Chely Wright

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. Read More

Chely Wright's labor of love, Wish Me Away, is a documentary about her struggles with announcing to the world that she was gay, the first major country singer to do so. Read More

As bold as k.d. lang is, the Grammy-winning singer was clearly nervous about coming out in the June 16, 1992 issue of The Advocate. Read More

Chely Wright has said her mother believes she's going to hell for being gay. Read More

Early in "Wish Me Away," a documentary about Chely Wright's public coming-out as a lesbian, the country singer wonders if she can even go through with the announcement, tearfully saying, "I don't know if I have the courage to let anyone see this tape."Read More