On Tuesday, it had been 24 hours since the news leaked: Chely Wright is now the first openly gay performer in country music.
But is she the first gay country lady ever? In , she signed a contract with an American record producer in Nashville, Tennessee.
Throughout the entirety of there have been so many celebrities and public figures who have used their platforms to live their truths and add some much-needed visibility to the LGBT community! The emotional video coincided with International Transgender Day of Visibility.
She was a country music singer, with a Nashville pedigree and No. From the time she was a young Kansan trying to sing her way to stardom, Wright, 39, didn't think country music could handle her secret.
They're talented musicians, gifted singers, and proudly gay. These are the most notable lesbian singers, as ranked by music fans like you.
They are widely seen as God-fearing folk, who drive pick-up trucks, vote Republican and are never knowingly seen without a cowboy hat. It therefore follows, as simple chord follows simple chord, that fans of country music are spluttering into their cans of mass-produced American lager after one of the industry's biggest female stars made a shock admission:
