Maren Morris Unsure About Attending CMA Awards After Trans Debate
"I hate feeling like I need to be the hall monitor of treating people like human beings in country music. It's exhausting."
September 21 2022 1:58 PM
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To this day, country music remains one of the hardest genres for an out artist to work in. But despite the age-old machismo, a handful of LGBT singers have found the courage to live proudly as their true selves--a struggle and a victory that shine through in their music. And change is already in the making--in 2014, for example, Kacey Musgraves became the first gay country singer to take home the CMA Song of the Year award, for "Follow Your Arrow," written by two LGBT songwriters. As the country music industry continues to grow and develop, so too will the attitudes toward LGBT artists.
"I hate feeling like I need to be the hall monitor of treating people like human beings in country music. It's exhausting."
The Grammy winner and passionate LGBTQ+ ally spoke to Out at the 2022 GLAAD Media Awards in Los Angeles.
He also mentioned that a Brothers Osborne song had recently been pulled from the radio.
We are HERE for this queer country takeover!
It was a hallmark moment for the country crooner, who came out as gay earlier this year!
The Brothers Osborne singer responded with the grace and compassion we do not possess.
"I realize that it is a big part of who I am."
He will perform it at Beloved Arise’s Queer Youth of Faith Day.
Even Kylie needs to have a Joanne moment.
The country singer performs at the inaugural Concert for Love & Acceptance in Nashville during the CMA Music Festival to help at-risk LGBT youth.
Doug & Telisha Williams, the Nashville-based husband and wife team, released a pro-equality, "pro-love-in-all-its-forms" song and video today.
Brandy Clark and Shane McAnally worked together to create Moonshine: That Hee Haw Musical.
Ty Herndon inspired a fellow country musician to discuss his personal life, despite Nashville's notorious homophobic reputation
A gay-positive song from the rising star makes her enemy of the far-right and a hero of GLAAD.
Uncovering the first gay country album.
'Oyster and Pearl' is the first single from Goodnight Tender
The other hot gay country singer we're sweating.