LGBT Supporters in Country Music

Music is something every person on the planet seems to have in common. Now, for me, I listen to all kinds - Pop, Hip-Hop, 80's, Rock, Alternative, R&B, Punk - most everything. However, the music I was raised on, that my parents listened to, was Country. So when I admitted to myself how important LGBT rights were and started finding support for the community all over the place, I was a bit disappointed to see very little support coming out of the Country music industry, even after artist Chely Wright came out as a lesbian in 2010.

Unfortunately, Country music and its artists are often stereotyped as being conservative and not LGBT friendly. So, you can imagine my excitement when I ran across an article on The Advocate's website from June 2012 entitled "Country Entertainers Who Support LGBT Equality".

The people included on this list include:

• Garth Brooks
• Laura Bell Bundy
• Dixie Chicks
• Wynona Judd 
• Toby Keith
• Martina McBride 
• Reba McEntire
• Tim McGraw
• Faith Hill
• Lorrie Morgan
• Willie Nelson
• Dolly Parton
• Rascal Flatts
• LeAnn Rimes
• Blake Shelton
• Taylor Swift (but come on she's barely country lol) 
• Sugarland
• Carrie Underwood
• Chely Wright (Obviously! the lovely lady did come out in 2010!)
• Trisha Yearwood

Now some of these aren't a big surprise to me, such as Willie Nelson, Dolly Parton, Reba McEntire, and Chely Wright, and the rest were just very heartwarming to discover. However, the one name on this list that blew me away was Toby Keith. I've liked Toby as a singer since he hit country music radio, but he's never hid the fact that he's a bit conservative and a Republican (not that Republicans can't support LGBT rights, it's just not very common unfortunately) so learning his view point from this article both surprised and pleased me a lot. 

Finding articles like this one give me a bit more hope in humanity each time I run across them.

To read the article in its entirety and what was said about each artist on this list, please visit this link:
http://www.advocate.com/arts-entertainment/music/2012/06/21/country-entertainers-who-support-lgbt-equality?page=0,0


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