Country star T.J. Osborne of Brothers Osborne out as gay

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• TJ OSBORNE OF BROTHERS OSBORNE COM OUT AS GAY: 'MY HAPPS IS MORE VALUABLE THAN ANYTHG ELSE'
• T.J. OSBORNE OF UNTRY MIC DUO BROTHERS OSBORNE OUT AS GAY
• COUNTRY STAR T.J. OSBORNE OF BROTHERS OSBORNE OUT AS GAY
• MY BROTHER CAME OUT AS GAY. WHAT SHOULD MY FAY DO?
• BROTHERS OSBORNE'S T.J. OSBORNE OUT AS GAY

TJ OSBORNE OF BROTHERS OSBORNE COM OUT AS GAY: 'MY HAPPS IS MORE VALUABLE THAN ANYTHG ELSE'

In a Wednday terview wh Time, the mician me out as gay — and he has the unndnal support of his brother John, wh whom he forms the untry duo. "I'm very fortable beg gay, " the 36-year-old told the outlet, explag that he worried about g out an dtry that leans nservative.

After the release of their Grammy-nomated song "Stay a Ltle Longer, " the duo paired s mic vio wh imag of terracial and gay upl.

In the terview, TJ explaed that he told his brother John, 38, he was gay around the time the two moved to Nashville after signg a publishg and rerd al.

T.J. OSBORNE OF UNTRY MIC DUO BROTHERS OSBORNE OUT AS GAY

There are many factors that may terme how siblgs react to your g out as lbian, gay, bisexual, or transgenr: their age, their relatnship wh you, matury level, parental fluence, relig views, and so on.

Osborne revealed a Time magaze terview on Wednday that he is 36-year-old volist for Brothers Osborne, a duo he started wh his brother, John, said he is "very fortable beg gay, " addg, however: "I fd myself beg guard for not wantg to talk about somethg that I personally don't have a problem wh. Osborne is not the first untry star to e out as gay, however, acrdg to Time, he is the only openly gay artist signed to a major untry label. " He also wonred if untry mic isn't popular among many gay people bee they've never had an opportuny to relate to .

The brothers said they have ma subtle msag about cln their past work – for example, featurg gay and terracial upl a mic vio for "Stay a Ltle Longer" — and wasn't always well 's negative and sometim offensive reactns disuraged T.

COUNTRY STAR T.J. OSBORNE OF BROTHERS OSBORNE OUT AS GAY

Osborne has e out publicly as gay. “I’m very fortable beg gay, ” the 36-year-old mician told Time magaze.

”Wh this news, Osborne is now the only mician signed to a major untry label who is publicly known to be gay. We always “knew” he was gay, as much as anyone n “know” somethg about another person, while I grew up ee om any and all spicn, mostly on acunt of who Hayn was emergg to be. When he me out first as bi, and then as gay, was more of a relief than an adjtment.

Not like I did — step by step, shadow to shadow, wantg to harm myself, or vom after masturbatg to gay Hayn, who me out to our fay and moved outward, I was, by the middle of llege, dog the oppose: I was g out to iends, teachers, and strangers, chg closer and closer toward the center, toward my fay.

MY BROTHER CAME OUT AS GAY. WHAT SHOULD MY FAY DO?

When he and I hung out, I acted even straighter, so that there was no nfn: He was the gay one, I was the straight one. Im jt super unfortable about and i dont want to nont him or embarrass him if he's gay or whatever, bee my relatnship wh him means everythg to me.

My brother me out as a homosexual to our fay about a year ago.

BROTHERS OSBORNE'S T.J. OSBORNE OUT AS GAY

Unfortunately, he has now met someone at church (another gay man) and the two of them have started datg.