gay untry sgers are takg Nashville by storm, rvg out a space for LGBT love the rich history of the genre. * gay female country artist *
The chos even exprs acceptance of weed and homosexualy, topics that are unfortunately still taboo mastream untry, pecially when sung by a woman.
9 COUNTRY MIC ARTISTS WHO HAVE COME OUT AS GAY
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One of untry mic's greatt songwrers and producers is gay. Their 1973 self-tled album is nsired the first known gay-themed untry mic album.
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QUEER COUNTRY: LBIAN AND GAY MASTREAM COUNTRY ARTISTS? (BOOK EXCERPT)
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COUNTRY MIC'S (NOT SO SECRET) GAY HISTORY
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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. Country mic has a lengthy and not-so-proud reputatn for beg tensely homophobic. Gay untry sgers were, sadly, not warmly weled.
For stance, Patrick Haggerty, whose band lled Lavenr Country, released what is wily believed to be the first explicly gay rerd 1973, ultimately leadg the band to fa to obscury.
From gay untry stars sgg os about lovg who you want to untry artists enuragg listeners not to be aaid to embrace their genr inty, the genre – both s artists and s fans – has fally reached a place where acceptance is the new standard. So, today, let’s take a look at some of the most celebrated gay untry sgers – om Grammy Award-wng stars Brandi Carlile and Lil Nas X to T. Osborne, who is the first gay artist signed to a major untry label.
COUNTRY MIC HAS NEVER BEEN MORE GAY
Brandi Carlile spent most of her childhood beg told that “to be gay was a one-way ticket to hell. ” She even had never met another gay person – until she watched Ellen DeGener’ historic 1997 “I’m gay” episo, which she rerd on a VHS tape so she uld watch repeatedly. It was then that Carlile me to terms wh the fact that she was gay.
However, thgs changed at the height of his reer when he me out as gay durg the last day of Pri Month 2019 through a seri of tweets and his song lled “c7osure.
CHELY WRIGHT COM OUT AS COUNTRY MIC’S FIRST OPENLY GAY SGER
In 2014, the Nashville artist revealed to PEOPLE a part of himself he has kept secret for his entire reer: beg a “happy gay man.