New
York
(ANI):
Chely
Wright,
a
major
country
artist,
has
come
out
of
the
closet
to
announce
that
she
is
a
lesbian.
"There
had
never,
ever
been
a
country
music
artist
who
had
acknowledged
his
or
her
homosexuality.
I
wasn't
going
to
be
the
first," the
New
York
Daily
News
quoted
Wright
as
telling
People.com.
But
the
exact
opposite
happened,
and
Wright
couldn't
be
happier.
"Nothing
in
my
life
has
been
more
magical
than
the
moment
I
decided
to
come
out," she
says.
The
artist
had
a
tough
time
growing
up
when
she
realized
that
homosexuality
wasn't
accepted
in
her
community.
"I
hid
everything
for
my
music,"
Wright
says.
Her
new
memoir,
"Like
Me:
Confessions
of
a
Heartland
Country
Singer,"
hits
book
stores
on
Tuesday
on
the
same
day
as
her
new
album,
"."