Thursday, August 03, 2023
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| Tyler Childers performs at the Railbird Music Festival in Lexington, Ky. (Photo by Silas Walker, Herald-Leader) |
Appalachian LGBTQ+ love stories are just as real as other love stories, and Tyler Childers’ “In Your Love” song and video, a collaboration with Silas House, tells that story, reports Monica Kast of the Lexington Herald-Leader. “Actors Colton Haynes and James Scully play two men in rural Appalachia who meet and fall in love while working as coal miners in the 1950s.” Despite hostility from other miners and community members, the couple stays together, farming and loving one another. House posted on Instagram, “To our knowledge, it is the first-ever country music video with a gay storyline to be released by a major label.”
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| Silas House (Berea College photo) |
Childers and House, both Kentuckians, “wanted to tell a love story set in Appalachia. Childers pitched the idea for the music video to House and asked him to work on developing the story. Jason Kyle Howard, House’s husband, wrote and provided creative direction for the video. He came up with the idea for the two main characters to be coal miners,” Kast writes. “There are personal touches in the video, too. House, Howard and Childers used family photographs as inspiration for outfits in the video, making sure they were true to the period but also true to what people really wore. The cast is also made up of Appalachians and Kentuckians who represented the region.”
House told Kast, “There are all kinds of different people in Appalachia and rural America, and they very rarely see themselves in the media, in film or TV, or especially in country music videos. . . . It’s a gay love story, yes, but more than that, it’s a love story. It’s about gay people who love where they’re from, and they don’t want to leave it. Those men could have left not only the coal mines but they could have left the area. They chose to stay. A whole lot of people have done that, despite discrimination, because they love where they’re from.”
“At a time when Kentucky has seen an increase in anti-LGBTQ legislation and sentiments, House said he hopes the video will be ‘a balm’ for people who are hurting,” Kast reports. House told Kast: “We just wanted to tell a human story that is rarely seen. Tyler Childers is one of the great storytellers of our time, especially in rural stories. This is another rural story that needs to be seen.” Kast adds that Childers’ album “Rustin’ In the Rain” will be released Sept. 8.”
Tyler should join them. A beautiful threesome.
Don’t worry bro no one is going to take your cousin from stop being a redneck dumbass
Go woke, go broke!!!!! By Tyler!!
He evidently hasn’t heard of Bud Lite. Country boy turned Woke. So Long or should I say bi Tyler.
I’m done with him.
It amazes me how stupid and close minded people are in my home town I love eastern Kentucky but u guys are stupid and Jessica you can be down with him go back to your single wife trailer and your 15 kids by 15 different baby daddies lol so glad I don’t live there any more
I’m so glad I don’t live in a big liberal city somewhere. It’s not about being close minded. Right is right and wrong is wrong. We just wish every secular news station or tv show didn’t cram homosexuality down our throats and expect us to normalize it. It’s not gonna happen nor will it ever be normalized. I’m glad you seem so far more intelectually advanced than anyone in eastern kentucky.
I don’t want the straight thing pushed down my throat get over it dumbass
See when people with a brain and common sense meet your argument sensibly liberal people such as yourself resort to cursing and spouting nonsense. You people scream free speech all the time but when someone disagrees with your speech you try to suppress it. Again it’s not normal look at how you were created. Your welcome! No need to be so hateful surely you realize it isn’t natural. Look at nature genius
So you support sin? You support the devils works?
Jessica shut the hell up support sin omg are u stupid
Sounds like you support it to me.
What’s wrong not enough gays here for you? The Bud Lite thing was nationwide not just eastern Ky. Tyler just made his choice and the people will make their choice too. It is what it is. Some people think its sickening to see two men kiss on a video. I guess you like it . Your business. Don’t kid yourself thinking it’s just Eastern Ky. You are badly mistaken. Most everyone in your home town are probably glad your gone. Please stay. I am sure Hollywood will welcome Tyler. Hopefully you will go with him.
Lol most people in eastern Lu do care what you are who u u are with just a few small minded probly fat over weight losers that met there spouse at the family reunion there’s been gay people science the beginning of time
You come across as real intelligent there lady….. or girly boy.
Sin is sin. No matter how much sugar you put on it. Gods word will stand when this world is on fire. You can cuss at us and show your ignorance and it won’t change our minds.
I have morals and stand by Gods word.
You can’t moralize sin. You can turn your head but that doesn’t make it right.
Amen JC
His right to do this if he wants. But, he just lost a fan by attempting to raise his ESG scorecard numbers.
These comments are the most unintelligent piles of crud I have ever read. If you’re going to bad mouth people or go full blown bigot, at least make it readable. Y’all spewing hate and using God and religion as your reasoning… How do you think he will judge you for using his name to judge other people when the Bible clearly states that it is not your job to cast judgement.
You guys need to learn to keep your bigotry to yourself. It’s not your place to belittle people and judge. The only sin I see here, is the bigotry from these people who think disguising it with religion will save them in then end. It will not.
Tyler can be gay if he wants !