Singer Chely Wright rewrites the country music song books by coming out. Singer/songwriter Chely Wright performs at the "Reading, Writing, Rhythm" benefit show at the Tennessee Performing Arts Center in Nashville. (Photo: Courtesy of Tanya Braganti/First Run Features)Read Full Story
NEW YORK: Two years after becoming the first country star to come out as gay, Chely Wright is now at peace, living honestly and married to another woman, but she feels somewhat cut off by the country music world to which she has devoted her life.
Gay artists have long struggled with the impact that coming out might have on their careers, but Wright thinks the time has never been better to be open despite her struggles depicted in a new film documentary, “Wish Me Away,” in U.S. theaters June 1...Read Full Story
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NEW YORK (Reuters) - Two years after becoming the first country star to come out as gay, Chely Wright is now at peace, living honestly and married to another woman, but she feels somewhat cut off by the country music world to which she has devoted her life. Gay artists...Read Full Story
Biography of gay country star Chely Wright (1:35). Not Rated: Mature themes. Quad. Even New Yorkers know that civil rights — not to mention simple civility — cannot yet be taken for granted across the U.S. Country singer Chely Wright, who ...
It hasn't been an easy road for country star Chely Wright, who admitted to the public two years ago that she is a lesbian. Since that time, Wright has felt shut out of the industry. Even though no country stars have directly ...
As a child, country music singer Chely Wright prayed to God to take away her homosexuality. She moved to Nashville to pursue a music career, and became a star. A new documentary, Wish Me Away, follows her struggle to accept her sexuality and the fallout after she publicly announced she is gay.
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Country music is one of the greatest casualties of the culture wars. The vibrant form that once had room for drunken layabout Hank Williams and pot-smoking longhair Willie Nelson has been codified as the soundtrack for red-state America. While its musical boundaries continue to expand, encompassing Shania Twain’s Bollywood dabblings and Toby Keith’s horn-section swing, its subject matter is...
(Johnny Cash's brilliant cover of Nine Inch Nails' "Hurt" proves that you can still produce an emotionally wrenching country song and make a few bucks in the process.) The documentary flirts with complexity, and Wright is occasionally disconcertingly frank ...
Chely Wright's country life is peaceful, not easyChicago TribuneNEW YORK (Reuters) - Two years after becoming the first country star to come out as gay, Chely Wright is now at peace, living honestly and married to another woman, but she feels somewhat cut off by the country music world to which she has devoted her ...Wish Me Away: The Chely Wright Story - Movie Review - 2012Documentaries.About.comall 18 news articles »
Country singer Chely Wright is raising money for an Aids charity by taking part in a sponsored walk in New York The lesbian star is aiming to bring in 2500 1563 in donations for the Gay Mens Health Crisis Gmhc organisation and raise awareness for...
Tribeca CitizenComing Up: Woodyfest, Juggling, Chely WrightTribeca CitizenFrom Incidental Western, a solo exhibition of new work by Michael Berryhill at Kansas (see May 17). “Is Schuster returns to her digital roots in her current exhibit, Manifestations, on display at One Art Space in Tribeca from May 11th through June 2nd.
Dallas VoiceOh so WrightDallas VoiceGONNA BE ALL WRIGHT Dallas last saw country star Chely Wright speaking at the Black Tie Dinner, but she brings her music this time to headline Sunday's Dallas Lesbian Festival. The story is now well-known, but hearing Chely Wright tell it again makes ...