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9 Canadian Country Artists Who Are Part Of The LGBTQ Community
Every June, people around the world commemorate Pride month. It’s a time to the uplift LGBTQ voices, celebrate LGBTQ culture and support LGBTQ rights. And it’s period that country music unified in the fun!
Country harmony has a historic reputation of being an unwelcoming space for artists who don’t fit the mould. As the years proceed on, this is behind changing … thankfully! It’s so important to overhear music from all perspectives, and all walks of life.
Earlier in 2021, T.J. Osborne from The Brothers Osborne came out. This made him the first openly gay artist signed to a major country label. A HUGE milestone for the country genre. And largely, audiences have been supportive. Of course, there’s the predictable negative comments. But all in all, the news was received well.
That alone shows progress. The fact that his label stood behind him, made it feel like it was different … that change was in the air.
Another indicator of transform we noticed was that in the last couple years, there has been a consistent increase in people searching for male lover country artists in Google. (Google h
11 Country Artists Who’ve Appear Out as Gay
Chely Wright was an absolute trailblazer when she revealed that she was gay in 2010. The country song establishment wasn't quite ready to accept someone from the LGBTQ+ community then, and one could create a case that small has changed even after nine more well-known stars have opened up.
Ty Herndon and Billy Gilman revealed they were gay during a groundbreaking five-hour stretch in November 2014. Since then there have been relatively few comings out — instead, news of an artist's preference came organically, or as a footnote in a biography — until TJ Osborne did so on Wednesday (Jan. 3).
That could be seen as a autograph of progress, if it meant these artists were enjoying equal success on the radio or other platforms. That has not been the case — count a pair of Top 40 airplay hits as the only radio achievements among the 11 artists listed below, not counting successes earned prior to coming out.
Two artists on this list stand for real change to how the country music people supports gay singers. One cleaned house at the 2019 Grammy Awards, while another notched the biggest song of 2019 in all genr
Masked Singer Orville Peck on Being Openly Gay in Country Music: ‘We’ve Always Been There’
Orville Peck grew up in South Africa before moving to Toronto with his family when he was 15. A theater kid and a trained ballet dancer, he eventually headed to London and appeared in a play in the West End. But his acting career was short-lived because his true passion was making music — nation music.
“All I ever wanted to do was be a country singer,” Peck says. “I finally got the courage when I was in my 20s to put all of the things I cherish together and just perform the dang thing.”
That included taking extreme measures to obscure his identity. He’s far from the first entertainer to adopt a stage name, but not many have gone the extra mile and masked up — pre-COVID — in every moment of their public lives. Peck’s collection of about 60 masks range from a rainbow assortment of brightly colored, bedazzled numbers to hard black leather pieces that would make the Village People blush. Of course, these steps don’t stand in the way of internet sleuths trying to discover his correct identity, based on his early ca
It’s a great time to be a queer state music fan. Whether you’re a new devotee to Lil Nas X, Trixie Mattel and Orville Peck, or a longtime listener of sparkly rhinestone icons such as Dolly Parton, Lavender Country and Tomson Highway, big gay twangy summer is upon us.
Alberta’s Robert Adam has line-danced to the forefront of a new crop of queer country stars, earning a spot in the finals of Sirius XM’s Top Country competition. To help shed light on his new single “Moonlight Magic,” he shared some juicy details behind the song’s lyrics with Xtra.
“Back in my past when my family and my surrounding rural town looked down on me for my sexuality, I used to feel alive at night,” Adam explains. “When everyone else was asleep, there was no expectation of who or what I had to be.
“I would often meet other guys on dates in farmers’ fields or by lakes in the surrounding area,” he continues. “It was so thrilling and exhilarating because it was the start of me connecting with my accurate self, which would eventually come out to act even in the daytime.
“This song is for anyone who needs to get off the mask or hat they wear during the day, and grant their wild hearts jog wild!”&nb
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