Contents:
- QUEER COUNTRY: LBIAN AND GAY MASTREAM COUNTRY ARTISTS? (BOOK EXCERPT)
- CHELY WRIGHT OPENS UP ABOUT BEG A GAY, CHRISTIAN COUNTRY SGER
QUEER COUNTRY: LBIAN AND GAY MASTREAM COUNTRY ARTISTS? (BOOK EXCERPT)
The chos even exprs acceptance of weed and homosexualy, topics that are unfortunately still taboo mastream untry, pecially when sung by a woman.
In a 2014 Guardian terview celebratg Paradise of Bachelors’ reissue of Patrick Haggerty’s 1973 out gay untry album, Wright said that she doubted that eher the world or Nashville was ready for the lyrics Haggerty’s album or for an artist to e out at age neteen, which she said would be “idtic.
I wouldn’t ll the dtry homophobic, but they’re aaid of the fear lots of fans have about gay people.
CHELY WRIGHT OPENS UP ABOUT BEG A GAY, CHRISTIAN COUNTRY SGER
Her fellow out gay mastream untry mician peer Ty Herndon’s style is firmly pop untry, and although he was outed by arrt 1995, he had three number 1 untry songs between 1995 and 2000. Out gay untry artist and award wng songwrer Shane McAnally was most ank, sharg the sort of stage banter that’s entirely typil of other queer and trans untry micians at other shows but that was surprisgly rare this ncert.