Beloved country music star Marren Morris has opened up about her queerness for the first time.
On Sunday, June 9, the Grammy-winning musician took to Instagram to share photos from a recent Phoenix, Arizona stop on her RSVP Redux Tour, including one of her waving a Pride Progress flag. But this wasn’t just any concert post; it was also a lowkey bisexual coming-out moment.
“Happy to be the B in LGBTQ+,” Morris captioned her post. “Happy pride 🌈.”
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Her casual announcement follows a new norm in which celebrities are coming out more casually, as many now find publicly identifying as queer to be less of a perceived personal and professional risk than it was in the past. Whether it’s Morris mentioning her bisexuality in a tour post or Lil Nas X coming out as gay with a tweet, serious sit-down interviews and press tours are no longer a staple of A-list celebrity coming-out moments.
Although this is the first time that Morris has publicly identified as bi, her support of the LGBTQ+ community as a whole is nothing new. Over the years, Morris has been outspoken about queer and trans rights, even as she’s faced pushback from her more conservative country music peers.
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Back in 2022, Fox News pundit Tucker Carlson famously referred to the singer as a “lunatic country music person” after she condemned influencer Brittany Aldean — who is also married to country star Jason Aldean — for a transphobic Instagram caption. In response, Morris released official T-shirts with the Carlson slogan on them, along with the phone number for Trans Lifeline’s Hotline, a peer support phone service run by trans people for trans people. To date, according to Morris, over $150,000 worth of proceeds from the shirt have gone to Trans Lifeline and GLAAD’s Transgender Media Program.
Later, Morris opened up pushing for inclusivity within the country music scene during a January 2023 appearance on RuPaul’s Drag Race: Untucked.
“Coming from country music and its relationship with LGBTQ+ members, I just want to say I’m sorry,” Morris told contestants at the time. “And I love you guys for making me feel like a brave voice in country music. So, I just thank you guys so much for inspiring me.”
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