gay, lesbian, and straight education network. also with us is nate berkus, host of "the nate berkus show." he hopes that his own experiences with coming out can help others. chely came out recently and talked about her sexual orientation in an upcoming documentary. watch. >> country music has been described as being about god and family and country. and for some reason people think that you can't be gay and have those beliefs. and that's why i have to do this. i have to be one to step forward to say, really? you think you know what gay is? well, i'm your -- i'm your "people" magazine's 50 most beautiful. i'm your american legion woman of the year. i was the first artist of any genre to play in iraq after the fall of saddam hussein. i was the first. and i'm gay. >> larry: chely, do you think it's tougher being lesbian in the country music field?