Country singer Chely Wright to come out next week
source: http://www.bilerico.com/2010/05/country_singer_chely_wright_to_come_out_next_week.php
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The internet has been full of rumors and ideas about who would be coming out on the cover of People magazine next week and TMZ has the inside scoop. Country singer Chely Wright, 39, will come out of the closet publicly and announce that she's joining the board of Faith In America.
Wright, who scored a #1 hit with "Single White Female" in 1999 and was the first entertainer to perform in Iraq after the US invasion, is the first popular country singer to come out of the closet. She also has a new book, Like Me, that hits shelves next week and a soon-to-be-released album: Lifted Off the Ground. Sources tell TBP the liner notes for the album will include a list of pro-LGBT resources - including GLSEN, Interfaith Alliance, and Faith In America.
Known as a devout Christian, the close association with Faith In America is a natural fit for the country superstar. "Her life experiences drew her to the work FIA is doing," Mitchell Gold, Faith In America's founder, told me. "She knows this is a big part of the change we need."
Video of Wright's hit plus why her coming out is significant after the jump.
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Wright, who scored a #1 hit with "Single White Female" in 1999 and was the first entertainer to perform in Iraq after the US invasion, is the first popular country singer to come out of the closet. She also has a new book, Like Me, that hits shelves next week and a soon-to-be-released album: Lifted Off the Ground. Sources tell TBP the liner notes for the album will include a list of pro-LGBT resources - including GLSEN, Interfaith Alliance, and Faith In America.
Known as a devout Christian, the close association with Faith In America is a natural fit for the country superstar. "Her life experiences drew her to the work FIA is doing," Mitchell Gold, Faith In America's founder, told me. "She knows this is a big part of the change we need."
Video of Wright's hit plus why her coming out is significant after the jump.
Continue reading "Country singer Chely Wright to come out next week" »
http://www.bilerico.com/2010/05/country_singer_chely_wright_to_come_out_next_wee...
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