Like Me was the launching pad for Wright’s second - and arguably richer, more emotionally fulfilling - act in life, an act that was not impeded by secrets and lies. What an insult - ‘I’m gonna tolerate you like a toothache.’ That’s awful.” I think the word tolerance is a gross, half-assed way of understanding one another. I want a life in which the essence of who I am is celebrated, not just allowed in. “I don’t want to come to your church if you’re just going to tolerate gays and lesbians - you’re not the house of worship for me.
“In terms of the faith communities, I run into a lot of people who are straight and say, ‘You can come to our church, we’re tolerant,'” says Wright over the phone from her home in Manhattan. I am gay, and I am not seeking to be ‘tolerated.’ One tolerates a toothache, rush-hour traffic, an annoying neighbor with a cluttered yard. “I hear the word ‘tolerance’ - that some people are trying to teach people to be tolerant of gays,” she writes in her 2010 autobiography Like Me: Confessions of a Heartland Country Singer. Let's take a look back at 10 of Chely Wright's best songs so far.There is perhaps no word Chely Wright loathes more than “tolerance,” especially when it’s used in relation to acceptance of the LGBTQ community. While Wright's recent work has yet to reach the commercial success of her past, her artistry has only continued to grow. Her two most recent albums - 2010's Lifted Off the Ground and 2016's I Am the Rain - sparkled with personal tracks steeped in the Americana tradition. For Wright, writing the book was about liberating herself from a lie and offering support to others who struggled in the same ways.Ī lifelong activist for education and veterans, Wright now dedicates much of her time to supporting causes within the LGBTQIA+ community, including efforts through her own non-profit organization, LIKEME. In 2010, Wright made history by coming out via a raw and revealing feature in People Magazine, just one day before releasing her memoir, Like Me: Confessions from a Heartland Country Singer. While her career reached new highs, Wright was also struggling with hiding her sexual identity. Wright joined forces with Brown once again for her 1999 LP Single White Female, and its title track became the country talent's first career No. The result was 1997's Let Me In, which spawned her Top 40 radio hit, "Shut Up and Drive." After parting ways with Mercury Records, Wright inked a deal with MCA Records Nashville and enlisted producer Tony Brown to work on her next LP.
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