After Chely Wright came out publicly and ended her relationship with Brad Paisley, she began to date LGBT rights activist Lauren Blitzer. In April 2011, the two became engaged and they got married soon after, in August 2011, in an interfaith ceremony with both a priest and a rabbi officiating. The couple announced that they were expecting identical twins in January 2013. Their twin boys are named George Samuel and Evertt Joseph and were born in May 2013. Wright carried the twins herself.
Ty Herndon is a country music singer who has had many successful singles, including seventeen that ended up on the Hot Country Songs chart on Billboard. Before he became famous, Herndon actually competed on Star Search and was even named the Texas Entertainer of the Year. He later signed with Epic Records and began releasing music through them. Herndon has been married to two different women, but both relationships ended in divorce, as he struggled to grapple with his sexual orientation throughout the years.
After an incident in which Herndon came on to an undercover police officer who was male and he was arrested for possession of drugs, it was highly speculated within the country music world that he was not actually straight. After initially denying this, he eventually came out publicly in an interview with People magazine and he exposed his relationship with Matt Collum. He even shared that he believed that his two ex-wives “absolutely” knew that he was not straight while they were married.
Patricia Yurena Rodriguez is a Spanish beauty queen who has taken part in both the Miss World and Miss Universe competitions, representing Spain after becoming Miss Spain in both 2008 and 2013. In 2008 Patricia placed in the top fifteen contestants in the Miss World contest. In 2013, she was the first runner up in the Miss Universe competition. She now works as both a model and actress, and is known for making headlines as the first openly gay Miss Spain representative.
Patricia Yurena Rodriguez became the first openly gay beauty contestant and also the first Miss Spain to come out publicly. She is also the only Miss Spain who has won the contest twice. She came out via an Instagram post which featured a post of Rodriguez with her girlfriend, Vanesa Klein, who is a DJ and musician, with the two in an embrace. She captioned the photo: “Romeo and Juliet,” and also included a message thanking her fans for showing support and sending positive messages.
