Contents:
- KACEY MGRAV IS A GAY IN AND THE WORLD NEEDS TO KNOW
- KACEY MGRAV DREAMS OF A DAY WHEN ‘WE HAVE A GAY COUNTRY MIC IN’
- 5 TIM KACEY MGRAV SHOWED HER LOVE FOR THE LGBTQ+ COMMUNY THE LGBTQ+ ADVOTE WILL RECEIVE GLAAD’S VANGUARD AWARD ON APRIL 2. BY TIFFANY GOLDSTEMARCH 10, 2022/11:29 {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:4000PX;WIDTH:6000PX;}LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA - FEBRUARY 10: KACEY MGRAV PERFORMS ONSTAGE DURG THE 61ST ANNUAL GRAMMY AWARDS AT STAPL CENTER ON FEBARY 10, 2019 LOS ANGEL, CALIFORNIA. (PHOTO BY KEVORK DJANSEZIAN/GETTY IMAG)BY TIFFANY GOLDSTEMARCH 10, 2022 / 11:29 AM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"5 TIM KACEY MGRAV SHOWED HER LOVE FOR THE LGBTQ+ COMMUNY","THUMBNAILURL":","DATEPUBLISHED":"2022-03-10T16:29:45.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2022-03-10T16:29:45.000+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":"TIFFANY GOLDSTE"}{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;}KACEY MGRAV' WORK WH THE LGBTQ+ MUNY HAS NOT GONE UNNOTICED. COME APRIL 2, THE HMAKER WILL RECEIVE THE VANGUARD AWARD AT THE 33RD ANNUAL GLAAD MEDIA AWARDS LOS {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;}“FROM SPEAKG OUT AGAST ANTI-LGBTQ LEGISLATN HER HOME STATE OF TEXAS TO RAISG AWARENS ABOUT BULLYG AFFECTG LGBTQ YOUTH, TO UPLIFTG THE WORK OF LGBTQ ARTISTS, KACEY NTU TO RAISE THE BAR FOR WHAT MEANS TO BE AN THENTIC ALLY AND TO SPIRE HER FANS TO DO THE SAME,” SAID GLAAD PRINT & CEO SARAH KATE ELLIS A PREV {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;}THE ADVOTE WILL JO THE LIK OF PREV HONORE – BEYONCé AND JAY-Z, JENNIFER LOPEZ, BRNEY SPEARS, KERRY WASHGTON, CHER, JA JACKSON, ELIZABETH TAYLOR, PATRICIA ARQUETTE, AND ANTON {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;}TO CELEBRATE THE GREAT HONOR, CMT IS TAKG A LOOK BACK TIME TO WHEN KACEY MGRAV FEARLS DISPLAYED HER LOVE AND SUPPORT FOR 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;}MGRAV RELEASED LGBTQ ANTHEM "FOLLOW YOUR ARROW" {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;POSN:RELATIVE;PADDG-BOTTOM:56.49999999999999%;} .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;POSN:ABSOLUTE;HEIGHT:100% !IMPORTANT;WIDTH:100% !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;}DURG HER REER, SHE SPARKED A DIFFICULT NVERSATN AROUND HOMOSEXUALY AND REVEALED THAT SHE BEME AN ALLY LATER LIFE. IT WAS HER SMALL-TOWN UPBRGG TEXAS THAT KEPT HER {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'VE NOT ALWAYS BEEN THE "FOLLOW YOUR ARROW" GIRL. IT'S EMBARRASSG TO ADM BUT I WASN'T ALWAYS SO OPEN-MD. GROWG UP RAL EAST TEXAS, I N UNT ON ONLY A FEW FGERS THE AMOUNT OF TERACTNS I HAD WH ANYONE GAY THROUGHOUT MY ENTIRE CHILDHOOD AND MOST OF WHICH WAS CLOUD BY CLOSED-MD VIEWPOTS AND SNEERS. I LOVE WHERE I ME OM, BUT THE STANCE ON HOMOSEXUALY IS UNFORTUNATELY STILL PRETTY ARCHAIC AND BEHD THE FACTS," THE HMAKER TOLD BILLBOARD {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;}NOW, THE UNTRY MIC POWERHOE EQUENTLY EXPRS HER LOVE AND SUPPORT FOR THE LGBTQ+ MUNY. IN FACT, WAS HER LL FOR UNY AND SELF-EXPRSN THE SGLE "FOLLOW YOUR ARROW" THAT TOOK HER MIC REER TO NEW HEIGHTS. IT WAS HOW MGRAV LIVERED THE HARD-HTG MSAGE THAT PTURED THE ATTENTN OF UNTRY MIC FANS. AT THE TIME, THE TOPIC WAS NSIRED "TABOO" OR EVEN NTROVERSIAL THE HONKY TONK SPACE, BUT MGRAV WAS NOT AAID TO TAKE A {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;}"SAY WHAT YOU THK | LOVE WHO YOU LOVE | 'CSE YOU JT GET SO MANY TRIPS 'ROUND THE SUN | YEAH, YOU ONLY |ONLY LIVE ONCE | SO MAKE LOTS OF NOISE |KISS LOTS OF BOYS | OR KISS LOTS OF GIRLS | IF THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE TO," SHE SGS LOUD AND {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;}THE ANTHEM THAT ENURAG LISTENERS TO BE THEIR THENTIC SELV LIV ON HER MAJOR-LABEL BUT RERD, "SAME TRAILER, DIFFERENT PARK." MGRAV PERFORMED THE CHILL-PROVOKG TRACK AT THE 56TH ANNUAL GRAMMY AWARDS, WHERE SHE RECEIVED BT COUNTRY SONG FOR "MERRY GO 'ROUND." ALTHOUGH THE RISK-TAKER HAD A GRAMMY W UNR HER BELT, "FOLLOW YOUR ARROW" STILL RANKED POORLY ON THE UNTRY RAD {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;}MGRAV EQUENTLY PH FOR CLIVY UNTRY MICBROOKLYN, NY - OCTOBER 05: KELEFA SANNEH AND KACEY MGRAV SPEAK ONSTAGE DURG THE 2018 NEW YORKER FTIVAL ON OCTOBER 5, 2018 BROOKLYN, NEW YORK. (PHOTO BY BRAD BARKET/GETTY IMAG FOR THE NEW YORKER){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;}THROUGHOUT THE YEARS, THERE HAS BEEN A LACK OF ACCEPTANCE AND CLN WHEN TO QUEER MICIANS TRYG TO BREAK TO THE DTRY. IN 2010, UNTRY MIC STAR, CHELY WRIGHT, RECEIVED BACKLASH AND A CREASE ALBUM SAL AFTER G OUT OF THE CLOSET. BROOKE EN WAS TOLD TO NOT GO PUBLIC WH HER FIANCé HILARY HOOVER, AND T.J. OSBORNE KEPT HIS SEXUAL PREFERENC UNR THE RADAR FOR YEARS TO AVOID TAKG A MASSIVE REER RISK. WHILE MGRAV MAY NOT BE A MEMBER OF THE MUNY, SHE STRIV TO MAKE THE UNTRY MIC GENRE A SAFE SPACE FOR EVERYONE – LEAVG HER TO STRS HER IATIVE AND {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;}AT THE 2018 NEW YORKER FTIVAL, MGRAV WAS PRAISED FOR BEG A "GAY IN" BY A FAN. WHILE ACCEPTG THE KD TLE, THE SGER-SONGWRER DID NOT HOLD BACK AND SPOKE OM 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;}“IT’S CRAZY THAT A CERTA KD OF A PERSON ULD FEEL EXCLUD OM A GENRE THAT’S SO REAL — OR SUPPOSED TO BE SO REAL. THAT HAS ALWAYS REALLY PISSED ME OFF. BEE I LOVE THE GENRE SO MUCH, SHE {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;}MOST RECENTLY, THE MULTI-PLATUM ARTIST TOLD COUNTRY HEAT WEEKLY -HOSTS KELLY SUTTON AND AMBER ANRSON THAT THE DTRY STILL HAS A LONG WAY TO GO, BUT UNTIL SHE SE A TREMENDO SHIFT – SHE WILL CREATE A WELG ENVIRONMENT FOR {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 JT FEEL LIKE ONE THG THAT I’VE BEEN REALLY HAPPY ABOUT IS THAT PEOPLE FEEL LIKE THEY’RE VED TO A PARTY THAT THEY MAY NOT HAVE FELT VED TO BEFORE,” NFSED THE SGER ABOUT HER STAR-CROSSED: UNVEILED {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;}MGRAV DROPPED LOVE-LETTER SGLE, “RABOW” {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;POSN:RELATIVE;PADDG-BOTTOM:56.49999999999999%;} .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;POSN:ABSOLUTE;HEIGHT:100% !IMPORTANT;WIDTH:100% !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;}THE GRAMMY-WNG SGER-SONGWRER PENNED “RABOW” ALONGSI SHANE MCANALLY AND NATALIE HEMBY. THE SOUL-TOUCHG TRIBUTE IS OM HER THIRD STUD ALBUM, “GOLN HOUR,” AND SERV AS A LOVE LETTER TO THE LGBTQ+ {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;}“FOR A LONG TIME, THAT WAS A REALLY HARD ONE TO HEAR, BUT I THOUGHT THAT F REALLY NICELY ON THE RERD,” THE HMAKER TOLD TASTE OF COUNTRY. “IT TURNED TO A SONG AS A LTLE MSAGE TO MYSELF, AND THEN END UP BEG A SONG FOR ANYBODY WH ANY KD OF WEIGHT ON THEIR SHOULRS.”{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;}UPON RELEASE, “RABOW” BEME AN EMPOWERG ANTHEM FOR THOSE STGGLG WH ACCEPTANCE OR FEELG LIKE AN OUTST. SHE TOLD THE OUTLET THAT SHE HOP FANS WH THE LGBTQ+ MUNY FD FORT WH THE MOVG {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 FEEL A KDSHIP AND A IENDSHIP WH THAT MUNY,” SHE GHED. “THEY REALLY OPENED MY EY UP TO A LOT OF DIFFERENT THGS THAT I WASN’T AWARE OF GROWG UP A SMALL TOWN TEXAS. I WILL ALWAYS BE AN ALLY AND A STRONG SUPPORTER,” SHE {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;}{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;}MGRAV SUPPORTS AND WORKS ALONGSI QUEER MICIANS. THE 49TH ANNUAL CMA AWARDS - "COUNTRY MIC'S BIGGT NIGHT(TM)" AIRS LIVE WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 4 (8:00-11:00 P.M., ET) ON THE DISNEY GENERAL ENTERTAMENT CONTENT VIA GETTY IMAG TELEVISN NETWORK OM THE BRIDGTONE ARENA NASHVILLE. (PHOTO BY IMAGE GROUP LA/DISNEY GENERAL ENTERTAMENT CONTENT VIA GETTY IMAG){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;}THE TRAILBLAZER HAS NEVER SHIED AWAY OM RPORATG LGBTQ+ IENDS TO HER PROJECTS. FOR STANCE, THE UNTRY-POP ARTIST LLED KG PRCS AND ELECTRO TR MUNA TO HELP START THE PARTY ON HER 2022 TOUR. THE TWO QUEER ACTS ARE KNOWN FOR HAVG A LOYAL LGBTQ+ FOLLOWG. MGRAV ALSO WORKED ALONGSI GAY SGER AND SONGWRER SHANE MCANALLY ON ALBUMS “SAME TRAILER, DIFFERENT PARK” AND “PAGEANT MATERIAL.” MGRAV ALSO PENNED “FOLLOW YOUR ARROW” WH BRANDY {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;} MGRAV PERFORMED AT THE GLAAD MEDIA AWARDS IN 2014 {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;POSN:RELATIVE;PADDG-BOTTOM:56.49999999999999%;} .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;POSN:ABSOLUTE;HEIGHT:100% !IMPORTANT;WIDTH:100% !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;}IN 2014 KACEY MGRAV MA HISTORY AT THE GLAAD MEDIA AWARDS, AS SHE BEME THE FIRST UNTRY ARTIST TO PERFORM AT THE EVENT. MGRAV WAS ASKED TO ATTEND THE AFFAIR BEE THE ANIZATN LABELED HER A "PROGRSIVE ARTIST." DURG HER GROUNDBREAKG PERFORMANCE – SHE THANKED THE MUNY FOR EMBRACG HER MIC, BUT POTED OUT THAT SHE WAS DISAPPOTED TO BE NSIRED AS "PROGRSIVE" THE 21ST {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;}"THE FACT THAT I'M NSIRED PROGRSIVE THIS DAY AND AGE IS KD OF SAD TO ME," THE BELOVED MICIAN SHARED. "I'M NOT. I'M JT WRG AND SGG ABOUT THGS THAT SPIRE ME AND SPIRE A LOT OF PEOPLE. COUNTRY MIC, PECIALLY, IS SUPPOSEDLY A GENRE WHERE YOU TALK ABOUT REAL LIFE, REAL THGS. I DON'T THK SHOULD BE NSIRED THAT CRAZY."{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;}WHILE VOLIZG HER NCERNS, SHE PAID HOMAGE TO UNTRY MIC LEGENDS LIKE WILLIE NELSON AND LORETTA LYNN FOR STANDG THEIR GROUND AND UTILIZG THEIR PLATFORMS TO MAND {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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KACEY MGRAV IS A GAY IN AND THE WORLD NEEDS TO KNOW
After spendg nearly a Nashville buildg a reer that has all but refed morn untry — all while wholeheartedly embracg her queer fans — the 30-year-old Texas native has achieved the rare kd of mastream regnn that many untry performers crave but rarely atta, and bee a gay in, to many, Mgrav is an inoclast: a pop stylist wh a tradnal untry soul, and a lover of big hair and bell bottoms who once said she feels “like I'm a drag queen trapped si of my body. If you tell certa Christians that you're gay, you risk judgement. If you tell a gay person you’re Christian, they uld have a negative reactn as well.
KACEY MGRAV DREAMS OF A DAY WHEN ‘WE HAVE A GAY COUNTRY MIC IN’
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5 TIM KACEY MGRAV SHOWED HER LOVE FOR THE LGBTQ+ COMMUNY THE LGBTQ+ ADVOTE WILL RECEIVE GLAAD’S VANGUARD AWARD ON APRIL 2. BY TIFFANY GOLDSTEMARCH 10, 2022/11:29 {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:4000PX;WIDTH:6000PX;}LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA - FEBRUARY 10: KACEY MGRAV PERFORMS ONSTAGE DURG THE 61ST ANNUAL GRAMMY AWARDS AT STAPL CENTER ON FEBARY 10, 2019 LOS ANGEL, CALIFORNIA. (PHOTO BY KEVORK DJANSEZIAN/GETTY IMAG)BY TIFFANY GOLDSTEMARCH 10, 2022 / 11:29 AM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"5 TIM KACEY MGRAV SHOWED HER LOVE FOR THE LGBTQ+ COMMUNY","THUMBNAILURL":","DATEPUBLISHED":"2022-03-10T16:29:45.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2022-03-10T16:29:45.000+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":"TIFFANY GOLDSTE"}{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;}KACEY MGRAV' WORK WH THE LGBTQ+ MUNY HAS NOT GONE UNNOTICED. COME APRIL 2, THE HMAKER WILL RECEIVE THE VANGUARD AWARD AT THE 33RD ANNUAL GLAAD MEDIA AWARDS LOS {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;}“FROM SPEAKG OUT AGAST ANTI-LGBTQ LEGISLATN HER HOME STATE OF TEXAS TO RAISG AWARENS ABOUT BULLYG AFFECTG LGBTQ YOUTH, TO UPLIFTG THE WORK OF LGBTQ ARTISTS, KACEY NTU TO RAISE THE BAR FOR WHAT MEANS TO BE AN THENTIC ALLY AND TO SPIRE HER FANS TO DO THE SAME,” SAID GLAAD PRINT & CEO SARAH KATE ELLIS A PREV {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;}THE ADVOTE WILL JO THE LIK OF PREV HONORE – BEYONCé AND JAY-Z, JENNIFER LOPEZ, BRNEY SPEARS, KERRY WASHGTON, CHER, JA JACKSON, ELIZABETH TAYLOR, PATRICIA ARQUETTE, AND ANTON {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;}TO CELEBRATE THE GREAT HONOR, CMT IS TAKG A LOOK BACK TIME TO WHEN KACEY MGRAV FEARLS DISPLAYED HER LOVE AND SUPPORT FOR 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;}MGRAV RELEASED LGBTQ ANTHEM "FOLLOW YOUR ARROW" {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;POSN:RELATIVE;PADDG-BOTTOM:56.49999999999999%;} .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;POSN:ABSOLUTE;HEIGHT:100% !IMPORTANT;WIDTH:100% !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;}DURG HER REER, SHE SPARKED A DIFFICULT NVERSATN AROUND HOMOSEXUALY AND REVEALED THAT SHE BEME AN ALLY LATER LIFE. IT WAS HER SMALL-TOWN UPBRGG TEXAS THAT KEPT HER {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'VE NOT ALWAYS BEEN THE "FOLLOW YOUR ARROW" GIRL. IT'S EMBARRASSG TO ADM BUT I WASN'T ALWAYS SO OPEN-MD. GROWG UP RAL EAST TEXAS, I N UNT ON ONLY A FEW FGERS THE AMOUNT OF TERACTNS I HAD WH ANYONE GAY THROUGHOUT MY ENTIRE CHILDHOOD AND MOST OF WHICH WAS CLOUD BY CLOSED-MD VIEWPOTS AND SNEERS. I LOVE WHERE I ME OM, BUT THE STANCE ON HOMOSEXUALY IS UNFORTUNATELY STILL PRETTY ARCHAIC AND BEHD THE FACTS," THE HMAKER TOLD BILLBOARD {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;}NOW, THE UNTRY MIC POWERHOE EQUENTLY EXPRS HER LOVE AND SUPPORT FOR THE LGBTQ+ MUNY. IN FACT, WAS HER LL FOR UNY AND SELF-EXPRSN THE SGLE "FOLLOW YOUR ARROW" THAT TOOK HER MIC REER TO NEW HEIGHTS. IT WAS HOW MGRAV LIVERED THE HARD-HTG MSAGE THAT PTURED THE ATTENTN OF UNTRY MIC FANS. AT THE TIME, THE TOPIC WAS NSIRED "TABOO" OR EVEN NTROVERSIAL THE HONKY TONK SPACE, BUT MGRAV WAS NOT AAID TO TAKE A {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;}"SAY WHAT YOU THK | LOVE WHO YOU LOVE | 'CSE YOU JT GET SO MANY TRIPS 'ROUND THE SUN | YEAH, YOU ONLY |ONLY LIVE ONCE | SO MAKE LOTS OF NOISE |KISS LOTS OF BOYS | OR KISS LOTS OF GIRLS | IF THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE TO," SHE SGS LOUD AND {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;}THE ANTHEM THAT ENURAG LISTENERS TO BE THEIR THENTIC SELV LIV ON HER MAJOR-LABEL BUT RERD, "SAME TRAILER, DIFFERENT PARK." MGRAV PERFORMED THE CHILL-PROVOKG TRACK AT THE 56TH ANNUAL GRAMMY AWARDS, WHERE SHE RECEIVED BT COUNTRY SONG FOR "MERRY GO 'ROUND." ALTHOUGH THE RISK-TAKER HAD A GRAMMY W UNR HER BELT, "FOLLOW YOUR ARROW" STILL RANKED POORLY ON THE UNTRY RAD {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;}MGRAV EQUENTLY PH FOR CLIVY UNTRY MICBROOKLYN, NY - OCTOBER 05: KELEFA SANNEH AND KACEY MGRAV SPEAK ONSTAGE DURG THE 2018 NEW YORKER FTIVAL ON OCTOBER 5, 2018 BROOKLYN, NEW YORK. (PHOTO BY BRAD BARKET/GETTY IMAG FOR THE NEW YORKER){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;}THROUGHOUT THE YEARS, THERE HAS BEEN A LACK OF ACCEPTANCE AND CLN WHEN TO QUEER MICIANS TRYG TO BREAK TO THE DTRY. IN 2010, UNTRY MIC STAR, CHELY WRIGHT, RECEIVED BACKLASH AND A CREASE ALBUM SAL AFTER G OUT OF THE CLOSET. BROOKE EN WAS TOLD TO NOT GO PUBLIC WH HER FIANCé HILARY HOOVER, AND T.J. OSBORNE KEPT HIS SEXUAL PREFERENC UNR THE RADAR FOR YEARS TO AVOID TAKG A MASSIVE REER RISK. WHILE MGRAV MAY NOT BE A MEMBER OF THE MUNY, SHE STRIV TO MAKE THE UNTRY MIC GENRE A SAFE SPACE FOR EVERYONE – LEAVG HER TO STRS HER IATIVE AND {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;}AT THE 2018 NEW YORKER FTIVAL, MGRAV WAS PRAISED FOR BEG A "GAY IN" BY A FAN. WHILE ACCEPTG THE KD TLE, THE SGER-SONGWRER DID NOT HOLD BACK AND SPOKE OM 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;}“IT’S CRAZY THAT A CERTA KD OF A PERSON ULD FEEL EXCLUD OM A GENRE THAT’S SO REAL — OR SUPPOSED TO BE SO REAL. THAT HAS ALWAYS REALLY PISSED ME OFF. BEE I LOVE THE GENRE SO MUCH, SHE {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;}MOST RECENTLY, THE MULTI-PLATUM ARTIST TOLD COUNTRY HEAT WEEKLY -HOSTS KELLY SUTTON AND AMBER ANRSON THAT THE DTRY STILL HAS A LONG WAY TO GO, BUT UNTIL SHE SE A TREMENDO SHIFT – SHE WILL CREATE A WELG ENVIRONMENT FOR {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 JT FEEL LIKE ONE THG THAT I’VE BEEN REALLY HAPPY ABOUT IS THAT PEOPLE FEEL LIKE THEY’RE VED TO A PARTY THAT THEY MAY NOT HAVE FELT VED TO BEFORE,” NFSED THE SGER ABOUT HER STAR-CROSSED: UNVEILED {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;}MGRAV DROPPED LOVE-LETTER SGLE, “RABOW” {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;POSN:RELATIVE;PADDG-BOTTOM:56.49999999999999%;} .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;POSN:ABSOLUTE;HEIGHT:100% !IMPORTANT;WIDTH:100% !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;}THE GRAMMY-WNG SGER-SONGWRER PENNED “RABOW” ALONGSI SHANE MCANALLY AND NATALIE HEMBY. THE SOUL-TOUCHG TRIBUTE IS OM HER THIRD STUD ALBUM, “GOLN HOUR,” AND SERV AS A LOVE LETTER TO THE LGBTQ+ {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;}“FOR A LONG TIME, THAT WAS A REALLY HARD ONE TO HEAR, BUT I THOUGHT THAT F REALLY NICELY ON THE RERD,” THE HMAKER TOLD TASTE OF COUNTRY. “IT TURNED TO A SONG AS A LTLE MSAGE TO MYSELF, AND THEN END UP BEG A SONG FOR ANYBODY WH ANY KD OF WEIGHT ON THEIR SHOULRS.”{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;}UPON RELEASE, “RABOW” BEME AN EMPOWERG ANTHEM FOR THOSE STGGLG WH ACCEPTANCE OR FEELG LIKE AN OUTST. SHE TOLD THE OUTLET THAT SHE HOP FANS WH THE LGBTQ+ MUNY FD FORT WH THE MOVG {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 FEEL A KDSHIP AND A IENDSHIP WH THAT MUNY,” SHE GHED. “THEY REALLY OPENED MY EY UP TO A LOT OF DIFFERENT THGS THAT I WASN’T AWARE OF GROWG UP A SMALL TOWN TEXAS. I WILL ALWAYS BE AN ALLY AND A STRONG SUPPORTER,” SHE {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;}{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;}MGRAV SUPPORTS AND WORKS ALONGSI QUEER MICIANS. THE 49TH ANNUAL CMA AWARDS - "COUNTRY MIC'S BIGGT NIGHT(TM)" AIRS LIVE WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 4 (8:00-11:00 P.M., ET) ON THE DISNEY GENERAL ENTERTAMENT CONTENT VIA GETTY IMAG TELEVISN NETWORK OM THE BRIDGTONE ARENA NASHVILLE. (PHOTO BY IMAGE GROUP LA/DISNEY GENERAL ENTERTAMENT CONTENT VIA GETTY IMAG){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;}THE TRAILBLAZER HAS NEVER SHIED AWAY OM RPORATG LGBTQ+ IENDS TO HER PROJECTS. FOR STANCE, THE UNTRY-POP ARTIST LLED KG PRCS AND ELECTRO TR MUNA TO HELP START THE PARTY ON HER 2022 TOUR. THE TWO QUEER ACTS ARE KNOWN FOR HAVG A LOYAL LGBTQ+ FOLLOWG. MGRAV ALSO WORKED ALONGSI GAY SGER AND SONGWRER SHANE MCANALLY ON ALBUMS “SAME TRAILER, DIFFERENT PARK” AND “PAGEANT MATERIAL.” MGRAV ALSO PENNED “FOLLOW YOUR ARROW” WH BRANDY {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;} MGRAV PERFORMED AT THE GLAAD MEDIA AWARDS IN 2014 {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;POSN:RELATIVE;PADDG-BOTTOM:56.49999999999999%;} .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;POSN:ABSOLUTE;HEIGHT:100% !IMPORTANT;WIDTH:100% !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;}IN 2014 KACEY MGRAV MA HISTORY AT THE GLAAD MEDIA AWARDS, AS SHE BEME THE FIRST UNTRY ARTIST TO PERFORM AT THE EVENT. MGRAV WAS ASKED TO ATTEND THE AFFAIR BEE THE ANIZATN LABELED HER A "PROGRSIVE ARTIST." DURG HER GROUNDBREAKG PERFORMANCE – SHE THANKED THE MUNY FOR EMBRACG HER MIC, BUT POTED OUT THAT SHE WAS DISAPPOTED TO BE NSIRED AS "PROGRSIVE" THE 21ST {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;}"THE FACT THAT I'M NSIRED PROGRSIVE THIS DAY AND AGE IS KD OF SAD TO ME," THE BELOVED MICIAN SHARED. "I'M NOT. I'M JT WRG AND SGG ABOUT THGS THAT SPIRE ME AND SPIRE A LOT OF PEOPLE. COUNTRY MIC, PECIALLY, IS SUPPOSEDLY A GENRE WHERE YOU TALK ABOUT REAL LIFE, REAL THGS. I DON'T THK SHOULD BE NSIRED THAT CRAZY."{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;}WHILE VOLIZG HER NCERNS, SHE PAID HOMAGE TO UNTRY MIC LEGENDS LIKE WILLIE NELSON AND LORETTA LYNN FOR STANDG THEIR GROUND AND UTILIZG THEIR PLATFORMS TO MAND {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
Durg an event at the 2018 New Yorker Ftival, one of the star’s fans asked her how she felt about beg a gay in untry. Bee I love the genre so much, I felt, ‘Well fe, maybe I’ll jt have an all-gay dience. Many other artists Mgrav’ posn will simply assume their stat as Gay In™ and leave there.
In her love letter to the LGBTQ muny she wrote for Billboard, Mgrav opened up about the fact that she ed to have a negative view of homosexualy, before a close iend me out to her. All Kacey wants is a gay, llective “You’re dog amazg sweetie, ” which we’re tent on givg her. On the day of the release of her tly excellent new album, Goln Hour, by our cree as two (unqualified) gatekeepers to the Pantheon of Favs, we hereby duct Kacey to the non of pop songstrs servg of gay worship, supported below by select tracks and the herently queer narrativ behd them.
We beg wh the song that started all, and by that we mean the first song that actually referenc gay stuff.
KACEY MGRAV Q&A: THE GAY INTERVIEW
Wh that, she officially embedd herself to gay and civil rights history, or at least their documentatn. While her latt album forsak the bg turns of phrase she’s been known to e, they’re certaly prent here, and there’s really nothg gayer than wordplay.
Kacey Mgrav Is a Gay In and the World Needs to Know. Kacey Mgrav has long been nsired a gay ally — and now she's openg up about how all started. I didn't go to thkg, 'Ooh, I want to be a gay in.
"When I moved to Nashville, I ma a lot of iends the gay muny and my ey were opened up a lot of ways to how wonrful that muny is — somethg I genuely jt naturally wasn't around Texas, not by choice, that's jt the way that was, " said Mgrav, who was raised Goln, Texas. In 2015, Mgrav held a rerd release party alongsi drag queens at a popular Nashville gay club. And last year, she penned a “love letter” to the LGBTQ muny to mark the start of Pri Month, which she scribed her own evolutn on the issue of now, five years after releasg the song that beme a “queer untry anthem, ” Mgrav is ready for someone else to assume her mantle: namely, an artist who, unlike her, is gay.
KACEY MGRAV GIV SURPRISE PERFORMANCE AT PHILLY GAY BAR, VERS FLEETWOOD MAC
“I keep dreamg of the day when we have a gay untry mic in, that is loud and proud and really, like, a hero for untry mic fans, pecially the small towns where [LGBTQ people] are terrified of beg themselv and feel like they have to hi, ” Mgrav, 29, told HuffPost a recent terview ahead of the release of “Goln Hour, ” her latt album set for release March 30.
”There have been notable untry mic sgers who have e out as gay: particular, Chely Wright, who me out 2010, and Ty Herndon, who followed four years later. But their cisns to e out also didn’t fully break down the barriers facg LGBTQ people untry mic, an dtry wh a served reputatn as a somewhat uniendly place for gay artists and fans. “I thk that the rap that untry mic gets for beg a b homophobic, or a lot homophobic, we e by that hontly, ” Wright Herndon me out as gay 2014 — the days, he says he's startg to see "two wboy hats two-steppg together" more often at his untry Diamond via Getty ImagThe days, Nashville is movg toward broar acceptance of LGBTQ people, Herndon told HuffPost, pecially as more and more people wh untry have e out, and an creasg number of dtry sirs have spoken out favor of McAnally, who helped wre “Follow Your Arrow” and is one of Nashville’s most acplished songwrers, me out 2013.
And Brandy Clark, a songwrer who -wrote “Follow Your Arrow, ” is now perhaps the clost thg untry has to that openly gay star Mgrav is dreamg of. Mike Huckabee (R) rigned om the Country Mic Associatn’s board of directors thanks to backlash over his anti-LGBTQ views om untry micians and dtry Herndon still isn’t sure the dtry is ready to put an openly gay sger center stage, pecially bee many si fear alienatg a fan base that skews toward tradnal and cultural nservatism.
KACEY MGRAV’ NEW ALBUM IS COMG. ARE THE GAYS READY?
“Can there be an openly gay guy or girl on the rad sgg about their hearts and who they love? Pl Morigi via Getty Imag“Most [rad producers and programmers] are not homophobic, but they know their fan base, ” Wright said. ”Still, ’s obv to artists like Herndon and Wright what sort of impact an openly gay sger n have on their own fans.
“I look out at all of my shows and I see gay upl sgg and cryg and holdg each other, and mak me feel good that they feel like they have a safe place at my shows to be themselv, ” she while untry mic may not have s openly gay superstar yet, that won’t stop Mgrav om argug that ’s a place where LGBTQ artists should be wele to tell their own stori. Mgrav released LGBTQ anthem "Follow Your Arrow" Durg her reer, she sparked a difficult nversatn around homosexualy and revealed that she beme an ally later life. Growg up ral East Texas, I n unt on only a few fgers the amount of teractns I had wh anyone gay throughout my entire childhood and most of which was cloud by closed-md viewpots and sneers.
KACEY MGRAV REGRETS SHE ONCE STOOD BY WHILE A GAY GUY WAS BULLIED
I love where I me om, but the stance on homosexualy is unfortunately still pretty archaic and behd the facts, " the hmaker told Billboard , the untry mic powerhoe equently exprs her love and support for the LGBTQ+ muny. While Mgrav may not be a member of the muny, she striv to make the untry mic genre a safe space for everyone – leavg her to strs her iative and the 2018 New Yorker Ftival, Mgrav was praised for beg a "gay in" by a fan.
Mgrav also worked alongsi gay sger and songwrer Shane McAnally on albums “Same Trailer, Different Park” and “Pageant Material. After Brothers Osborne's TJ Osborne, 36, me out as gay an terview wh Time on Wednday, his fellow untry stars are celebratg him owng his sexualy and livg his tth. You're nobody's whisper anymore, " tweeted Chely Wright, who me out as gay 2010.
In his g out 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. If they’re like this 24-year-old, they also love the gay muny – and sg about – and ocsnally puff a doobie.