The former untry child prodigy tails his stggle to fd acceptance the genre as a gay man, and shar his new song, 'Soldier.'
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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
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"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. “Beg a gay male untry artist is not the bt thg, ” says Gilman, 26, the five-mute clip.
“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 … knowg that I’m a genre and an dtry that s ashamed of me for beg me. Gilman also reveals that spe whispers about his homosexualy Nashville and the lack of tert him om major labels, some the dtry have always been supportive of him. Is Billy Gilman Gay?
He is openly gay and datg boyiend Christopher Meyer sce 2014. Billy Gilman is openly gay. The same year, he openly claimed he is gay around November a vio he posted public.
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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. “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. (Photo:)Don't Miss: Openly Gay Johnny Mathis Married?
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For the rmatn, David Monahan is also a gay entertament A Romantic Relatnship Wh Chris MeyerThe Grammy Award-nomated, Amerin Mic Awards-wng Billy is a romantic relatnship wh Christopher John Meyer, aka Chris. Country sger Billy Gilman me out as gay onle Thursday, hours after fellow untry act Ty Herndon revealed he was gay as well.
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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. Quickly followed up wh a Christmas album, Classic Christmas, and his sophomore effort, Dare to Dream.
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BILLY GILMAN COM OUT AS GAY, CALLS OUT COUNTRY MIC INDTRY TO SUPPORT GAY ARTISTS
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. Ty Herndon's announcement that he is gay has prompted a send untry sger to e out, as a five-and-a-half mute vio posted to YouTube Thursday, Billy Gilman explaed his cisn to open up. "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, " he says.
OPENLY GAY FORMER COUNTRY CHILD STAR BILLY GILMAN SEEKS ANOTHER CHANCE ON ‘THE VOICE’
Country sger Billy Gilman, who shot to stardom at age 11 wh "One Voice, " has e out as gay. The sger says he was spired by fellow untry mician Ty Herndon, who me out as gay terviews wh People magaze and Entertament Tonight the very same day, his cisn to e out. But perhaps no profsnal nttant has a story as tertg as that of Billy Gilman, the openly gay former untry mic preteen prodigy, who dned for The Voice Season 11 this, now 28, ma history 2000, when at age 11 he beme the youngt artist to have a Top 40 h on the untry charts wh his first sgle, the gold-certified “One Voice.
”But more importantly, that same year, Billy me out as gay — a rare act the nservative untry mic world — via a personal YouTube vio, after beg spired by a siar announcement by gay untry sger Ty Herndon.
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”So now Billy is back, on The Voice, a GLAAD Media Award-wng show that has a long and admirable history of welg openly LGBT nttants — ever sce s first season, when four of the top eight falists (and two of the top four) were gay or bisexual. “I had to e to grips wh beg gay… I took a long time to rebuild volly, but was g back, and then g to grips wh who I was personally, I also me to grips wh who I was as a sger.
I thk Miley would have been the better ach to gui Billy on his transn om untry to gay-iendly pop — a transn Miley succsfully ma herself wh Bangerz — but hopefully The Voice will fally give the all-grown-up Billy a place where he feels accepted, even by good ol’ untry boy Blake (who recently me unr fire for his old homophobic tweets).