Saturday, November 22, 2014

Billy Gilman Comes Out

After Ty Herndon's announcement, Billy Gilman was also inspired to come out as gay. He made the announcement in a YouTube video. Congratulations, Billy!

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  1. What else can I say
    Everyone is gay

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  2. Ty Herndon made an announcement? I thought the park arrest in the 90's kind of did that for him. Love his song "What mattered most", great singer.

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    1. Yep. Then he blamed the alcohol, went to rehab, it happened again...

      I think it's great he's not hiding this. Everyone should live their truth. I trust he's happy and wish him well.

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    2. I just hope Randy Travis realizes exactly what you just stated before it's too late. Life is short, live well and live happy.

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  3. Morning Derek.

    I'm glad you said it. I'm leaving it alone.

    The Ty H was no surprise since he's had George Michael restroom style incidents going back for more than two decades. When I heard he came out I laffed as I was sure we'd settled this during the Clinton presidency.

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  4. I now know one thing about Billy Gilman and Ty Herndon.

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  5. I'm not into country music, so I didn't know who Ty was, but remember Billy from when he recorded a song as a preteen. I believe each person who comes out makes it a little easier for the next, so good for Ty for making it official, and for Billy too.

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  6. It feels like the anti-gay damn is breaking. An overwhelming majority of people choose to be supportive rather than judge people for their sexuality, which I think in turn is becoming a freeing experience for those who are afraid.

    Two moving articles on the subject were published this past week. I believe you'll be glad you read them:

    A 13-Year-Old Came Out To His Best “Bro” Over Text Message, His Bro Had The Best Response

    and...

    Dad Accidentally Discovers His Teenage Son Is Gay, Consults Reddit on How to Respond

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    1. Great comment Maxxy. And thx for the 2 links. Both are great stories.

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    2. @maxxy...Wow. Those links made me tear up, and I'm not a big crier. Some of the teens and parents I counsel are dealing with similar situations, and those articles are a great tool/inspiration to use in our sessions. Thank you so much for restoring a little bit of my faith in humanity....I needed it today!

      And I'm also surprised that one of the links actually came from E! News. Who knew? :)

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  7. Now maybe the gay cowboy on Nashville will come out!

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  8. I have a lovely story about the Trevor Project. In 1994, the filmmakers were going door to door asking people if they could use their house to film their movie about a gay teenager who commits suicide. My mother in law agreed to let them use her house for free. The film won the Academy Award for short film that year. About 15 years later, I was in a meeting with the filmmakers and mentioned that they used by MIL's house. They told me that when the movie aired on HBO, they wanted to have suicide prevention telephone numbers on screen at the end. They found out there were only 2 such services. One was a person who did it part time on Tues and Thurs evenings, and the other number was out of order. The hurredly set up a phone bank with a few numbers just in case they got any calls. They ended up getting thousands of calls after the movie aired. That spurred them into creating the organization, and now they have hundreds of lines all over the world, plus all of the other services they offer.

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    1. @Moxie Girl. Thanks for sharing. :)

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    2. That is awesome. Planting a seed in the right place at the right time and the Trevor Project was born. Thank you!

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    3. That was a great story Moxxie! It's nice to hear what inspired ideas that you can't imagine not existing.

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    4. @Moxie Girl...I'm so glad I read that! I really appreciate you sharing that wonderful, uplifting story.

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  9. To clarify, I wrote that in response to Maxxy's link where the father suggests the contributions go to the Trevor Project.

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  10. That poor guy. What a shame that being gay and a country artist is such a BFD. He looked so scared and said as much. Screw haters. BW

    And YES to the Trevor Project.

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  11. Honestly who cares? I feel like this non-issue anymore. I don't care who sleeps with who & it is none of my business.

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  12. I'm not sure either really came out. Everybody but the bible humpers (t missing on purpose) in the south knew about both were since Ty's arrest and since Billy was like 11 and just so "fabulous" it was obvious.

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  13. @Bacon Ranch - Isn't Randy Travis too brain addled to make coming out matter at this point? I thought he was wasn't really that functional these days.

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