乡村之星TJ奥斯本，一半的Duo兄弟奥斯本，已经成为同性恋和乡村音乐历史。奥斯本现在是第一个公开的同性恋艺术家签署了一个主要的国家标签。
谈到时间, Osborne noted his worry of appearing opportunistic in coming out, but despite that, he wanted to set an example: “People will ask, ‘why does this even need to be talked about?’ and personally, I agree with that,” he said. “But for me to show up at an awards show with a man would be jaw-dropping to people. It wouldn’t be like, ‘Oh, cool!’”
奥斯本兄弟们签署了Emi Nashville。他们于2014年发布了他们的自我标题的首次亮相EP，自2016年起发布了三张一张工作室专辑和一张现场专辑。他们最新的，骷髅，去年十月发布，并在广告牌顶级国家专辑图表上击中四号。
传统上，国家的类型与含糊不清守的倾斜有关。山姆兰斯基，在他与奥斯本的采访中写作, notes that “if liberal Hollywood is notorious for pushing a progressive agenda, country has historically been its counterpoint – a safe haven for traditional ‘family values.’” Lansky also recalls the 2003 incident involving The Chicks, then known as The Dixie Chicks, as an example of the genre’s rash response to anything out of step with fans’ politics. On stage, days before it happened, the band spoke out against the US’ invasion of Iraq and said they were “ashamed” of George W. Bush being from Texas. The incident sparked a huge backlash, and resulted in the band being blacklisted from hundreds of country music stations.
当被问及他认为他的出现时，奥斯贝恩将影响他的集团与保守粉丝的普及，说他并没有说：“也许我没有给粉丝足够信任。也许我不是给予足够的信誉......我只是想继续前进。“
虽然奥斯本是第一个签署了主要国家标签的同性恋艺术家，但他当然不是这个类型的第一个公开的LGBTQ +音乐家 - 最近有国家和国家邻近遇到艺术家，如奥维尔啄和lil nas x，和无数其他Queer乡村艺术家多年来一直在制作音乐。
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