9 Country Mic Artists Who Have Come Out As Gay | Whiskey Riff

Contents:

• MASKED SGER ORVILLE PECK ON BEG OPENLY GAY COUNTRY MIC: ‘WE’VE ALWAYS BEEN THERE’
• HERE ARE GAY COUNTRY SGERS WHO STOOD OUT LOUD AND PROUD
• 9 COUNTRY MIC ARTISTS WHO HAVE COME OUT AS GAY

MASKED SGER ORVILLE PECK ON BEG OPENLY GAY COUNTRY MIC: ‘WE’VE ALWAYS BEEN THERE’

Not only is Mzansi the only untry on the Ain ntent to have legalised gay marriage, but the cisn to pass the Civil Unn Act 2006 ma jt the fifth the world to have enacted marriage equaly. He c Somizi as a drivg force creatg acceptance for celebri who are gay, tellg TshisaLIVE, “People are really more acceptg now bee of Somizi, who is makg a normal thg. The former Hotle member, who really started makg wav when she embarked on a solo mic reer the 80s, was moured to be gay for years.

She told MambaOnle 2014: “I thk gay people know I’m gay and to be perfectly hont I’ve never has an issue wh beg gay wh myself and I’ve never had other people treat me differently. Mazwai add her voice agast the homophobic backlash agast Inxeba (The Wound) when me out 2017, sayg, “Fact: Gay Ains have stori to tell.

Gay Ains don’t have to be visible4U”. As an openly gay actor, choreographer, prenter, sociale, realy star and Idols SA judge, he is one of the most high profile LGBTQ entertaers the untry. Peck, who is on a worldwi tour support of his send album, “Bron, ” is also openly gay.

HERE ARE GAY COUNTRY SGERS WHO STOOD OUT LOUD AND PROUD

“I started to receive a lot of msag and letters om gay and trans and queer fans, ” Peck says. “I have fely received my fair share of reluctance, skepticism and aggrsn bee I’m a gay man the untry world, ” he says. I thk if we keep our heads held high and we keep together and we keep dog what we’re dog and beg thentic, I like to believe that will hopefully not only change the landspe of untry mic, but ’ll also help change the cycle of racism and homophobia.

“I thk the future is so bright for Orville, ” says openly gay CMT host Cody Alan.

Country mic has a lengthy and not-so-proud reputatn for beg tensely homophobic. Gay untry sgers were, sadly, not warmly weled.

9 COUNTRY MIC ARTISTS WHO HAVE COME OUT AS GAY

For stance, Patrick Haggerty, whose band lled Lavenr Country, released what is wily believed to be the first explicly gay rerd 1973, ultimately leadg the band to fa to obscury. From gay untry stars sgg os about lovg who you want to untry artists enuragg listeners not to be aaid to embrace their genr inty, the genre – both s artists and s fans – has fally reached a place where acceptance is the new standard. So, today, let’s take a look at some of the most celebrated gay untry sgers – om Grammy Award-wng stars Brandi Carlile and Lil Nas X to T.