Queer Country: Lbian and Gay Mastream Country Artists?

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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

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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. 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.

QUEER COUNTRY: LBIAN AND GAY MASTREAM COUNTRY ARTISTS? (BOOK EXCERPT)

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"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.

Their 1973 self-tled album is nsired the first known gay-themed untry mic album. When he me out as gay, and also revealed that when he had been sexually abed by an uncle, he was disowned om his fay.

CHELY WRIGHT COM OUT AS COUNTRY MIC’S FIRST OPENLY GAY SGER

Herndon is nsired by most to be the first mastream male untry artist to e out as gay when he did so 2014.

The album explored the tersectn of beg gay and relig and her song "Lovg You" is a self-acceptance anthem about lovg who you love no matter Getty Imag. The band’s first album, also lled “Lavenr Country, ” was one of the first untry albums wh outwardly gay them, acrdg to Billboard. The album, origally released 1973, clus songs wh lyrics about queer sire and homophobia.

I thk 's a big step for untry mic general bee I don't want people to look at the untry mic muny and thk that we're bigots and homophob, you know what I mean? Country mic has a lengthy and not-so-proud reputatn for beg tensely homophobic.

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Chely Wright Com Out As Country Mic’s First Openly Gay Sger – Billboard.

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