Fifteen years ago, Chely Wright became the first mainstream country singer to come out as gay — and she’s never stopped fighting to make other people feel seen. Now, with a brand-new corporate career, ...

Tracy E. Gilchrist is the VP, Executive Producer of Entertainment for the Advocate Channel. A media veteran, she writes about the intersections of LGBTQ+ equality and pop culture. Previously, she was ...

Is country music a safe space for LGBTQ+ artists? Chely Wright is reflecting on what’s changed, and what hasn’t, in the industry she has long called home. In a new interview, the country music ...

Chely Wright has announced the release details for her crowdfunded new album, I Am the Rain. I Am the Rain is due out on Sept. 9, but the project will be available for pre-order beginning on July 22.

The new album was recorded with Grammy-winning producer Joe Henry last fall at the iconic Sunset Sound studio in Los Angeles. It features guest appearances from Emmylou Harris, Milk Carton Kids, and ...

Chely Wright doesn’t typically choose her performance outfits in advance. Sometimes, she admits, she’ll wait until late on the day of the show before making such a decision. At the time, she thought ...

With her 2010 LP Lifted Off the Ground, accompanying memoir Like Me and subsequent documentary film Wish Me Away chronicling her coming out as a lesbian, Chely Wright – more accurately, country radio ...

Chely Wright is set to release her first album in five years this September. Titled I Am the Rain, the follow-up to 2010's Lifted Off the Ground includes guest features from Emmylou Harris, Rodney ...

Chely Wright may have written the songs on her 2010 release "Lifted Off the Ground" during a traumatic time in her life, but they've blossomed into something of a journal of how she moved from despair ...

Country music star Chely Wright is mourning the death of actor Leslie Jordan with a story about the impact he had on her coming out. The “Single White Female” singer, who announced that she is gay in ...

“Inside,” the opening track to Chely Wright’s new release, I Am the Rain, beckons listeners with its gentle undertow. It’s a meditative life-affirming lullaby that Wright wrote to herself as she ...