Shania Twain advocates for diversity and defends daring outfits in country music.

Shania Twain called for more equity and diversity in country music during her acceptance speech for the Equal Play Award at the 2023 CMT Music Awards. She presented an award with The BoykinZ, a quartet of Black singing sisters who broke through on TikTok belting out country music. Twain will be joined by a varied group of performers, including singers Breland and Mickey Guyton, and T.J. Osborne, one half of the Grammy-winning duo Brothers Osborne with his brother John, shared publicly in 2021 that he is gay. The LGBTQ representation in country music has increased with artists like Orville Peck, Lil Nas X and Brandi Carlile.