T.J. Osborne of the Brothers Osborne publicly shar he intifi as gay | CNN

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• T.J. OSBORNE, OPENLY GAY ARTIST ADVOTG FOR CLIVY, CELEBRAT CMA W BY KISSG BOYIEND
• TJ OSBORNE OF BROTHERS OSBORNE COM OUT AS GAY: 'MY HAPPS IS MORE VALUABLE THAN ANYTHG ELSE'
• T.J. OSBORNE OF THE BROTHERS OSBORNE PUBLICLY SHAR HE INTIFI AS GAY
• BROTHERS OSBORNE SGER T.J. OSBORNE OPENS UP ABOUT HIS SEXUALY, COM OUT: ‘I’M VERY COMFORTABLE BEG GAY’
• BROTHERS OSBORNE'S T.J. OSBORNE 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.

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

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.

T.J. OSBORNE OF THE BROTHERS OSBORNE PUBLICLY SHAR HE INTIFI AS GAY

"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.

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. “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.

BROTHERS OSBORNE SGER T.J. OSBORNE OPENS UP ABOUT HIS SEXUALY, COM OUT: ‘I’M VERY COMFORTABLE BEG GAY’

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. Osborne of the Brothers Osborne band has e out as gay, makg him the only openly gay artist signed to a major untry label.

“I’m very fortable beg gay, ” he told the outlet. ” He hop, however, that g out might open the door to more gay untry mic fans. First told him he was gay his 20s.

When the band released the mic vio for their 2016 h sgle, “Stay a Ltle Longer, ” fans were shocked to see gay and terracial upl.

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

As a gay man, but he told Time ntug to hi his sexualy was unfair to himself and the men he was datg. J., 36, is 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. 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. 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?