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BILLY GILMAN REVEALS HE'S GAY YOUTUBE VIO

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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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The same year, he openly claimed he is gay around November a vio he posted public. Meanwhile, Billy was aaid of the fact that his inty may affect his sgg reer, but wh the support of his partner, he addrsed that he was gay.

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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.

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Sger Billy Gilman has announced that he is gay -- and lled out the untry mic dtry to support LGBTQ artists. * billy gilman is he gay *

“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.

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Hours after fellow untry sger Ty Herndon me out as a gay, Billy opened up about his cisn to e out as well a vio he shared on YouTube. * billy gilman is he gay *

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. Billy Gilman, who found succs untry mic as a child the early 2000s, has e out as gay. For many that know Nashville and how much I love the dtry … beg a gay male untry artist is not the bt thg.

BILLY GILMAN REVEALS HE IS A GAY

Billy Gilman may have found a b easier to share his "story" after fellow untry mic star, Ty Herndon, revealed he was gay Thursday. * billy gilman is he gay *

Not bee I’m ashamed of beg a gay male artist, or a gay artist, or a gay person. Comg out openly as a gay, he has had to face some bizarre nsequenc. Was Threatened To Expose His Gay Sexualy; Datg Partner All AlongBilly Gilman, at the age of 30, has had to go through some extreme highs and lows his relatively young reer.

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Billy Gilman has revealed he's gay, jt a few hours after Ty Herndon's much-publicized revelatn that he, too, is gay. * billy gilman is he gay *

“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?

B Reveals Addictn, Ethnicy & FactsBilly, ever sce g out as openly gay, has gone on to be a falist of season 11 of the realy sgg show The Voice. A Different Kd Of GaySelf-fg themselv as ‘partner crime for life’, Billy and Chris are th showg every possible sign of gettg there has been no rmatn regardg their marriage, wouldn't be a surprise if the announcement soon wh the duo passg the four-year mark as well. Gilman who has imprsed the judg and fans wh his sgg skill is an openly gay.

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Details On Gay Couple Billy Gilman and Christopher Meyer. So he cid to e open about his sexual orientatn and nfirmed beg gay 2014.

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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. I love the dtry but many know beg a gay male untry artist is not the bt thg.

Publicly Gay SgerThe 32-years-old Billy is open regardg his sexualy.

COUNTRY MICIAN TY HERNDON REVEALS HE IS GAY

Whout hatn, he openly claims him as gay. He said, "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. ''Image: Billy Gilman is an openly gay untry mic sger om Rho Island, Instagram @billygilmanofficialAs of now, the happy and publicly gay Billy has bee one of the spiratnal sourc.

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For those gay personali who still hate to reveal and speak about their sexualy bee of the discrimative society. 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. 20), untry sger Billy Gilman has announced that he is gay -- and lled out the untry mic dtry to support LGBTQ artists.

Beg a gay male untry artist is not the bt thg, " Gilman says.

COUNTRY SGER BILLY GILMAN COM OUT AS GAY

"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 adds, "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. "Country Stars Who Have Come Out as Gay. Hours after fellow untry sger Ty Herndon me out as a gay, Billy opened up about his cisn to e out as well a vio he shared on YouTube.

AceShowbiz - Billy Gilman me out as a gay onle on Thursday, November 20, hours after fellow untry sger Ty Herndon's revelatn. He went on to expla how difficult was to be a gay untry artist and how he felt prejudice Nashville after mors of his sexualy emerged. "Beg a gay male untry artist is not the bt thg, " he shared, "If people don't like your mic, that's one thg.

The "Oklahoma" sger add, "It's difficult for me to make this vio, not bee I'm ashamed to be 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 an dtry that is ashamed of me for beg me. Photo: CMTYterday, untry mic star Ty Herndon me out as gay, clarg to the world that he is an "out, proud, and happy gay man.

BILLY GILMAN AND TY HERNDON: COUNTRY SGERS COME OUT AS GAY

He said was spurred by Ty's own g out to tell his fans that he too is gay. Acknowledgg the posn his dtry has put him , he stated:"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.

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.

… It’s difficult for me to make this vio, not bee I’m ashamed to be 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 an dtry that is ashamed of me for beg me. Billy Gilman may have found a b easier to share his "story" after fellow untry mic star, Ty Herndon, revealed he was gay 26-year-old crooner posted a vio on YouTube later that day lled "My Story" where he opens up to his fans about beg gay. "Beg a gay male untry artist is not the bt thg, " he explaed about why he didn't e out went on to talk about his nfn as to why major labels hadn't shown tert signg him even though he had sold "over 5 ln rerds.

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