Gay TV and also straight America

11 Nation Musicians Who've Come Out as Gay

Chely Wright was an absolute trendsetter when she exposed that she was gay in 2010. The c and w facility wasn't fairly ready to approve a person from the LGBTQ community after that, and one might make a situation that bit has changed even after nine more widely known celebrities have actually opened.

Ty Herndon and Billy Gilman disclosed they were gay during a groundbreaking five-hour stretch in November 2014. Since then there have been fairly few comings out-- instead, information of an artist's preference came organically, or as a footnote in a biography-- until TJ Osborne did so on Wednesday (Jan. 3).

That can be seen as a sign of progress, if it implied these musicians were taking pleasure in equivalent success on the radio or other platforms. That has actually not held true-- count a pair of Top 40 airplay strikes as the only radio success amongst the 11 artists listed here, not counting successes earned prior to appearing.

2 artists on this checklist stand for genuine modification to just how the country music area sustains gay vocalists. One cleaned home at the 2019 Grammy Honors, while one more scratched the biggest tune of 2019 in all genres. Scroll to see a full checklist of stars that have actually been pioneers in the c and w LGBTQ discussion, a conversation that's a little behind similar in other genres, yet equally important.

Gay TV and also straight America

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