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Old 05-05-2010, 01:57 AM
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Default Chely Wright (country singer) comes out..

http://www.miamiherald.com/2010/05/0...t-reveals.html
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Old 05-11-2010, 02:34 PM
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I'm afraid I've never heard of her, but then again, I seldom listen to country. I'm curious to see the level of support she'll find within the country music world. Willie Nelson, Dolly Parton, and Reba are three gay-friendly singers I can think of. I also wonder how this will affect her fan base. Am surely hoping it won't affect it at all!

k.d. Lang comes to mind... how did fellow country singers react to her coming out?
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Old 05-14-2010, 12:29 AM
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Default Interesting and informative

Blog on this subject.

http://www.religiondispatches.org/ar...om_among_them/

Her career in Country music is probably over unfortunately.
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Old 05-14-2010, 10:56 AM
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Thanks for the link Daniel. I barely missed being a closeted gospel musician myself. Although it remains unspoken I'm pretty sure it runs in my family. I find it just as inspiring at queer church. I like it when our musicians are openly "hot". I was tempted to tell Trish our choir director to quit hogging the "good looking".
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Old 05-15-2010, 01:00 PM
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Default Congrats to Ms. Wright

I'm sure Chely is relieved about hiding this part of her life. I'm sure that she is happier. Whether she is shunned by the country music establishment only time will tell.

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Old 05-16-2010, 09:06 AM
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Kirk Talley's (metioned in Daniel's link) image and career are wrecked for good because he was discovered to have shared nude photos on a gay website, yet gospel singer Michael English is forgiven and welcomed at the Grand Ole Opry after cheating on his wife. I guess that's totally understandable, since Michael was doing it with a woman, not a man... :/
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I know it, the double standards continue to amaze me.
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