May 2, 2010

Country music's "Single White Female" comes out...

Hot on the heels of Ricky Martin's coming out being relatively uneventful, People magazine and the internet have been buzzing for the past week about another big time celebrity coming out on May 5th.

According to the internet tonight, that super famous homo is.... drum roll please... Chely Wright!

Okay, not a big big star. It's not like, to choose someone totally randomly, say, Anderson Cooper came flying out the closet.

Unlike most of you, I have heard of Chely Wright. She is an award winning, platinum selling country singer, whose biggest hit was Single White Female about a decade ago. My personal favourite is Jezebel with its black-and-white voodoo-themed video.

The woman has pipes and spunk and style. I have always liked her.

Why is this a big deal? People coming out is a good thing, as I believe many people think they don't like gay people because they don't know gay people so we seem alien to them; a celebrity coming out means their fans and media watchers will "know" someone gay.

And especially in the conservative world of country music, this is terrific news --- Wright is the first major country star to come out.

Look for lots of media on this on Tuesday, when Wright officially comes out in People. And, by sheer coincidence, her new album and her autobiography come out the same day. Yeah, I know, seems like she is trying to sell her wares with coming out, and there may be some truth to that. Still, this is all about the truth, and that is a good thing. I am curious to read the book and hear the album, and to hear what red-state homo-hating right-wing freakazoids say about this one...

9 comments:

Debra She Who Seeks said...

Never heard of her but hey, I'd volunteer to deliver the toaster oven!

R.J. In The 619 said...

This is a huge deal. Next to NASCAR, football and hockey here in America I thought I'd never live to see this happen in country music.

I have a couple Chely Wright CDs from a decade ago, but I had no idea she was still in the business. Good for her on coming out.

WannabeVirginia W. said...

No idea who she is, but heck awesome. Stand and be Proud.

TICKLEBEAR said...

well, the girlz are bound to have [legitimate] wet dreams over that one!!! i certainly encourage voluntary coming-out over being outed... i wouldn't sell her short on the marketing ploy. maybe her bio can reveal something about human nature and inspire others to do the same, who knows?!...
here's hoping.
:)~
HUGZ

Rusty Hoe said...

Never heard of her, but kudos for coming out in the ultra conservative world of country and western.

Michael Rivers said...

Interesting. I love her music. Congrats to her!

Ginny said...

Is it possible Jesus came out and that was the real reason for the crucifixion? Just askin'.

FabuLeslie said...

Good for her! And I guess if she can come out at a time when she has something to sell, that's the best time to do it. More power to her, whoever she is! :)

A Strange Boy said...

Good to see someone in a traditionally gay-unfriendly field stand up and be counted. I heard there was a Christian singer that came out recently too.

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