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• SHANE MCANALLY SAYS COMG OUT AS GAY ADD ‘AUTHENTICY’ TO HIS SONGWRG
• COUNTRY MIC'S BIGGT HMAKER, SHANE MCANALLY, IS A GAY MANBY CHRIS SPARGOMAY 28, 2013/3:37 PMBY CHRIS SPARGOMAY 28, 2013 / 3:37 PM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"COUNTRY MIC'S BIGGT HMAKER, SHANE MCANALLY, IS A GAY MAN","DATEPUBLISHED":"2013-05-28T19:37:24.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2013-05-28T19:37:24.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"LOGO TV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"LOGO TV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT"}},"CREATOR":"CHRIS SPARGO"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}[PTN ID="ATTACHMENT_103069" ALIGN="ALIGNCENTER" WIDTH="607"] PHOTO CRED: CHRISTOPHER BERKLEY FOR "THE NEW YORK TIM"[/PTN]{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ANYONE WHO LISTENS TO UNTRY MIC, AND LET'S FACE , THAT'S BASILLY ALL OF , KNOWS THAT A GOOD UNTRY TUNE IS ALL ABOUT TWO THGS -- THOSE SWEET, SWEET SOUTHERN SOUNDS AND THOSE OFTEN SORROWFUL SOUTHERN LYRICS. AND WHEN BANDS AND ARTISTS LIKE MIRANDA LAMBERT, KENNY CHNEY, LADY ANTEBELLUM AND REBA MCENTIRE NEED A GOOD SONG, THEY ALL GO TO NASHVILLE'S VERY OWN SHANE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}SHANE MCANALLY, WHO IS AN OPENLY GAY MAN WORKG THE UNTRY MIC {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE NEW YORK TIM PROFILED MCANALLY LAST WEEK, AN ATTRACTIVE 38-YEAR-OLD SOMNGWRER WHO WAS RAISED TEXAS AND NOW LLS NASHVILLE HOME, AND THE MOST SHOCKG THG ABOUT THE TERVIEW IS HOW MUCH MCANALLY ATTRIBUT G OUT TO HIS SUCCS THE UNTRY MIC {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}“MY REER REALLY TOOK OFF WHEN I ME OUT,” HE SAID. “WHEN I STOPPED HIDG WHO I AM, I STARTED WRG HS.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THOSE HS CLU SEVEN NO. 1 UNTRY SGL SCE NOVEMBER OF 2010, MOST RECENTLY FOR LAMBERT'S "MAMA'S BROKEN HEART."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}MCANALLY BEGAN AS A SGER HIMSELF, CRACKG THE TOP 40 BACK 2000 WH "ARE YOUR EY STILL BLUE," BUT HIS BUT ALBUM FLOPPED AND HE WAS OFF TO WT HOLLYWOOD WHERE BEG A GAY MAN WAS A LTLE B EASIER THAN NASHVILLE. THEN, 2007, HE RETURNED TO NASHVILLE, ONLY THIS TIME AS AN OPENLY GAY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THIS IS WHEN MCANALLY'S SONGWRG TOOK OFF, AND HE HAS NOT LOOKED BACK SCE. AND HIS SUCCS MAK SENSE AS HE EXPLAS : “I THK GAY MEN BY NATURE ARE MORE SENSIVE. I THK I’M ABLE TO TELL A STORY A WAY THAT RELAT TO BOTH MEN AND WOMEN. GUYS DON’T UALLY SG ABOUT THE SHAME OR THE SADNS OF SEX. BUT MEN DO HAVE THOSE EMOTNS, THOSE EXPERIENC.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}A SENSIVE, GAY UNTRY SONGWRER -- 'S LIKE FDG A {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
• SHANE MCANALLY ON ACCINTAL GAY ANTHEMS AND HIS PRONOUN FEARS"IT STARTS WH JT BEG ABLE TO IMAGE IT," THE SONGWRER SHARBY ALISON BONAGUROFEBARY 28, 2020/11:50 {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:4393PX;WIDTH:3295PX;}MICKEY BERNALNASHVILLE, TENNESSEE - AUGUST 21: SHANE MCANALLY ARRIV AT THE 13TH ANNUAL ACM HONORS ON AUGT 21, 2019 NASHVILLE, TENNSEE. (PHOTO BY MICKEY BERNAL/WIREIMAGE,)BY ALISON BONAGUROFEBARY 28, 2020 / 11:50 AM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"SHANE MCANALLY ON ACCINTAL GAY ANTHEMS AND HIS PRONOUN FEARS","THUMBNAILURL":","DATEPUBLISHED":"2020-02-28T16:50:43.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2020-02-28T16:50:43.000+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":"ALISON BONAGURO"}{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;}SHANE MCANALLY DIDN'T WRE GAY ANTHEMS WH THE TENT OF WRG GAY ANTHEMS. THEY JT KD OF {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'S WHAT THE PROLIFIC UNTRY SONGWRER TOLD ANTHONY RAMOS OM GLAAD -- FORMERLY KNOWN AS THE GAY & LBIAN ALLIANCE AGAST DEFAMATN -- ABOUT HIS VOLVEMENT KACEY MGRAV' 2013 "FOLLOW YOUR ARROW" AND HER 2019 "RABOW."{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;}BUT FIRST, MCANALLY STARTED AT THE BEGNG OF WHAT HE THOUGHT WAS GOG TO BE A REER AS A UNTRY {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 MOVED TO NASHVILLE ORIGALLY 1994. AND AT THE END OF THE NETI, THERE WAS AN ARTIST WHO WAS THE CLOSET -- TY HERNDON -- AND HE HAD SOME BIG HS," MCANALLY {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:75%;} .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;}"AND WHAT HAPPENED WAS WHEN HE WAS OUTED, HIS REER REALLY H A WALL. SO FOR SOMEONE LIKE ME WATCHG THAT, THAT WAS SRY THKG, 'WELL, MAYBE I SHOULDN'T E OUT.' AND I WANTED THIS DREAM SO BADLY. ALL I EVER WANTED WAS TO BE UNTRY MIC. AND ALL OF A SUDN LOOKED LIKE THOSE TWO ULDN'T GO TOGETHER. SO THAT KEPT ME THE CLOSET {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;}"BUT ULTIMATELY BEE OF TY AND SOME OTHER ARTISTS LIKE THAT WHO DID STEP OUT FIRST -- EVEN IF THEY WERE PULLED OUT OF THE CLOSET -- AT LEAST SHED A LIGHT ON THE FACT THAT THERE ARE GAY PEOPLE MAKG UNTRY MIC."{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;}ALL OF THOSE WORRI IALLY MA DIFFICULT FOR MCANALLY SONGWRG SSNS, HE SAID, BEE HE WAS HYPER AWARE OF THE HE/SHE PRONOUNS SONGS. "IF I TALKED ABOUT A RELATNSHIP, I'D GET SO UGHT UP , 'WHAT STORY DID I TELL? WHO DID I SAY I WAS DATG?' AND THAT PLETELY ST A SHADOW OVER MY ABILY TO TELL THE STORY A TTHFUL WAY," HE EXPLAED. "ONCE I ME OUT, AND REALIZED THAT EVERYBODY KNEW AND DIDN'T RE, DIDN'T MATTER WHAT PRONOUN I ED. I WAS NO LONGER WORRIED IF 'HE' OR 'SHE' ME OUT OF MY MOUTH. I WAS ABLE TO WRE THE LE {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 DOG THAT, MY SONGS BEME MUCH MORE UNIVERSAL TO STRAIGHT PEOPLE TOO, BEE THE HEART IS A HEART AND WE ALL HURT AND LOVE THE SAME."{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;}WHEN THE NVERSATN TURNED TO TALK OF THE TWO MGRAV SONGS THAT ENURAGE THAT SENTIMENT -- LOVE WHO YOU LOVE -- MCANALLY SAID THE IAS STARTED A SONGWRG SSN BACK 2012. "I DIDN'T GO TO ANY SONGWRG SSN WH AN AGENDA TO WRE A SONG THAT WAS AN ANTHEM FOR THE GAY MUNY. AND I WAS A LTLE B SRED THAT MIGHT HURT MY REPUTATN OR THAT WOULD BRAND ME. BUT KACEY DON'T HAVE THOSE SAME LIMATNS OR FEARS. SHE SAYS EXACTLY WHAT'S ON HER MD," HE SAID OF HOW MGRAV BEME A GAY ALLY. "SHE WAS READY TO WAVE HER HAND AND SAY, 'YOU KNOW WHAT? IT DON'T MATTER. IT'S LIKE, FOLLOW YOUR ARROW, AND DO WHATEVER YOU WANT.'"LORNE THOMSONAUSTIN, TX - MARCH 19: SHANE MCANALLY AND KACEY MGRAV PERFORM AS PART OF THE CMA SONGWRERS SERI AT THE PARAMOUNT THEATRE ON MARCH 19, 2016 AT, TEXAS. (PHOTO BY LORNE THOMSON/REDFERNS){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;}WHEN MCANALLY WAS ABLE TO TELL THE TTH ABOUT HIS RELATNSHIPS WHOUT WORRYG ABOUT THE PRONOUNS, HE SAID, THE SONGS MA MORE SENSE AND WERE ALSO MORE UNIQUE. AND AFTER THAT HAPPENED, HE BEME A SONGWRER THAT PEOPLE WENT TO FOR CERTA KDS OF SONGS OF UNREQUED {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 'S NOT JT THE GAY MUNY MCANALLY IS WRG FOR. IT'S EVERYONE, MAN OR WOMAN, STRAIGHT OR {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 FIRST TIME I WAS EVER VED ON THE ROAD, AFTER I HAD JT HAD A UPLE OF HS WH KENNY CHNEY AND JAKE OWEN, LE BRYAN VED ME ON THE ROAD. AND HE IS SOMEONE THAT I WOULD NSIR -- IF THERE IS A LEVEL OF STRAIGHT OR GAY, I NSIR HIM TO BE ON THE EXTREME STRAIGHT SI -- SO THE FIRST QUTN I ASKED WAS, 'DO HE KNOW I'M GAY?' BEE I WAS SO AAID THAT I WOULD GO BACK TO THAT WORLD OF PRONOUN FEAR," MCANALLY SAID. IT TURNED OUT, BRYAN DID KNOW AND DIDN'T RE. THEY WROTE "KISS TOMORROW GOODBYE" ON THAT TRIP, AND WENT ON TO BE A NO. 1 SONG {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;}MCANALLY'S LIFE NOW -- WH HIS HBAND MICHAEL AND THEIR SON AND DGHTER -- IS ONE HE NEVER THOUGHT WOULD BE POSSIBLE. "I WAS AAID TO DREAM THAT BIG, BEE WE'RE TOLD THAT THAT MIGHT NOT HAPPEN FOR . AND PECIALLY THE GENERATN THAT I ME UP , WASN'T A TIME WHERE PEOPLE WERE ABLE TO SAY THEY WERE GAY AT SUCH A YOUNG AGE. AND I JT ALWAYS THOUGHT THAT WHOEVER I WAS WH WOULD BE A SECRET."{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 WAY HE EXPLAS THAT SENTIMENT, TO PEOPLE LIKE HIS MOM WHO DIDN'T UNRSTAND HIS LIFE AT FIRST, WAS LIKE THIS:{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;}"THIS WAS AT AIRPORTS BEFORE, WHEN YOU ULD JT WALK TO THE GATE WH SOMEONE. AND I SAID, 'YOU KNOW HOW WHEN YOU GO WH YOUR PARTNER TO THE GATE AT THE AIRPORT AND YOU KISS GOODBYE AND WATCH HIM GET ON THE AIRPLANE? I DON'T THK I'M EVER GOG TO GET TO DO THAT.' AND THAT ED TO REALLY BREAK MY {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, I DO GET TO DO THAT. I GET TO DO THAT WH MY HBAND AND MY KIDS AND ALL MY IENDS AND FAY. NOBODY EVER THKS ANYTHG DIFFERENT. I'M REALLY REALLY BLSED," 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;}THE GRAMMY, CMA AND ACM AWARD-WNG SONGWRER AND PART OF THE SONGWRG PETN SERI SONGLAND, ADD, "I'M VERY LUCKY THAT I DO LIVE A PRIVILEGED WORLD THAT WAY. AND SO I HOPE THAT PEOPLE N SEE THIS AND AND GO, 'THIS IS VERY POSSIBLE BEE STARTS WH JT BEG ABLE TO IMAGE .'"{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

SHANE MCANALLY SAYS COMG OUT AS GAY ADD ‘AUTHENTICY’ TO HIS SONGWRG

Simultaneoly, he was stgglg wh his sexualy, unsure if the mic dtry would accept him if he me out as gay. '"Dpe his nerv about how the untry mic dtry might react, McAnally began to publicly intify as gay.

I worried: 'Will a good ol' boy sg a song if a gay guy wrote ?

COUNTRY MIC'S BIGGT HMAKER, SHANE MCANALLY, IS A GAY MANBY CHRIS SPARGOMAY 28, 2013/3:37 PMBY CHRIS SPARGOMAY 28, 2013 / 3:37 PM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"COUNTRY MIC'S BIGGT HMAKER, SHANE MCANALLY, IS A GAY MAN","DATEPUBLISHED":"2013-05-28T19:37:24.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2013-05-28T19:37:24.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"LOGO TV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"LOGO TV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT"}},"CREATOR":"CHRIS SPARGO"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}[PTN ID="ATTACHMENT_103069" ALIGN="ALIGNCENTER" WIDTH="607"] PHOTO CRED: CHRISTOPHER BERKLEY FOR "THE NEW YORK TIM"[/PTN]{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ANYONE WHO LISTENS TO UNTRY MIC, AND LET'S FACE , THAT'S BASILLY ALL OF , KNOWS THAT A GOOD UNTRY TUNE IS ALL ABOUT TWO THGS -- THOSE SWEET, SWEET SOUTHERN SOUNDS AND THOSE OFTEN SORROWFUL SOUTHERN LYRICS. AND WHEN BANDS AND ARTISTS LIKE MIRANDA LAMBERT, KENNY CHNEY, LADY ANTEBELLUM AND REBA MCENTIRE NEED A GOOD SONG, THEY ALL GO TO NASHVILLE'S VERY OWN SHANE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}SHANE MCANALLY, WHO IS AN OPENLY GAY MAN WORKG THE UNTRY MIC {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE NEW YORK TIM PROFILED MCANALLY LAST WEEK, AN ATTRACTIVE 38-YEAR-OLD SOMNGWRER WHO WAS RAISED TEXAS AND NOW LLS NASHVILLE HOME, AND THE MOST SHOCKG THG ABOUT THE TERVIEW IS HOW MUCH MCANALLY ATTRIBUT G OUT TO HIS SUCCS THE UNTRY MIC {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}“MY REER REALLY TOOK OFF WHEN I ME OUT,” HE SAID. “WHEN I STOPPED HIDG WHO I AM, I STARTED WRG HS.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THOSE HS CLU SEVEN NO. 1 UNTRY SGL SCE NOVEMBER OF 2010, MOST RECENTLY FOR LAMBERT'S "MAMA'S BROKEN HEART."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}MCANALLY BEGAN AS A SGER HIMSELF, CRACKG THE TOP 40 BACK 2000 WH "ARE YOUR EY STILL BLUE," BUT HIS BUT ALBUM FLOPPED AND HE WAS OFF TO WT HOLLYWOOD WHERE BEG A GAY MAN WAS A LTLE B EASIER THAN NASHVILLE. THEN, 2007, HE RETURNED TO NASHVILLE, ONLY THIS TIME AS AN OPENLY GAY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THIS IS WHEN MCANALLY'S SONGWRG TOOK OFF, AND HE HAS NOT LOOKED BACK SCE. AND HIS SUCCS MAK SENSE AS HE EXPLAS : “I THK GAY MEN BY NATURE ARE MORE SENSIVE. I THK I’M ABLE TO TELL A STORY A WAY THAT RELAT TO BOTH MEN AND WOMEN. GUYS DON’T UALLY SG ABOUT THE SHAME OR THE SADNS OF SEX. BUT MEN DO HAVE THOSE EMOTNS, THOSE EXPERIENC.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}A SENSIVE, GAY UNTRY SONGWRER -- 'S LIKE FDG A {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

"Country Stars Who Have Come Out as GayMore From TheBoot.

Shane McAnally is a married man and is openly gay. “I jt knew there was somethg there that nobody had really heard yet, ” says Carlile, who rells beg troduced to Clark by a mutual iend who’d realized she had “two gay Brandys her phone. ’ ” Dillon ’s even found succs on Broadway wh “Shucked, ” a years--the-makg mil edy that recently opened to warm reviews and is up for ne priz, cludg bt mil and bt origal sre, at next month’s Tony as a mastream untry act, Clark — one of the very few out gay performers Nashville — has never que broken out.

SHANE MCANALLY ON ACCINTAL GAY ANTHEMS AND HIS PRONOUN FEARS"IT STARTS WH JT BEG ABLE TO IMAGE IT," THE SONGWRER SHARBY ALISON BONAGUROFEBARY 28, 2020/11:50 {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:4393PX;WIDTH:3295PX;}MICKEY BERNALNASHVILLE, TENNESSEE - AUGUST 21: SHANE MCANALLY ARRIV AT THE 13TH ANNUAL ACM HONORS ON AUGT 21, 2019 NASHVILLE, TENNSEE. (PHOTO BY MICKEY BERNAL/WIREIMAGE,)BY ALISON BONAGUROFEBARY 28, 2020 / 11:50 AM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"SHANE MCANALLY ON ACCINTAL GAY ANTHEMS AND HIS PRONOUN FEARS","THUMBNAILURL":","DATEPUBLISHED":"2020-02-28T16:50:43.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2020-02-28T16:50:43.000+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":"ALISON BONAGURO"}{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;}SHANE MCANALLY DIDN'T WRE GAY ANTHEMS WH THE TENT OF WRG GAY ANTHEMS. THEY JT KD OF {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'S WHAT THE PROLIFIC UNTRY SONGWRER TOLD ANTHONY RAMOS OM GLAAD -- FORMERLY KNOWN AS THE GAY & LBIAN ALLIANCE AGAST DEFAMATN -- ABOUT HIS VOLVEMENT KACEY MGRAV' 2013 "FOLLOW YOUR ARROW" AND HER 2019 "RABOW."{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;}BUT FIRST, MCANALLY STARTED AT THE BEGNG OF WHAT HE THOUGHT WAS GOG TO BE A REER AS A UNTRY {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 MOVED TO NASHVILLE ORIGALLY 1994. AND AT THE END OF THE NETI, THERE WAS AN ARTIST WHO WAS THE CLOSET -- TY HERNDON -- AND HE HAD SOME BIG HS," MCANALLY {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:75%;} .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;}"AND WHAT HAPPENED WAS WHEN HE WAS OUTED, HIS REER REALLY H A WALL. SO FOR SOMEONE LIKE ME WATCHG THAT, THAT WAS SRY THKG, 'WELL, MAYBE I SHOULDN'T E OUT.' AND I WANTED THIS DREAM SO BADLY. ALL I EVER WANTED WAS TO BE UNTRY MIC. AND ALL OF A SUDN LOOKED LIKE THOSE TWO ULDN'T GO TOGETHER. SO THAT KEPT ME THE CLOSET {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;}"BUT ULTIMATELY BEE OF TY AND SOME OTHER ARTISTS LIKE THAT WHO DID STEP OUT FIRST -- EVEN IF THEY WERE PULLED OUT OF THE CLOSET -- AT LEAST SHED A LIGHT ON THE FACT THAT THERE ARE GAY PEOPLE MAKG UNTRY MIC."{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;}ALL OF THOSE WORRI IALLY MA DIFFICULT FOR MCANALLY SONGWRG SSNS, HE SAID, BEE HE WAS HYPER AWARE OF THE HE/SHE PRONOUNS SONGS. "IF I TALKED ABOUT A RELATNSHIP, I'D GET SO UGHT UP , 'WHAT STORY DID I TELL? WHO DID I SAY I WAS DATG?' AND THAT PLETELY ST A SHADOW OVER MY ABILY TO TELL THE STORY A TTHFUL WAY," HE EXPLAED. "ONCE I ME OUT, AND REALIZED THAT EVERYBODY KNEW AND DIDN'T RE, DIDN'T MATTER WHAT PRONOUN I ED. I WAS NO LONGER WORRIED IF 'HE' OR 'SHE' ME OUT OF MY MOUTH. I WAS ABLE TO WRE THE LE {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 DOG THAT, MY SONGS BEME MUCH MORE UNIVERSAL TO STRAIGHT PEOPLE TOO, BEE THE HEART IS A HEART AND WE ALL HURT AND LOVE THE SAME."{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;}WHEN THE NVERSATN TURNED TO TALK OF THE TWO MGRAV SONGS THAT ENURAGE THAT SENTIMENT -- LOVE WHO YOU LOVE -- MCANALLY SAID THE IAS STARTED A SONGWRG SSN BACK 2012. "I DIDN'T GO TO ANY SONGWRG SSN WH AN AGENDA TO WRE A SONG THAT WAS AN ANTHEM FOR THE GAY MUNY. AND I WAS A LTLE B SRED THAT MIGHT HURT MY REPUTATN OR THAT WOULD BRAND ME. BUT KACEY DON'T HAVE THOSE SAME LIMATNS OR FEARS. SHE SAYS EXACTLY WHAT'S ON HER MD," HE SAID OF HOW MGRAV BEME A GAY ALLY. "SHE WAS READY TO WAVE HER HAND AND SAY, 'YOU KNOW WHAT? IT DON'T MATTER. IT'S LIKE, FOLLOW YOUR ARROW, AND DO WHATEVER YOU WANT.'"LORNE THOMSONAUSTIN, TX - MARCH 19: SHANE MCANALLY AND KACEY MGRAV PERFORM AS PART OF THE CMA SONGWRERS SERI AT THE PARAMOUNT THEATRE ON MARCH 19, 2016 AT, TEXAS. (PHOTO BY LORNE THOMSON/REDFERNS){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;}WHEN MCANALLY WAS ABLE TO TELL THE TTH ABOUT HIS RELATNSHIPS WHOUT WORRYG ABOUT THE PRONOUNS, HE SAID, THE SONGS MA MORE SENSE AND WERE ALSO MORE UNIQUE. AND AFTER THAT HAPPENED, HE BEME A SONGWRER THAT PEOPLE WENT TO FOR CERTA KDS OF SONGS OF UNREQUED {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 'S NOT JT THE GAY MUNY MCANALLY IS WRG FOR. IT'S EVERYONE, MAN OR WOMAN, STRAIGHT OR {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 FIRST TIME I WAS EVER VED ON THE ROAD, AFTER I HAD JT HAD A UPLE OF HS WH KENNY CHNEY AND JAKE OWEN, LE BRYAN VED ME ON THE ROAD. AND HE IS SOMEONE THAT I WOULD NSIR -- IF THERE IS A LEVEL OF STRAIGHT OR GAY, I NSIR HIM TO BE ON THE EXTREME STRAIGHT SI -- SO THE FIRST QUTN I ASKED WAS, 'DO HE KNOW I'M GAY?' BEE I WAS SO AAID THAT I WOULD GO BACK TO THAT WORLD OF PRONOUN FEAR," MCANALLY SAID. IT TURNED OUT, BRYAN DID KNOW AND DIDN'T RE. THEY WROTE "KISS TOMORROW GOODBYE" ON THAT TRIP, AND WENT ON TO BE A NO. 1 SONG {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;}MCANALLY'S LIFE NOW -- WH HIS HBAND MICHAEL AND THEIR SON AND DGHTER -- IS ONE HE NEVER THOUGHT WOULD BE POSSIBLE. "I WAS AAID TO DREAM THAT BIG, BEE WE'RE TOLD THAT THAT MIGHT NOT HAPPEN FOR . AND PECIALLY THE GENERATN THAT I ME UP , WASN'T A TIME WHERE PEOPLE WERE ABLE TO SAY THEY WERE GAY AT SUCH A YOUNG AGE. AND I JT ALWAYS THOUGHT THAT WHOEVER I WAS WH WOULD BE A SECRET."{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 WAY HE EXPLAS THAT SENTIMENT, TO PEOPLE LIKE HIS MOM WHO DIDN'T UNRSTAND HIS LIFE AT FIRST, WAS LIKE THIS:{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;}"THIS WAS AT AIRPORTS BEFORE, WHEN YOU ULD JT WALK TO THE GATE WH SOMEONE. AND I SAID, 'YOU KNOW HOW WHEN YOU GO WH YOUR PARTNER TO THE GATE AT THE AIRPORT AND YOU KISS GOODBYE AND WATCH HIM GET ON THE AIRPLANE? I DON'T THK I'M EVER GOG TO GET TO DO THAT.' AND THAT ED TO REALLY BREAK MY {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, I DO GET TO DO THAT. I GET TO DO THAT WH MY HBAND AND MY KIDS AND ALL MY IENDS AND FAY. NOBODY EVER THKS ANYTHG DIFFERENT. I'M REALLY REALLY BLSED," 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;}THE GRAMMY, CMA AND ACM AWARD-WNG SONGWRER AND PART OF THE SONGWRG PETN SERI SONGLAND, ADD, "I'M VERY LUCKY THAT I DO LIVE A PRIVILEGED WORLD THAT WAY. AND SO I HOPE THAT PEOPLE N SEE THIS AND AND GO, 'THIS IS VERY POSSIBLE BEE STARTS WH JT BEG ABLE TO IMAGE .'"{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

”Clark scrib herself as a “late bloomer” who didn’t know she was gay until she was her early 20s.

It’s jt that where I grew up, I didn’t really know what gay was, other than someone who got AIDS.