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Jun 5, 2021 · By Courtney Campbell | June 5, 2021. Country singer Chely Wright was an early trailblazer for the LGBTQ community as one of the first artists in country music history to ever publicly come out ...
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After coming out and telling her story in a memoir, album and exclusive interview with PEOPLE, Wright felt liberated but also at odds with an industry she’d long called home. “The industry itself got really quiet,” she recalls. “Some people were like, ‘Who’s she? She’s not even big enough anyway; it doesn’t matter.’ These were people with whom I’d ...
Almost a year after coming out publicly, Wright marriedher wife, Lauren Blitzer Wright, at a private home in Connecticut. Then, in May of 2013, the wives welcomed their twin sons George and Everett. But tragedy struck one year later, when she learned her estranged mother, Cheri Smith, was sick. “We had a very strained relationship for the past 20 y...
Having made up, Wright and her mother spent her final days reconnecting. “She said, ‘Show me what you’ve been writing,’ and I played her a few things, including a demo of a song that I’d written called ‘At the Heart of Me,'” says Wright, who had to return home to New York for a quick work trip. “She said, ‘Send me a copy of that so I can listen to ...
Country singer Chely Wright, who came out as gay in 2010, talks about her family, new album and how her estranged mother's death inspired her song \"At the Heart of Me\". She does not mention her girlfriend Julia, whom she married in 2013.
From 1993 to about 2004, Wright maintained a committed relationship with a woman she described as "the love of my life." In her memoir, Wright uses the pseudonym Julia to keep her identity hidden. She met Julia shortly after winning her first recording contract. The era of their relationship overlaps Wright's rise to chart-topping stardom.
- Chely Wright. Chely Wright, who scored hits with "Single White Female," "It Was" and more, came out as gay in 2010. Related Content. The History of Gay Country Representation in 15 Songs.
- Brandy Clark. Country singer-songwriter and elite storyteller Brandy Clark was already out when she found success in the industry as both a solo artist and a songwriter who'd penned hits for Miranda Lambert, Reba McEntire, Darius Rucker and more.
- Ty Herndon. Ty Herndon had several hits ("What Mattered Most," "Living in a Moment," "I Want My Goodbye Back") before coming out as gay in 2014. "I realized I had an incredible story that could possibly help someone's son or daughter or grandchild's life not be as difficult as mine has been," Herndon told People in 2014.
- Brooke Eden. Brooke Eden first hit the mainstream with her self-released EP in 2014 and continued to make a name for herself in Nashville. Though she was initially discouraged from publicly disclosing her sexual identity, she ignored that advice after her label was bought out.
May 6, 2010 · Wright is candid when she writes about her relationships, from her first sexual experience with another woman to her persistent efforts to fall for a man to her first girlfriend, a relationship that lasted 12 years – though they only told two people they were a couple during the entire time they were together.
Apr 6, 2011 · Wright and gay rights activist Lauren Blitzer announced today that they're engaged to be married. They'll wed in August in front of about 200 people on an estate owned by Blitzer's aunt.
May 19, 2010 · On and off for 12 years, Chely says she carried on a secret affair with a woman she calls "Julia," the love of her life. The two women even lived together for a short time, but few people knew the truth about their relationship. "We worked very hard to hide our relationship.
