Drake Jensen, Steve Grand, Eli Lieb

All are openly gay singers

They each have music videos on YouTube

Contrast these three openly gay men who make music for a living:  Drake Jensen, Steve Grand and Eli Lieb.

·         Who is more country?

·         Who talks about their current relationships?

·         Who bears their chest in their music videos?

·         Who has a bonfire, swims and kisses in their videos?

·         Who is a gay activist?

·         Who is promoting their video as them being gay?

·         Who is had been transparent about being gay?

·         Who is telling a story with their music?

·         Who talks about faith in their videos?

·         Who is in a relationship?

·         Does age make a difference?

·         Who grew up in a rural context?

·         Who sings country music?

·         Who has done other than country music?

·         What did coming out as a gay man mean to each of them?

 

Here are some links to help you:

o   http://www.out.com/out-exclusives/2011/11/11/face-face-eli-lieb

o   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N0qrYyOKw5o&list=UU1o6BwvWKjIjnenziaLXtlw

o   http://www.youtube.com/channel/UC1o6BwvWKjIjnenziaLXtlwhttp://eliliebstreet.com/eli-lieb/

o   http://www.youtube.com/user/elilieb

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o   http://www.drakejensen.ca/bio.html

o   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yVPNquoQzrY

o   http://www.drakejensen.ca/

o   http://www.blogtalkradio.com/dave-woods/2011/05/03/interview-with-drake-jensen

o   http://www.towleroad.com/2012/02/jensen.html

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o   http://www.cnn.com/video/?/video/bestoftv/2013/07/21/steve-grand-country-music-gay-singer-musician.cnn

o   http://www.kiss925.com/2013/07/11/roz-mocha-exclusive-interview-tomorrow-on-kiss-92-5-all-american-boy-becomes-a-gay-themed-country-music-hit-on-youtube/#comment-22066

o   http://www.thecenterorlando.org/2013/07/05/our-first-country-gay-music-video-steve-grand-all-american-boy/#sthash.R6xRWQS3.HLcBnNaC.dpuf

o   http://www.thebacklot.com/interview-all-american-boy-steve-grand-gay-country-western-star/07/2013/3/

o   http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/07/08/steve-grand-all-american-boy-_n_3560867.html