On Tuday, had been 24 hours sce the news leaked: Chely Wright is now the first openly gay performer untry mic. "It's been an tertg day for me," said Wright, 39, as she was about
Contents:
- HERE ARE GAY COUNTRY SGERS WHO STOOD OUT LOUD AND PROUD
- QUEER COUNTRY: LBIAN AND GAY MASTREAM COUNTRY ARTISTS? (BOOK EXCERPT)
- CHELY WRIGHT COM OUT AS COUNTRY MIC’S FIRST OPENLY GAY SGER
HERE ARE GAY COUNTRY SGERS WHO STOOD OUT LOUD AND PROUD
Country mic has a lengthy reputatn for beg tensely homophobic. Gay untry sgers were, sadly, not warmly weled. Still, some stood out loud and proud. * female country singer gay *
The chos even exprs acceptance of weed and homosexualy, topics that are unfortunately still taboo mastream untry, pecially when sung by a woman.
QUEER COUNTRY: LBIAN AND GAY MASTREAM COUNTRY ARTISTS? (BOOK EXCERPT)
* female country singer gay *
After the wife of untry sger Jason Alan ma an ignorant post last year thankg her parents for not "forcg her" to be trans when she was a tomboy, other sgers, like Maren Morris, clapped back, sayg there's no room for homophobia and transphobia untry mic and that those clgg onto need to change or get out of the way.
CHELY WRIGHT COM OUT AS COUNTRY MIC’S FIRST OPENLY GAY SGER
"But there's a very sid culture of people feelg very fortable beg transphobic and homophobic and racist, and that they n wrap a joke and no one will ever ll them out for .
Me out as gay 2021 and ntu to release hs wh his band. One of untry mic's greatt songwrers and producers is gay.