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Five times that Dolly Parton’s joyous living made us love her even more this year
This year, Parton continued to surprise and delight – and as always, she made sure to show her love for her LGBTQ+ fans.
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This history making gay athlete & country singer released a Christmas tribute to his boyfriend
Bryan Ruby continues to blaze trails by openly expressing who he is in both of his arenas.
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Country stars clap back after singer’s wife makes transphobic comments
Country musicians are having a grand old time mocking a beauty entrepreneur for saying that tomboys are being forced to transition.
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T.J. Osborne kisses boyfriend after winning Country Music Award
The country music star came out last February and instantly became the highest-profile out performer in the genre.
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Trans billionaire & music industry send pointed message to Tennessee GOP
As mass shootings and COVID ravage the country, Tennessee Republicans are focused on demonizing transgender school girls. And they’re willing to bankrupt the state to do it.
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Lil Nas X is the first out gay Black person to win a Country Music Award
He made history again with his hit “Old Town Road.”
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A conservative radio network refused to air interview with Mayor Pete so the host shared it himself
The show “has a big audience. And it’s an audience that doesn’t typically hear directly from Democratic candidates for president.”
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Country musician Cameron Hawthorn just came out in a heartwarming music video
The singer used a romantic song to reveal some truth about his own love life.
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Shania Twain briefly came out as a Trump supporter. Now she ‘regrets’ it.
Is she really sorry, or just sorry that her fans blasted her on Twitter?
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Miami Beach bombshell: World Outgames cancels most of its events
The organizers blame “financial challenges” for the last-minute cancellation of nearly every event including tomorrow night’s opening ceremony.
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Here you pee again: Dolly Parton sounds off on ‘bathroom bills’
The singer told CNN, “I hope that everybody gets a chance to be who and what they are.”
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Don’t miss country singer Brad Paisley’s trans bathroom anthem
“North Carolina, they’re checking for vaginas, if you want to use the can.”
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Country artists condemn religious exemptions laws but labels remain silent
But anyone looking for reaction from the record labels and production companies on Nashville’s Music Row has heard only the sound of silence.
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Country singer writes redneck anthem about having gay sex
“Which one o’ you queers gonna suck my d–k?” puts a different (and more inclusive?) spin on striking out at a bar.
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Steve Grand: Spend less time on my underwear, more on my music
“It would be nice if any other aspect of my life/work as an artist/advocate got a fraction of the press I get for wearing a bathing suit by gay media.”
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Country music singers Ty Herndon, Billy Gilman come out as gay
In separate announcements Thursday, country music singers Ty Herndon and Billy Gilman came out as gay. Herdon went first, in interviews with People Magazine and Entertainment Tonight. His announcement inspired Gilman to do go public as well in a You Tube video posted just a few hours later.
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Brandy Clark enjoying big buzz ahead of Country Music awards
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — The year’s most buzzed about new country artist is one most country fans may never heard on the radio. Brandy Clark, an openly gay artist who sings, among other things, about pot-smoking housewives, had almost given up on becoming an artist herself…
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Four country music stars announce their support for Ill. marriage equality bill
CHICAGO — Four country music stars are announcing their support for legislation that would legalize same-sex marriage in Illinois.