Self-scribed "livert" former gay Black man Andrew Caldwell beme a viral ter sensatn after his over the top ttimony at a COGIC Conference 2014. In the vio, Caldwell proudly exclaims, “I’m not gay no [sic] more” to the thunro applse of the crowd. It was grand theatrics as Caldwell further ttifi, “I don’t like mens [sic] no [sic] more. I like women, women, women, women!”
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- ANDREW “I’M NOT GAY NO MORE" CALDWELL ADMS HE STILL HAS "DIR" FOR {FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}LIFEBY EVAN ROSS KATZFEBARY 26, 2015/5:45 PMBY EVAN ROSS KATZFEBARY 26, 2015 / 5:45 PM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"ANDREW “I’M NOT GAY NO MORE\" CALDWELL ADMS HE STILL HAS \"DIR\" FOR MENS","DATEPUBLISHED":"2015-02-26T22:45:49.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2015-02-26T22:45:49.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"LOGO TV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"LOGO TV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT"}},"CREATOR":"EVAN ROSS KATZ","ARTICLESECTN":"LIFE"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}REMEMBER ANDREW CALDWELL, THE 21-YEAR-OLD WHO MA A VIRTUAL SPLASH WHEN HE ANNOUNCED TO THE PARISHNERS AT HIS ST. LOUIS CHURCH "I'M NOT GAY NO MORE!"?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;POSN:RELATIVE;PADDG-BOTTOM:56.49999999999999%;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;POSN:ABSOLUTE;HEIGHT:100% !IMPORTANT;WIDTH:100% !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IN A NEW TERVIEW WH NBC 12, CALDWELL REVEALS HE'S HAD A CHANGE OF HEART AFTER A FEW MONTHS OF INTER FAME THE REAR-VIEW {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"I DID NOT WANT TO GO VIRAL,” HE EXPLAS. “I DID NOT WANT TO GET UP THERE AND JT SAY ANYTHG AND LOOK CRAZY ONT OF THOANDS OF PEOPLE. I WENT UP THERE BEE I NEED PRAYER THAT DAY. I NEED SO MUCH PRAYER.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}CALDWELL SAYS WHILE HE STILL WANTS TO CHANGE, HE HOP THERE'S A PLACE FOR GAY PEOPLE HIS FAH. HE SAYS THE SPEAKER BEFORE HIM HAD LLED GAYS THE CHURCH "SISSI," AND SUGGTED THEY SHOULD "BLEED OM THEIR BUTTS."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"THEY THK THAT THEY N PREACH THE HOMOSEXUALS AWAY THE CHURCH OF GOD CHRIST. AND YOU N'T."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}RELATED: CHURCH THREATENS TO SUE “I’M NOT GAY NO MORE” GUY OVER ITUN {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ASKED IF HE WAS ED "LIVERED," CALDWELL SAYS "NO, THAT'S NOT THE SE... I STILL HAVE SIR. IF I WAS LIVERED, GOD SHOULD LIVER ME MORE. I KNOW TAK A PROCS—BUT I THK IS GOG A LTLE B {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}CALDWELL SAYS HE WANTS THE ALMIGHTY TO WORK ON HIS MANNERISMS: "I WANT GOD TO STOP THE SWCHG... TALKG LIKE A WOMAN."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}OUR SUGGTN, ANDREW? TO BORROW A PHRASE OM OUR SPIRUAL LEAR, “IF YOU DON'T LOVE YOURSELF, HOW THE HELL YOU GONNA LOVE SOMEBODY ELSE?”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}CAN WE GET AN AMEN?!{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS
- WHY DID ANDREW CALDWELL’S EX-GAY VIO GO VIRAL?
- “I’M NOT GAY NO MORE” CHURCHGOER STILL DIR MEN, ADMS HE HASN’T BEEN “DELIVERDT”
- FORMERLY GAY COGIC MAN SAYS HE WAS ‘DELIVERT’ ’BOUT A YEAR AGO
- INSI THE MSY ANDREW CALDWELL-ADRIEN BRONER ‘GAY’ FD
- 'I'M NOT GAY NO MORE' GUY -- I WENT VIRAL ... NOW I'M MAK' RERDS
- “I’M NOT GAY NO MORE” ANDREW CALDWELL CASH IN ON EX-GAY FAME
- ANDREW CALDWELL LIED ABOUT GAY AFFAIR WH KORLL STEWART — WHY HE SAYS HE WAS TRICKED INTO TELLG THE FIB!
ANDREW “I’M NOT GAY NO MORE" CALDWELL ADMS HE STILL HAS "DIR" FOR {FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}LIFEBY EVAN ROSS KATZFEBARY 26, 2015/5:45 PMBY EVAN ROSS KATZFEBARY 26, 2015 / 5:45 PM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"ANDREW “I’M NOT GAY NO MORE\" CALDWELL ADMS HE STILL HAS \"DIR\" FOR MENS","DATEPUBLISHED":"2015-02-26T22:45:49.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2015-02-26T22:45:49.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"LOGO TV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"LOGO TV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT"}},"CREATOR":"EVAN ROSS KATZ","ARTICLESECTN":"LIFE"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}REMEMBER ANDREW CALDWELL, THE 21-YEAR-OLD WHO MA A VIRTUAL SPLASH WHEN HE ANNOUNCED TO THE PARISHNERS AT HIS ST. LOUIS CHURCH "I'M NOT GAY NO MORE!"?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;POSN:RELATIVE;PADDG-BOTTOM:56.49999999999999%;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;POSN:ABSOLUTE;HEIGHT:100% !IMPORTANT;WIDTH:100% !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IN A NEW TERVIEW WH NBC 12, CALDWELL REVEALS HE'S HAD A CHANGE OF HEART AFTER A FEW MONTHS OF INTER FAME THE REAR-VIEW {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"I DID NOT WANT TO GO VIRAL,” HE EXPLAS. “I DID NOT WANT TO GET UP THERE AND JT SAY ANYTHG AND LOOK CRAZY ONT OF THOANDS OF PEOPLE. I WENT UP THERE BEE I NEED PRAYER THAT DAY. I NEED SO MUCH PRAYER.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}CALDWELL SAYS WHILE HE STILL WANTS TO CHANGE, HE HOP THERE'S A PLACE FOR GAY PEOPLE HIS FAH. HE SAYS THE SPEAKER BEFORE HIM HAD LLED GAYS THE CHURCH "SISSI," AND SUGGTED THEY SHOULD "BLEED OM THEIR BUTTS."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"THEY THK THAT THEY N PREACH THE HOMOSEXUALS AWAY THE CHURCH OF GOD CHRIST. AND YOU N'T."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}RELATED: CHURCH THREATENS TO SUE “I’M NOT GAY NO MORE” GUY OVER ITUN {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ASKED IF HE WAS ED "LIVERED," CALDWELL SAYS "NO, THAT'S NOT THE SE... I STILL HAVE SIR. IF I WAS LIVERED, GOD SHOULD LIVER ME MORE. I KNOW TAK A PROCS—BUT I THK IS GOG A LTLE B {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}CALDWELL SAYS HE WANTS THE ALMIGHTY TO WORK ON HIS MANNERISMS: "I WANT GOD TO STOP THE SWCHG... TALKG LIKE A WOMAN."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}OUR SUGGTN, ANDREW? TO BORROW A PHRASE OM OUR SPIRUAL LEAR, “IF YOU DON'T LOVE YOURSELF, HOW THE HELL YOU GONNA LOVE SOMEBODY ELSE?”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}CAN WE GET AN AMEN?!{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS
He beme a viral sensatn, g the phrase, "I don't like mens no more!" Andrew Caldwell liv Missouri, but he reached out to NBC12 to clear the air about the vio, his “gay nversn” experience and the backlash he has felt. * andrew caldwell gay *
| (Screenshot: Facebook)Some four years after famoly proclaimg himself "livert" om homosexualy at a church service, ter sensatn Andrew Caldwell sists that he has been set ee om his same-sex sir and now has a girliend.
WHY DID ANDREW CALDWELL’S EX-GAY VIO GO VIRAL?
It’s been an tertg few weeks the world of “gay” viral vios. First we met 15-year-old Brendan Jordan, whose rehg, unapologetic... * andrew caldwell gay *
Louis, Missouri, Caldwell famoly ttified: "I'm not gay no more. But at that church, they want that (homosexualy) livered out of me. And I said, 'I'm not gay no more.
“I’M NOT GAY NO MORE” CHURCHGOER STILL DIR MEN, ADMS HE HASN’T BEEN “DELIVERDT”
Andrew Caldwell has apparently learned the lson that, well, you n’t pray away the gay, as the sayg go. * andrew caldwell gay *
' And I started dog like this, " he said, lookg across both, a ntroversial sermon late 2016, inic gospel sger Kim Burrell referenced Caldwell among high-profile Christian figur she argu are paradg a "perverted homosexual spir" which is beg ed to embarrass the Church. Louis church "I'm not gay no more!
”Caldwell says while he still wants to change, he hop there's a place for gay people his fah.
He says the speaker before him had lled gays the church "sissi, " and suggted they should "bleed om their butts. ""They thk that they n preach the homosexuals away the Church of God Christ. " Andrew Caldwell liv Missouri, but he reached out to NBC12 to clear the air about the vio, his "gay nversn" experience and the backlash he has felt.
FORMERLY GAY COGIC MAN SAYS HE WAS ‘DELIVERT’ ’BOUT A YEAR AGO
Andrew Caldwell, the gay man who claimed to be livered om homosexualy at 107th COGIC Convotn has e forward wh his story. * andrew caldwell gay *
"I'm not gay no more! Caldwell says the speaker lled gays the church "sissi" and suggted they should "bleed om their butts.
"They thk that they n preach the homosexuals away the Church of God Christ, " said Caldwell. "In jt the past week, Caldwell claims he was attacked and lled homosexual slurs.
INSI THE MSY ANDREW CALDWELL-ADRIEN BRONER ‘GAY’ FD
Andrew Caldwell has bee a viral sensatn ever sce a vio of him attendg the annual Church of God Christ nventn St. Louis started makg s rounds on the Inter. Caldwell, drsed his Sunday’s bt, was seen the vio havg the gay prayed away by COGIC Supertennt Earl Carter. After… * andrew caldwell gay *
Why Did Andrew Caldwell’s Ex-Gay Vio Go Viral? It’s been an tertg few weeks the world of “gay” viral vios.
'I'M NOT GAY NO MORE' GUY -- I WENT VIRAL ... NOW I'M MAK' RERDS
Man Who Claimed To Be 'Delivered' From Beg Gay Insists Viral Ttimony Is Legimate * andrew caldwell gay *
And now we are alg wh Andrew Caldwell, a 21-year-old man whose exuberant claratn of havg been cured of homosexualy was met wh much jubilatn by atten of the Church of God Christ’s 107th Holy Convotn … and much chucklg by the gay blogosphere.
While the figur the vios are very different—Jordan openly and happily intifi as gay, while Caldwell ntu to assert he is ex-gay—I n’t help but nsir them together terms of the rponse they’ve generated.
“I’M NOT GAY NO MORE” ANDREW CALDWELL CASH IN ON EX-GAY FAME
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I prevly argued that Jordan’s allure lay the trouble he ed for ntemporary ias about “rpectable” gay behavr; he b the sweet of entertament wh the salty be of transgrsn. But first, a rep: In his ttimony, Caldwell exclaims: “I’m not gay no more! I’m not gay!
Watchg all this, is easy to unrstand why an out gay viewer might have trouble settlg on the appropriate reactn—so much is at play.
First, there’s the relig celebratn of ex-gayns, which is nox, but not really surprisg. But wh that ntext, we’re shown a man who, spe or perhaps bee of the words g out of his mouth (women, women, women), seems very gay, at least the sense of cultural markers.
ANDREW CALDWELL LIED ABOUT GAY AFFAIR WH KORLL STEWART — WHY HE SAYS HE WAS TRICKED INTO TELLG THE FIB!
The man who almost broke the Inter for screamg, "I'm not gay no more" has a new moneymaker ... a mil versn of his anti-penile mantra that he's hawkg on iTun. * andrew caldwell gay *
We all see this and regnize , and yet the current polil paradigm of self-claratn disurag fg gayns those terms (at least public), so we’re left sort of a strange posn. Do we believe Caldwell, sce he is very fiantly not “out, ” or do we go wh our gaydars and ntue to nsir this man a homo (and perhaps even a n artist) spe his prottatns? When the gay blogs ially vered the vio’s viral breakout, most posted wh ltle mentary other than a general suggtn that this object was patently risible.
The “church queen”—the closeted gay man who sublimat his sexualy service of the church, often an artistic pacy like choir director—is a faiar and oft-rid figure. ” Cane is hard on the “black church” about s role trmatizg gays, llg “te, ep vlence, ” but he also nmns those mockg Caldwell as participatg his abe.
So much of the rponse to this vio (among the gay muny, anyway) has felt giddy that way people get when they are actually anx about somethg ser. The church muny appears to be important to this man, and is clear that he nnot be openly gay and rema a part of this particular one.
In a recent post, I ma a great al of hay out of Andrew Caldwell, the star of that “I’m Not Gay No More” ex-gay church vio that went viral a few... * andrew caldwell gay *
Nor, should be said, n he fd shelter the church queen archetype; the succs of the gay rights movement has had the nsequence of makg those kds of prevly tolerated rol creasgly untenable.
But nsirg his effemacy, his fah, even his blackns, would the mastream gay muny be any more welg? In the end, I wonr if we are not so much embarrassed for Caldwell as we are embarrassed that people like Caldwell may see so ltle of value current gay culture that nyg themselv orr to fd acceptance where they n is an appealg optn.