Gay country music singers

Misty Blue , her biggest hit. Baby , her first hit. What is one thing you're not happy with and could use negotiation to improve? She found greater success by leaving Nashville and its good ol' boy network. So just go, just go. Identify one thing you've been struggling to achieve.

The Queering of Country Music

Meanwhile, Mary Gauthier , the first openly lesbian artist to perform at the Grand Ole Opry, and two-time Grammy nominee Melissa Etheridge , both of whom sat on the periphery of the genre, slowly started to break down mainstream barriers, too. By this point, several more well-known names were flying the rainbow flag in the country genre, too.

11 Country Artists Who’ve Come Out as Gay

How do these 6 lesbian country singers make the world a better place?

Shane McAnally , one of the dominant country hitmakers of the modern era, walked down the aisle with his long-term partner Michael Baum. The fact that the singer-songwriter, also one-quarter of feminist supergroup The Highwomen , has been upfront about her sexuality from the offset has no doubt given the next generation the confidence, and the impetus, to do the same.