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Great Night For LGBTs & Allies At The 2019 Grammy Awards

It was a great night at the 2019 Grammy Awards as fans saw out artists and LGBTQ allies take home many awards.

Brandi Carlile, who went into the awards ceremony as the most-nominated woman of the night, took home 3 Grammys for best American Roots performance and best American Roots song for “The Joke,” and best Americana Album for By the Way, I Forgive You.

“Americana music is the island of misfit toys,” said Carlile as she accepted one of her Grammys. “I came out of the closet at 15 years old, when I was in high school, and I can assure you that I was never invited to any parties. I never got to attend a dance.”

“To be embraced by this enduring and loving community has been the dance of a lifetime,” she added. “Thank you for being my island.”

Lady Gaga picked up three award last night beginning the evening’s televised festivities with a win for Best Pop Duo/Group Performance for “Shallow,” followed by Best Song Written for Visual Media (“Shallow”) and Best Pop Solo Performance (for “Joanne”).

In her acceptance speech, Mother Monster said she was proud that her hit movie, A Star is Born, addressed mental health issues. “If you see someone that’s hurting, don’t look away” said the openly bisexual artist.

The Oscar nominee also made an appearance near the beginning of the show with Jennifer Lopez, Alicia Keys, Jada Pinkett Smith and former First Lady Michelle Obama. And yes, the standing ovation was awesome.

International out pop-star Ricky Martin opened the show performing alongside Camila Cabello, J Balvin and trumpeter Arturo Sandoval.

Out rocker St. Vincent snagged two Grammys: for Best Rock Song for “Masseduction” and Best Recording Package.

Pansexual artist Janelle Monáe, who was nominated for Album of the Year and also Best Music Video, brought down the house with her performance of “Make Me Feel.”

Monáe, who came out last year, dedicated her Grammy nominations to her “trans brothers and sisters.”

“My trans brother and sisters, they do it every day. And they are shunned from these sorts of events. So this one is for them,” she told Variety.

And longtime LGBTQ ally, Kacey Musgraves took home four trophies, including top honor “Album Of The Year.”

She dropped the gorgeous and touching new music video for her song, “Rainbow,” shortly before the Grammy festivities began. The video chronicles the everyday struggles of different people including a young queer teen coping with disapproving parents.

“I keep dreaming of the day when we have a gay country music icon, that is loud and proud and really, like, a hero for country music fans, especially in these small towns where [LGBTQ people] are terrified of being themselves and feel like they have to hide,” Musgraves told HuffPost last March.

Musgraves also scored for “Best Country Album,” “Country Vocal Performance,” and “Best Country Song.”

Here’s the list of folks who took home honors last night.

TELEVISED AWARDS

Best Pop Duo/Group Performance – “Shallow,” Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper

Song of the Year – “This is America,” Childish Gambino

Best Country Album – Golden Hour, Kacey Musgraves

Best Rap Song – “God’s Plan,” Drake

Best R&B Album – H.E.R., H.E.R.

Best Rap Album – Invasion of Privacy, Cardi B

Record of the Year – “This is America,” Childish Gambino

Album of the Year – Golden Hour, Kacey Musgraves


 PRE-SHOW AWARDS

Best Recording Package – Masseduction, Willo Perron, art director St. Vincent

Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media – Black Panther, Ludwig Goransson, Composer

Best Compilation Soundtrack for Visual Media – The Greatest Showman

Best Song Written For Visual Media – “Shallow,” Lady Gaga, Mark Ronson, Anthony Rossomando, & Andrew Wyatt, songwriters (Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper)

Best American Roots Performance – “The Joke,” Brandi Carlile

Best American Roots Song – “The Joke,” Brandi Carlile, Dave Cobb, Phil Hanseroth & Tim Hanseroth, songwriters (Brandi Carlile)

Best Americana Album – By The Way, I Forgive You, Brandi Carlile

Best Music Video – “This Is America,” Childish Gambino, Hiro Murai, video director; Ibra Ake, Jason Cole & Fam Rothstein, video producers

Best Country Solo Performance – “Butterflies,” Kacey Musgraves

Best Country Song – “Space Cowboy,” Luke Laird, Shane McAnally & Kacey Musgraves, songwriters (Kacey Musgraves)

Best Pop Solo Performance – “Joanne (Where Do You Think You’re Goin’?),” Lady Gaga

Best Pop Vocal Album – Sweetener, Ariana Grande

Best Urban Contemporary Album – Everything Is Love, The Carters

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News Round-Up: March 30, 2018

(image via Instagram)

Some news items you might have missed:

• #TGIF!  Israeli fitness model Shalom Bar (h/t Towleroad)

• 9th Circuit Court of Appeals Justice Stephen Reinhardt, who authored the majority ruling that struck down Prop 8 in California in 2012, has passed away at the age of 87.

• This gay couple is living a Kafkaesque nightmare in trying to stay together thanks to Donald Trump’s travel ban.

• The ACLU has filed suit in Ohio for not allowing transgender people to update their birth certificates. The policy is the inconsistent with other state policies that allow transgender Ohioans to update their gender markers on their driver’s licenses and state identification cards. Ohio, Tennessee, and Kansas are the only states that don’t allow trans people to change their birth certificates.

• Country music star Kacey Musgraves told Billboard she regrets that once she laughed as a “gay guy” was bullied.

• Indie singer/songwriter Lauv dropped his latest single, “Chasing Fire” just in time for the weekend. And me like 🙂

Lauv, who Rolling Stone calls “Pop’s up-and-coming heartbreak king,” seems to find mucho inspiration in the relationships that don’t work out.

Lauv said of the single: “’Chasing Fire’ is about fighting for something that’s already over. It’s the beginning of the end. It’s desperation. It’s grand. But it’s hopeless.”

Hit play below and take a listen. I definitely hear some Coldplay/Maroon 5 influences even as Lauv stakes out his own territory.

Happy Friday, kids!