Out Country Star Chely Wright Engaged

Country singer Chely Wright is engaged to her girlfriend, Laura Blitzer, People reports.

Wright came out publicly last May, shortly before the release of a memoir, Like Me: Confessions of a Heartland Country Singer and her album Lifted Off the Ground.

"Out country singer Chely Wright and her fiancee, Lauren Blitzer, a GLBT Civil Rights activist have set a date and plan to be married in Connecticut Aug. 20," Wright's rep told People. "They met through their youth advocacy work, and say that their passion for Scrabble holds them together."