T.J. of the Brothers Osborne is now the only openly gay artist signed to a major untry label—a historic moment for the genre.
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- 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'
T.J. OSBORNE OF THE BROTHERS OSBORNE PUBLICLY SHAR HE INTIFI AS GAY
T.J. 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. * tj is gay *
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. 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.
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.
TJ OSBORNE OF BROTHERS OSBORNE COM OUT AS GAY: 'MY HAPPS IS MORE VALUABLE THAN ANYTHG ELSE'
* tj is 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?