Country star T.J. Osborne of Brothers Osborne out as gay

Contents:

• T.J. OSBORNE, OPENLY GAY ARTIST ADVOTG FOR CLIVY, CELEBRAT CMA W BY KISSG BOYIEND
• T.J. OSBORNE OF THE BROTHERS OSBORNE PUBLICLY SHAR HE INTIFI AS GAY
• TJ OSBORNE OF BROTHERS OSBORNE COM OUT AS GAY: 'MY HAPPS IS MORE VALUABLE THAN ANYTHG ELSE'
• BROTHERS OSBORNE'S T.J. OSBORNE OUT AS GAY
• TJ OSBORNE COM OUT AS GAY
• COUNTRY STAR T.J. OSBORNE OF BROTHERS OSBORNE OUT AS GAY
• T.J. OSBORNE OF AWARD-WNG UNTRY GROUP BROTHERS OSBORNE OUT AS GAY
• COUNTRY DUO GRACLY RPONDS TO REPUBLIN WHO BLOCKED HONOR FOR GAY SGER
• T.J. OSBORNE OF BROTHERS OSBORNE COM OUT AS GAY
• COUNTRY STAR T.J. OSBORNE PUBLICLY OUT AS GAY: 'IT WAS SO LONELY' BEG CLOSETED
• T.J. OSBORNE, OF COUNTRY MIC’S BROTHERS OSBORNE, COM OUT AS GAY
• BROTHERS OSBORNE'S TJ OSBORNE COM 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. 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. 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.

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.

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

TJ Osborne, the first openly gay mician signed to a major untry rerd label, ma history aga Wednday night by kissg his boyiend on natnal televisn at the Country Mic Assn. Earlier the telest, Osborne opened up about his journey to untry superstardom and the obstacl he has faced bee of the genre’s homophobia and lack of reprentatn for LGBTQ+ artists. “I would watch this show year after year, and I always thought how credible would be, ” Osborne said while troducg the duo’s performance of “Younger Me, ” a song the 36-year-old wrote about growg up gay.

“Let me tell you seeg an openly gay man w a #CMA award & the meras not cut away when he kissed his date, is not somethg I thought I’d see my lifetime, ” wrote Ante Miller.

Osborne recently revealed how his brother and bandmate, John Osborne, found out that he's gay. Explaed that John already knew that he was gay before he officially me out to him.

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

Then sat down wh John and explaed that he had the tentn of g out as gay and not livg his life the closet. Was named the Grand Marshal for the stan a gay untry star wh a great support system around him! 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 label. J., 36, is gay.

TJ OSBORNE COM OUT AS GAY

“I’m very fortable beg gay, ” he says later, a quiet room at the office of his management pany. Be the only openly gay artist signed to a major untry label—a historic moment for the genre.

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

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 AWARD-WNG UNTRY GROUP 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? 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? TJ Osborne Com Out as Gay. Brothers Osborne sger-guarist TJ Osborne has publicly e out as gay, revealg the news an terview wh Time.

COUNTRY DUO GRACLY RPONDS TO REPUBLIN WHO BLOCKED HONOR FOR GAY SGER

Wh this revelatn, Osborne be the first openly gay man signed to a major untry label and one of the first mastream untry artists to e out the prime of their reer. “I’m very fortable beg gay, ” Osborne told wrer Sam Lansky. “I’m very fortable beg gay, ” he told Time.

T.J. OSBORNE OF BROTHERS OSBORNE COM OUT AS GAY

But Tennsee Republins also blocked a rolutn to honor the sger earlier that year, motivated by homophobia. “Say Gay” is trendg as everyone speaks out agast Florida’s Don’t Say Gay law. Brothers Osborne took home the prize for vol duo of the year at the 2021 CMA Awards on Wednday — and had their neart and art on hand to help them bask their Osborne, 36, celebrated before acceptg the award by kissg his boyiend Abi Ventura, while John Osborne, 39, shared a smooch wh wife Lucie moment was a tone one for TJ, who publicly me out as gay Febary.

"RELATED: Brothers Osborne to Perform 'Meangful' Track 'Younger Me' — Wrten After TJ Came Out — at CMA Awardsbrothers osborneJohn Shearer/Getty Brothers OsborneThe Maryland native add, "The biggt thg that bothered me was not that I was beg regnized but kd of gave the msage that maybe people that are gay or LGBTQ aren't really that accepted this state.

In an terview wh CBS This Morng, the untry duo Brothers Osborne (TJ, 36, and his brother John, 39) opened up about the effect TJ g out as gay has had on their fanbase.

COUNTRY STAR T.J. OSBORNE PUBLICLY OUT AS GAY: 'IT WAS SO LONELY' BEG CLOSETED

Gayle Kg started by readg a tweet om a fan sayg she's thankful her teen "Gets to live a world where he don't have to hi who he is and has men like you two that he n look up. TJ me out as gay an terview wh Time back Febary.

Osborne has e out publicly as gay.

“I’m very fortable beg gay, ” the 36-year-old mician told Time magaze. ”Wh this news, Osborne is now the only mician signed to a major untry label who is publicly known to be gay.

T.J. OSBORNE, OF COUNTRY MIC’S BROTHERS OSBORNE, COM OUT AS GAY

Osborne, one-half of dynamic untry duo Brother Osborne, me out as gay an terview published Wednday by Time magaze. He's the lone openly gay man signed to a major label untry rerd al, acrdg to the article. Osborne, who onts the Maryland-bred Brothers Osborne wh his olr brother-guarist John Osborne, knew he was gay om a young age, and me out to iends and fay years ago.

"I'm very fortable beg gay, " he told the publitn. "Some artists who intify as gay — Brandi Carlile, Orville Peck, Lil Nas X, Brandy Clark, Waylon Payne and others — earned untry mic acclaim the last wh sold out tours and award show honors. A untry mic duo hop to meet wh a Tennsee lawmaker who blocked the passage of a state measure to honor s lead sger, who is gay.

BROTHERS OSBORNE'S TJ OSBORNE COM OUT AS GAY

Osborne is not the first untry mic artist to e out as gay, he is the first and currently only openly gay artist signed to a major untry mic label, ” the rolutn, which n be found full here, reads.

“I’m very fortable beg gay, ” he said.