T.J. Osborne of Brothers Osborne out as gay

Contents:

• T.J. OSBORNE, OPENLY GAY ARTIST ADVOTG FOR CLIVY, CELEBRAT CMA W BY KISSG BOYIEND
• 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 COUNTRY MIC’S BROTHERS OSBORNE, COM OUT AS GAY
• BROTHERS OSBORNE'S T.J. OSBORNE OUT AS GAY
• TJ OSBORNE COM OUT AS GAY
• COUNTRY STAR T.J. OSBORNE OF BROTHERS OSBORNE OUT PUBLICLY AS GAY
• T.J. OSBORNE OF BROTHERS OSBORNE COM OUT AS GAY
• T.J. OSBORNE OF UNTRY MIC DUO BROTHERS OSBORNE OUT AS GAY
• COUNTRY STAR T.J. OSBORNE PUBLICLY OUT AS GAY: 'IT WAS SO LONELY' BEG CLOSETED
• T.J. OSBORNE OF AWARD-WNG UNTRY GROUP BROTHERS OSBORNE OUT AS GAY
• COUNTRY SGER T.J. OSBORNE COM OUT AS GAY: I WANT TO BE ‘COMPLETELY WHO I AM’
• BROTHERS OSBORNE'S TJ OSBORNE COM 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.

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.

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

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.

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

"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.

T.J. OSBORNE, OF COUNTRY MIC’S BROTHERS OSBORNE, COM OUT AS GAY

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, half of the duo Brothers Osborne, has publicly revealed for the first time that he is gay.

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

That Osborne is gay has not been a tightly held secret Nashville, least of all to the sger’s iends and fay, but will still e as a surprise to most fans. And his brother John have been openly liberal on a number of issu, like gun laws — and already portrayed a gay uple their “Stay a Ltle Longer” vio, which ed a d stir.

TJ OSBORNE COM OUT AS GAY

The mastream untry mic dtry is filled wh out gay men and women, of urse — jt not current major stars still workg the Mic Row/untry rad system. Lil Nas X, who has a pop al and has never been wholly embraced by untry rad, ma some headl for beg the first out gay person to w a CMA Award — false headl wh a very short historil knowledge of untry, sce Brandy Clark and Shane McAnally had long sce racked up CMAs.

It may be that fans thk differently now about his song “21 Summer” now that they realize he wrote about a gay relatnship. Revealed to him he was gay his mid-twenti, around the time they signed their al wh UMG Nashville.

“He is now the only openly gay artist signed to a major untry mic label, and I hope that the bs ntu to realize that there is a space for LGBTQ artists, and that they n be mercially succsful. J., 36, is gay.

COUNTRY STAR T.J. OSBORNE OF BROTHERS OSBORNE OUT PUBLICLY AS 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.

T.J. OSBORNE OF BROTHERS OSBORNE COM OUT AS 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?

” But what if beg gay is not a small tail?

T.J. OSBORNE OF UNTRY MIC DUO BROTHERS OSBORNE OUT AS GAY

Osbourne is the first openly gay untry artist signed to a major label.

Osborne, one half of siblg duo Brothers Osborne, discsed beg gay for the first time public.

COUNTRY STAR T.J. OSBORNE PUBLICLY OUT AS GAY: 'IT WAS SO LONELY' BEG CLOSETED

"Osborne's g out marks a historic moment for the genre, as he is now the first openly gay artist to be signed to a major untry label.

TJ Osborne, the first openly gay mician signed to a major untry rerd label, ma history aga Wednday night by kissg his boyiend on natnal televisn at the Country Mic Assn.

T.J. OSBORNE OF AWARD-WNG UNTRY GROUP BROTHERS OSBORNE OUT AS GAY

Earlier the telest, Osborne opened up about his journey to untry superstardom and the obstacl he has faced bee of the genre’s homophobia and lack of reprentatn for LGBTQ+ artists. “I would watch this show year after year, and I always thought how credible would be, ” Osborne said while troducg the duo’s performance of “Younger Me, ” a song the 36-year-old wrote about growg up gay. “Let me tell you seeg an openly gay man w a #CMA award & the meras not cut away when he kissed his date, is not somethg I thought I’d see my lifetime, ” wrote Ante Miller.

TJ Osborne Com Out as Gay. Brothers Osborne sger-guarist TJ Osborne has publicly e out as gay, revealg the news an terview wh Time.

Wh this revelatn, Osborne be the first openly gay man signed to a major untry label and one of the first mastream untry artists to e out the prime of their reer. “I’m very fortable beg gay, ” Osborne told wrer Sam Lansky. Osborne has e out publicly as gay.

COUNTRY SGER T.J. OSBORNE COM OUT AS GAY: I WANT TO BE ‘COMPLETELY WHO I AM’

“I’m very fortable beg gay, ” the 36-year-old mician told Time magaze. Osborne of the Brothers Osborne has e out publicly as gay.

Leon Halip / Getty ImagWh this news, Osborne is now the only mician signed to a major untry label who is publicly known to be gay. Publicly me out as gay via an terview wh Time. "I'm very fortable beg gay, " T.

BROTHERS OSBORNE'S TJ OSBORNE COM OUT AS GAY

Is said to currently be the only openly gay artist signed to a major untry label. “I told [wrer Sam Lansky], ‘Beg gay is a very small part of who I am. ” A lot of say that when we’re g out, whether out of ternalized homophobia or some vague sense of obligatn to straight people.

Osborne, lead sger of Brothers Osborne, the band he started wh his big brother John, is the first current, male, mastream untry artist to be openly gay. Osborne is somethg even rarer and more signifint than an out, gay, male, mastream untry artist; he’s a public figure who’s explorg those qutns of inty, real time, right out loud.

" Marvel, a untry songwrg veteran, is the proud dad of a gay son himself. “I thk that’s been a problem the gay muny, wh the preference beg for mascule men.