(CNN) — There are plenty of country songs about how to be a man. One way is to face the music, and two country crooners did that on Thursday. Ty Herndon and Billy Gilman came out as being gay. Ty Herndon finally admits,
“I sit on the tailgate of my pickup truck, and I meditate, and I talk to God,” Herndon said. “That's really all I need to know. I have a connection to something bigger than myself, and no one's going to tell me that I can't have it. We get to choose
Earlier in the week country singer Ty Herndon came out publicly as “a happy gay man.” His brave confession helped to give another country artist, Billy Gilman, the strength to come out of the closet on the same day. Now Herndon is getting right back to
Two country hitmakers came out publicly in a single day on Thursday (Nov. 20), and members of the country music community took to Twitter to react to the news.
Country star Billy Gilman comes out on same day as Ty Herndon in solidarity and slams the industry for being 'ashamed' of gay artists. By Iona Kirby for MailOnline. Published: 19:05 EST, 20 November 2014 | Updated: 21:38 EST, 20 November 2014.