Billy Gilman may have found a b easier to share his "story" after fellow untry mic star, Ty Herndon, revealed he was gay Thursday.
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- BILLY GILMAN REVEALS HE'S GAY YOUTUBE VIO
- BILLY GILMAN COM OUT AS GAYNOW 26, HE FILMS YOUTUBE VIO TO MAKE THE ANNOUNCEMENTBY CRAIG SHELBURNENOVEMBER 20, 2014/5:47 {HEIGHT:HER;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;POSN:RELATIVE;-WEBK-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-MS-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-WEBK-ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-ALIGN:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-ALIGN:CENTER;ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-WEBK-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;-MS-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;} IMG{HEIGHT:100%;WIDTH:100%;OBJECT-F:VER;}{HEIGHT:574PX;WIDTH:1020PX;}BY CRAIG SHELBURNENOVEMBER 20, 2014 / 5:47 PM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"BILLY GILMAN COM OUT AS GAY","THUMBNAILURL":","DATEPUBLISHED":"2014-11-20T22:47:37.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2014-11-20T22:47:37.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"CMT"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"CMT","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080}},"CREATOR":"CRAIG SHELBURNE"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#373A3D;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BILLY GILMAN, WHO FOUND SUCCS UNTRY MIC AS A CHILD THE EARLY 2000S, HAS E OUT AS GAY. GILMAN, 26, MA THE ANNOUNCEMENT WH A YOUTUBE VIO POSTED THURSDAY (NOV. 20), THE SAME DAY THAT FELLOW UNTRY ARTIST TY HERNDON ME OUT OF THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#373A3D;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}“IT’S TAKEN ME A GOOD MANY WEEKS TO FIGURE OUT HOW I WAS TO APPROACH THIS VIO THAT YOU’RE WATCHG RIGHT NOW,” HE SAID. “BUT TODAY, ACTUALLY, A FELLOW UNTRY ARTIST AND IEND MA EASIER FOR ME TO MAKE THIS VIO. AND I WANTED MY FANS, WHO HAVE STUCK BY ME FOR MANY, MANY YEARS, TO KNOW.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#373A3D;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}GILMAN SAID HE CID TO E OUT AFTER BEG SPOTTED WH HIS PARTNER BY A LOL {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#373A3D;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}“I TOOK A LONG TIME TO GROW UNTRY MIC, AND I TOOK A WHILE TO GROW UP, AND RECENTLY RELEASED SOME NEW MIC,” GILMAN SAID. “WE FILMED A VIO FOR THE SGLE ‘SAY YOU WILL’ RHO ISLAND AND WAS GETTG READY TO DO AN TERVIEW WH A REPORTER, LOLLY. AND CINTALLY I RAN TO THIS REPORTER AT A LOL FALL FTIVAL WH MY PARTNER, SOMEONE WHO I AM HAPPILY NOW SHARG MY LIFE WH. THIS REPORTER TOOK A PICTURE OF AND WAS THAT MOMENT THAT I KNEW THAT I’D RATHER BE OM ME, THAN YOU READG SOMEWHERE ELSE, AND PROBABLY FILLED WH NOT TTH.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#373A3D;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}GILMAN EARNED A DOUBLE-PLATUM ALBUM FOR HIS 2000 RELEASE, ONE VOICE, AS WELL AS TWO SUBSEQUENT GOLD ALBUMS. HOWEVER, HE EMPHASIZED HE WAS DISAPPOTED NASHVILLE HAD LOST TERT HIS MIC RECENT {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#373A3D;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}“IN RECENT YEARS WHEN I DID E BACK TO NASHVILLE, THERE WERE MORS AND WHISPERS -- IS HE OR ISN’T HE? FOR MANY THAT KNOW NASHVILLE AND HOW MUCH I LOVE THE DTRY … BEG A GAY MALE UNTRY ARTIST IS NOT THE BT THG. YOU KNOW, IF PEOPLE DON’T LIKE YOUR MIC, THAT’S ONE THG. BUT AFTER HAVG SOLD OVER 5 LN RERDS AND HAVG A WONRFUL LIFE THE MIC DTRY, I KNEW SOMETHG WAS WRONG WHEN NO MAJOR LABEL WANTED TO S DOWN AND HAVE A MEETG AND LISTEN TO THE NEW STUFF. I’D DO A SHOWSE NASHVILLE AND NO MAJOR LABEL SHOWED.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#373A3D;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}HE ADD, “I GUS G TO TERMS WH THIS SUATN, PEOPLE WERE STATG, 'OH, YOU DON’T KNOW HOW MANY TIM WE HEARD MENTS MA.' … IT’S DIFFICULT FOR ME TO MAKE THIS VIO. NOT BEE I’M ASHAMED OF BEG A GAY MALE ARTIST, OR A GAY ARTIST, OR A GAY PERSON. BUT ’S PRETTY SILLY TO KNOW THAT I’M ASHAMED OF DOG THIS KNOWG THAT BEE I’M A GENRE, AND AN DTRY, THAT IS ASHAMED OF ME FOR BEG ME.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#373A3D;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}YET HE MA A NOTE THAT HIS FELLOW ARTISTS HAVE BEEN SUPPORTIVE OF HIM THROUGH THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#373A3D;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}“THAT SAID, I WANT TO SAY THAT ALL OF THE UNTRY ARTISTS THAT LERALLY I GREW UP ONT OF, KEH URBAN, VCE [GILL] AND LEANN RIM AND ALL OF THE WONRFUL IENDS OF ME HAVE BEEN NOTHG BUT SUPPORTIVE. NOT THAT THEY KNEW, BUT THEY HAVE BEEN SUCH WONRFUL PEOPLE,” HE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#373A3D;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}“AND NOW RECENTLY TY HERNDON, WHO I’VE KNOWN AND BEEN A FAN OF. CONGRATULATNS ON SUCH A URAGEO EFFORT.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#373A3D;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}NEARG THE END OF HIS CLIP, GILMAN STATED, “YOU KNOW, I’VE BEEN ALG WH THIS FOR … WELL, I’VE BEEN WH MY PARTNER NOW FOR FIVE MONTHS. SO GOG BACK AND FORTH ON HOW I WAS TO APPROACH THIS, I THOUGHT, RATHER THAN DO ON SOME TALK SHOW, I WOULD DO JT ONT OF A SIMPLE MERA, VERY PERSONAL. I’VE BEEN AN ADVOTE FOR SO MANY THGS MY LIFE THAT I THOUGHT, WHY NOT NOW BE AN ADVOTE FOR ME, AND FOR THE E THAT I BELIEVE WH MY WHOLE HEART?”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#373A3D;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}GILMAN PSED HIS SPEECH TO SHOW PART OF HIS MIC VIO, WHICH HE IS EDG, THEN ME BACK TO THE MERA FOR A FEW FAL {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#373A3D;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}“ANYWAY ’S BEEN A CRAZY DAY AND I N HONTLY SAY I’M SRED TO ATH, BUT I THANK EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT. YOU KNOW HOW MUCH I LOVE YOU AND JT THANK YOU FOR ALL OF YOUR SUPPORT. KNOW THAT I WILL ALWAYS STRIVE TO BE THE BT ARTIST THAT I N BE. NOW THAT I HAVE FALLY FOUND MY PLACE AS A PERSON, THAT ONLY MAK THE MIC THAT MUCH BETTER,” HE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#373A3D;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}“SO I THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT AND I KNOW SOME PEOPLE WON’T AGREE WH THIS. AND THAT’S OK. TO EACH HIS OWN. BUT I FELT WAS TIME FOR ME TO BE HONT AND TO BE TTHFUL. I LOVE YOU ALL AND OM THE BOTTOM OF MY HEART, I THANK YOU.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#373A3D;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}GILMAN WAS BORN RHO ISLAND AND WAS SGG PUBLICLY AT AGE 7. BY THE TIME HE WAS 11, HE HAD RELEASED ONE VOICE, HIS BUT ALBUM FOR EPIC RERDS. HE ACHIEVED HIS GREATT CHART SUCCS WH THE TLE TRACK, A MENTARY ON SCHOOL VLENCE WHICH PEAKED AT NO. 20 ON THE BILLBOARD UNTRY CHART 2000. HE ALSO CHARTED FOUR OTHER SGL -- “OKLAHOMA,” “WARM AND FUZZY,” “SHE’S MY GIRL” AND “ELISABETH” -- THROUGH {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS
- ARE THE GAY COUPLE BILLY GILMAN AND CHRISTOPHER MEYER STILL TOGETHER? ARE THEY MARRIED? DETAILS ABOUT THEIR RELATNSHIP!
- BILLY GILMAN COM OUT AS GAY, CALLS OUT COUNTRY MIC INDTRY TO SUPPORT GAY ARTISTS
- COUNTRY SGER BILLY GILMAN COM OUT AS GAY PERSONAL YOUTUBE VIO
- COUNTRY SGER BILLY GILMAN COM OUT AS GAY
- BILLY GILMAN REVEALS HE’S GAY, LAMENTS IT’S ‘NOT THE BT THG’ FOR COUNTRY CAREER
- COUNTRY SGER BILLY GILMAN COM OUT AS GAY
- OPENLY GAY FORMER COUNTRY CHILD STAR BILLY GILMAN SEEKS ANOTHER CHANCE ON ‘THE VOICE’
- BILLY GILMAN COM OUT AS GAY, CALLS OUT COUNTRY MIC INDTRY TO SUPPORT GAY ARTISTS
- OPENLY GAY FORMER COUNTRY CHILD STAR BILLY GILMAN SEEKS ANOTHER CHANCE ON ‘THE VOICE’
- BILLY GILMAN REVEALS HE’S GAY VIO TO FANS: ‘BEG A GAY MALE UNTRY ARTIST IS NOT THE BT THG’
BILLY GILMAN REVEALS HE'S GAY YOUTUBE VIO
"Beg a gay male untry artist is not the bt thg," says the sger" emprop="scriptn * billy gilman gay *
Billy Gilman Reveals He's Gay YouTube Vio.
BILLY GILMAN COM OUT AS GAYNOW 26, HE FILMS YOUTUBE VIO TO MAKE THE ANNOUNCEMENTBY CRAIG SHELBURNENOVEMBER 20, 2014/5:47 {HEIGHT:HER;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;POSN:RELATIVE;-WEBK-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-MS-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-WEBK-ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-ALIGN:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-ALIGN:CENTER;ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-WEBK-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;-MS-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;} IMG{HEIGHT:100%;WIDTH:100%;OBJECT-F:VER;}{HEIGHT:574PX;WIDTH:1020PX;}BY CRAIG SHELBURNENOVEMBER 20, 2014 / 5:47 PM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"BILLY GILMAN COM OUT AS GAY","THUMBNAILURL":","DATEPUBLISHED":"2014-11-20T22:47:37.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2014-11-20T22:47:37.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"CMT"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"CMT","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080}},"CREATOR":"CRAIG SHELBURNE"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#373A3D;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BILLY GILMAN, WHO FOUND SUCCS UNTRY MIC AS A CHILD THE EARLY 2000S, HAS E OUT AS GAY. GILMAN, 26, MA THE ANNOUNCEMENT WH A YOUTUBE VIO POSTED THURSDAY (NOV. 20), THE SAME DAY THAT FELLOW UNTRY ARTIST TY HERNDON ME OUT OF THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#373A3D;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}“IT’S TAKEN ME A GOOD MANY WEEKS TO FIGURE OUT HOW I WAS TO APPROACH THIS VIO THAT YOU’RE WATCHG RIGHT NOW,” HE SAID. “BUT TODAY, ACTUALLY, A FELLOW UNTRY ARTIST AND IEND MA EASIER FOR ME TO MAKE THIS VIO. AND I WANTED MY FANS, WHO HAVE STUCK BY ME FOR MANY, MANY YEARS, TO KNOW.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#373A3D;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}GILMAN SAID HE CID TO E OUT AFTER BEG SPOTTED WH HIS PARTNER BY A LOL {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#373A3D;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}“I TOOK A LONG TIME TO GROW UNTRY MIC, AND I TOOK A WHILE TO GROW UP, AND RECENTLY RELEASED SOME NEW MIC,” GILMAN SAID. “WE FILMED A VIO FOR THE SGLE ‘SAY YOU WILL’ RHO ISLAND AND WAS GETTG READY TO DO AN TERVIEW WH A REPORTER, LOLLY. AND CINTALLY I RAN TO THIS REPORTER AT A LOL FALL FTIVAL WH MY PARTNER, SOMEONE WHO I AM HAPPILY NOW SHARG MY LIFE WH. THIS REPORTER TOOK A PICTURE OF AND WAS THAT MOMENT THAT I KNEW THAT I’D RATHER BE OM ME, THAN YOU READG SOMEWHERE ELSE, AND PROBABLY FILLED WH NOT TTH.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#373A3D;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}GILMAN EARNED A DOUBLE-PLATUM ALBUM FOR HIS 2000 RELEASE, ONE VOICE, AS WELL AS TWO SUBSEQUENT GOLD ALBUMS. HOWEVER, HE EMPHASIZED HE WAS DISAPPOTED NASHVILLE HAD LOST TERT HIS MIC RECENT {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#373A3D;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}“IN RECENT YEARS WHEN I DID E BACK TO NASHVILLE, THERE WERE MORS AND WHISPERS -- IS HE OR ISN’T HE? FOR MANY THAT KNOW NASHVILLE AND HOW MUCH I LOVE THE DTRY … BEG A GAY MALE UNTRY ARTIST IS NOT THE BT THG. YOU KNOW, IF PEOPLE DON’T LIKE YOUR MIC, THAT’S ONE THG. BUT AFTER HAVG SOLD OVER 5 LN RERDS AND HAVG A WONRFUL LIFE THE MIC DTRY, I KNEW SOMETHG WAS WRONG WHEN NO MAJOR LABEL WANTED TO S DOWN AND HAVE A MEETG AND LISTEN TO THE NEW STUFF. I’D DO A SHOWSE NASHVILLE AND NO MAJOR LABEL SHOWED.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#373A3D;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}HE ADD, “I GUS G TO TERMS WH THIS SUATN, PEOPLE WERE STATG, 'OH, YOU DON’T KNOW HOW MANY TIM WE HEARD MENTS MA.' … IT’S DIFFICULT FOR ME TO MAKE THIS VIO. NOT BEE I’M ASHAMED OF BEG A GAY MALE ARTIST, OR A GAY ARTIST, OR A GAY PERSON. BUT ’S PRETTY SILLY TO KNOW THAT I’M ASHAMED OF DOG THIS KNOWG THAT BEE I’M A GENRE, AND AN DTRY, THAT IS ASHAMED OF ME FOR BEG ME.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#373A3D;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}YET HE MA A NOTE THAT HIS FELLOW ARTISTS HAVE BEEN SUPPORTIVE OF HIM THROUGH THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#373A3D;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}“THAT SAID, I WANT TO SAY THAT ALL OF THE UNTRY ARTISTS THAT LERALLY I GREW UP ONT OF, KEH URBAN, VCE [GILL] AND LEANN RIM AND ALL OF THE WONRFUL IENDS OF ME HAVE BEEN NOTHG BUT SUPPORTIVE. NOT THAT THEY KNEW, BUT THEY HAVE BEEN SUCH WONRFUL PEOPLE,” HE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#373A3D;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}“AND NOW RECENTLY TY HERNDON, WHO I’VE KNOWN AND BEEN A FAN OF. CONGRATULATNS ON SUCH A URAGEO EFFORT.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#373A3D;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}NEARG THE END OF HIS CLIP, GILMAN STATED, “YOU KNOW, I’VE BEEN ALG WH THIS FOR … WELL, I’VE BEEN WH MY PARTNER NOW FOR FIVE MONTHS. SO GOG BACK AND FORTH ON HOW I WAS TO APPROACH THIS, I THOUGHT, RATHER THAN DO ON SOME TALK SHOW, I WOULD DO JT ONT OF A SIMPLE MERA, VERY PERSONAL. I’VE BEEN AN ADVOTE FOR SO MANY THGS MY LIFE THAT I THOUGHT, WHY NOT NOW BE AN ADVOTE FOR ME, AND FOR THE E THAT I BELIEVE WH MY WHOLE HEART?”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#373A3D;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}GILMAN PSED HIS SPEECH TO SHOW PART OF HIS MIC VIO, WHICH HE IS EDG, THEN ME BACK TO THE MERA FOR A FEW FAL {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#373A3D;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}“ANYWAY ’S BEEN A CRAZY DAY AND I N HONTLY SAY I’M SRED TO ATH, BUT I THANK EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT. YOU KNOW HOW MUCH I LOVE YOU AND JT THANK YOU FOR ALL OF YOUR SUPPORT. KNOW THAT I WILL ALWAYS STRIVE TO BE THE BT ARTIST THAT I N BE. NOW THAT I HAVE FALLY FOUND MY PLACE AS A PERSON, THAT ONLY MAK THE MIC THAT MUCH BETTER,” HE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#373A3D;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}“SO I THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT AND I KNOW SOME PEOPLE WON’T AGREE WH THIS. AND THAT’S OK. TO EACH HIS OWN. BUT I FELT WAS TIME FOR ME TO BE HONT AND TO BE TTHFUL. I LOVE YOU ALL AND OM THE BOTTOM OF MY HEART, I THANK YOU.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#373A3D;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}GILMAN WAS BORN RHO ISLAND AND WAS SGG PUBLICLY AT AGE 7. BY THE TIME HE WAS 11, HE HAD RELEASED ONE VOICE, HIS BUT ALBUM FOR EPIC RERDS. HE ACHIEVED HIS GREATT CHART SUCCS WH THE TLE TRACK, A MENTARY ON SCHOOL VLENCE WHICH PEAKED AT NO. 20 ON THE BILLBOARD UNTRY CHART 2000. HE ALSO CHARTED FOUR OTHER SGL -- “OKLAHOMA,” “WARM AND FUZZY,” “SHE’S MY GIRL” AND “ELISABETH” -- THROUGH {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS
Billy Gilman is an Amerin sger; his worth is $4 ln; he is openly Gay and datg boyiend Christopher Meyer sce May 2016; Also se... * billy gilman gay *
"Beg a gay male untry artist is not the bt thg, " says the sger. Ty Herndon’s revelatn Thursday that he’s an "out, proud and happy gay man" has already spired another male untry artist to e out publicly.
ARE THE GAY COUPLE BILLY GILMAN AND CHRISTOPHER MEYER STILL TOGETHER? ARE THEY MARRIED? DETAILS ABOUT THEIR RELATNSHIP!
Sger Billy Gilman has announced that he is gay -- and lled out the untry mic dtry to support LGBTQ artists. * billy gilman gay *
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The lowt moment of his reer me 2014 when he had to face the blackmailg of a reporter, who threatened to put his sexualy out May Also Like: Openly Gay Jam Charl, Exceptnal Makp Artist Boyiend | Datg? Comg out on the same day that fellow untry sger Ty Herndon had claimed to be gay, Billy took to Youtube to nfs his sexual preferenc.
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Country sger Billy Gilman me out as gay onle Thursday, hours after fellow untry act Ty Herndon revealed he was gay as well. The sger ntu, wh an explanatn of how difficult is to be a gay untry sger and how he has felt prejudice Nashville based on mors over his sexualy.
“Beg a gay male untry artist is not the bt thg, ” he says.
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Drawg spiratn om the fellow untry mic artist Ty Herndon g out earlier today, sger Billy Gilman announced he was also gay a vio posted onle, reports Towleroad. "It's difficult for me to make this vio, not bee I'm ashamed of beg a gay male artist or a gay artist or a gay person.
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Quickly followed up wh a Christmas album, Classic Christmas, and his sophomore effort, Dare to Dream. Billy Gilman Reveals He’s Gay, Laments It’s ‘Not the Bt Thg’ for Country Career. Although he’s only been an openly homosexual man untry mic for one day, sger Ty Herndon’s claratn that he is an “out, proud and happy gay man” has given another male artist the genre the urage to e out publicly – on the very same day.
“Beg a gay male untry artist is not the bt thg, ” Gilman laments.