The Boot Scootin’ Sissies, I Ain’t Gay | Beaming with Pride

In the eighth edition of Beaming with Pride (2026), we highlight “I Ain’t Gay (But My Boyfriend Is)” performed by The Boot Scootin’ Sissies. 

Prepare to beam with P-R-I-D-E! Beaming with Pride celebrates, embraces, and spotlights songs by LGBTQ musicians or allies.  Here, we provide background and insight into musicians, analyze, plus go gaga over the decadent bops served up.  When songs dictate deeper and more transcendent discussion, we ensure the point is fully articulated.  All styles of music are welcome, whether the songs are classics or brand-new. So, without further ado, in the eighth edition of Beaming with Pride (2026), we highlight “I Ain’t Gay (But My Boyfriend Is)” performed by The Boot Scootin’ Sissies.

Hmm, if you say so, The Boot Scootin’ Sissies. But, guess what? You just might be… GAY. If you are G-A-Y, there’s nothing wrong with that. Men are hot 🥵 🔥.  Anyway, throughout the AI-created country band’s song, “I Ain’t Gay (But My Boyfriend Is)”, the protagonist tries to play it straight, in the gayest way possible. “I Ain’t Gay,” not to be confused with the Biscuits Beats song, “I Ain’t Gay” (another AI bop), is the third track from The Boot Scootin’ Sissies’ gay country album, Balls Deep in the Bible Belt.  Let the church say, yass! Randy Bottoms and The Boot Scootin’ Sissies penned this queer joint while Bottoms also produced it.

Regarding the musical accompaniment and sound of “I Ain’t Gay (But My Boyfriend Is),” it sounds like a traditional country record.  There is nothing that suggests this isn’t country music.  The queer theme and lyrics distinguish it from your grandfather’s country music.  The protagonist initially paints a picture of being close with a boy who is a friend, doing manly things. Of course, they live together and when they go camping, they’re “just two guys in a one-man tent.” I’m calling bullshit.  In the second verse, there’s more physicality, beginning with back massages, things progress, but no worries – “He does this thing that makes me shiver / But I picture trucks the whole dang time.” Internalized homophobia is a dangerous thing! Even in the pre-chorus, as his boyfriend goes to play with his manhood, “I might guide them [his hands] there / But I’m thinking of Daisy Duke, I swear.” Lies.  We’ve all lied about our same-sex desires.  Let it happen, bro! As the song progresses, things are naturally gayer, even if there is still denial about the state of their relationship.  By the final chorus, he still ain’t gay, but, “We’re getting married next Saturday / But that’s just for insurance benefits / I ain’t gay, but my husband is / I ain’t gay, I just love him to bits.” Perhaps an AI song isn’t the ideal source for a lesson on sexuality, but many shy away from labelling themselves as gay or even fully embracing who they are and who they love.  While our cowboy continues to shy away from gay, he’s embracing it without saying it.  All told, The Boot Scootin’ Sissies drop a G-A-Y country bop with the memorable “I Ain’t Gay (But My Boyfriend Is)”.

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The Boot Scootin’ Sissies, I Ain’t Gay (But My Boyfriend Is): Beaming with Pride No. 8 (2026) [📷: Brent Faulkner/ The Musical Hype; DistroKid; Cristyan Bohn, Ketut Subiyanto, Luis Morales Torres, SHVETS production, Uriel Mont from Pexels; Clker-Free-Vector-Images, Gordon Johnson, Wolfgang Eckert from Pixabay]

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