She's the first major country musician to announce it
(NEWSER) - TMZ and Gawker were right: Chely Wright is the celebrity who came out to People this week. The magazine—after much Internet speculation that the country musician was the subject of its cover piece—released an online teaser of the story today. “There had never, ever been a country music artist who had acknowledged his or her homosexuality,” says the 39-year-old, explaining why she didn’t come out earlier. “I hid everything for my music.” More»