Gay Country Songs: Bt LGBTQ untry/Amerina anthems om Joy Oladokun, Lavenr Country and Ty Herndon and more.
Contents:
- COUNTRY MIC HAS NEVER BEEN MORE GAY
- ‘I’M HERE, I’M QUEER AND I’M COUNTRY’: THE TOP 5 GAY COUNTRY SONGS
- 9 COUNTRY MIC ARTISTS WHO HAVE COME OUT AS GAY
COUNTRY MIC HAS NEVER BEEN MORE GAY
hen Brandy Clark lnched a untry-mic rerdg reer 2013, there wasn’t any template to follow for an openly gay artist Nashville.
‘I’M HERE, I’M QUEER AND I’M COUNTRY’: THE TOP 5 GAY COUNTRY SONGS
Clark has been at the foreont of that shift and creds her iendship wh Shane McAnally — one of Nashville’s most succsful songwrers, who is also gay — wh givg her the nfince to pursue a solo reer. “Who knows who’s gog to be listeng to me the flyover stat that’s gog to draw strength om ‘Oh, she’s gay too? Man, if she’s gay and dog that, maybe I uld do that.
“Gee Stra or Gee Gay, there’s no difference, ” sgs Homan, who now liv Nashville.
“Though a lot of people that work the dtry support me om a distance, there’s a difference between that and actually takg some steps to ph that further and sign some [gay artists], ” Homan says. Ty Herndon me out as gay 2014, havg prevly earned a handful of No.
9 COUNTRY MIC ARTISTS WHO HAVE COME OUT AS GAY
” That same year, Billy Gilman (who found succs untry mic as a child wh songs cludg “One Voice”) also me out publicly as gay. Sce then, the untry mic dtry has slowly seen more openly gay artists and songwrers fd succs.