GLAAD, the world’s largt lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr, and queer (LGBTQ) media advocy anizatn, virtually held s 32nd Annual GLAAD Media Awards Thursday.
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- LIL NAS X MAK HISTORY AS FIRST OPENLY GAY BLACK ARTIST TO W AT CMA AWARDS
- COUNTRY MIC HAS NEVER BEEN MORE GAY
- LIL NAS X BE FIRST OPENLY GAY BLACK ARTIST TO W AT THE CMA AWARDS
LIL NAS X MAK HISTORY AS FIRST OPENLY GAY BLACK ARTIST TO W AT CMA AWARDS
Lil Nas X beme the first openly gay black mician to w at the Country Mic Assn. Awards for his h "Old Town Road." * gay music award *
Some of the most memorable Grammy performanc of all time have e om gay, bisexual, and lbian year, Lil Nas X, The Brothers Osborne, and Brandi Carlile are performg. Will one of them be the next legendary gay performance at the Grammys? Emem helped end homophobia 2001 when he performed his song "Stan" at the Grammys wh inic gay sger Elton John steppg for the hook.
COUNTRY MIC HAS NEVER BEEN MORE GAY
* gay music award *
Even though the song is technilly about a ranged and obssive fan wh a gay csh on Emem who murrs his girliend, was an overall posive for gay reprentatn. Macklemore and Ryan Lewis performed their Ally Anthem "Same Love" wh queer sger Mary Lambert while Queen Latifah officiated 33 gay marriag. One gay in to another, Miley Cys joed the origal legend Elton John at the 60th Grammys 2018 to sg the classic Elton h "Ty Dancer.
LIL NAS X BE FIRST OPENLY GAY BLACK ARTIST TO W AT THE CMA AWARDS
(Matt Wkelmeyer / Getty Imag) Lil Nas X ma history Wednday night at the 53rd CMA Awards when he beme the first openly gay black mician to take home a w om the Country Mic h “Old Town Road, ” a llaboratn wh veteran untry sger Billy Ray Cys, was named the mil event of the year. 14, 2019An earlier versn of this article rrectly stated that Lil Nas X was the first openly gay artist to w a CMA Award. He is the first openly gay black artist to do so.
Country sgers Shane McAnally and Brandy Clark, both of whom are whe and openly gay, shared the 2014 song of the year CMA Award wh Kacey Mgrav for “Follow Your Arrow. A lot of people took this performance as a way for Emem to solidarize himself wh the queer muny — particular, gay men — after the e of homophobic lyrics multiple of his songs. Durg the performance, Latifah officiated the weddgs of 33 upl, gay and straight.
He suggted that the awards were homophobic. In early 2021 TJ Osborne me out as gay, makg him arguably the most famo queer untry sger of the moment. The duo performed their song “Younger Me, ” which addrs TJ’s childhood growg up gay.