Formerly gay mister Donnie McClurk revealed to be datg female gospel sger | Daily Mail Onle

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• EX-GAY GOSPEL SGER DONNIE MCCLURK UNR FIRE AFTER SPEAKG OUT AGAST SAME-SEX MARRIAGE RULG
• 'EX-GAY' MCCLURK'S ALLEGED LOVER: I WAS WH HIM AFTER HE PRAYED AWAY THE GAY
• DONNIE MCCLURK REMOVED OM MLK NCERT OVER 'EX-GAY' CLAIMS, STILL PAID $10,000
• IS DONNIE MCCLURK GAY? THE GOSPEL SGER’S CONTROVERSIAL VIEWS ON SAME-SEX MARRIAGE
• FORMERLY GAY MISTER DONNIE MCCLURK REVEALED TO BE DATG FEMALE GOSPEL SGER
• DONNIE MCCLURK, 'EX-GAY' SGER, CUT FROM MLK CONCERT OVER 'POTENTIAL CONTROVERSY'
• 'EX-GAY' DONNIE MCCLURK FIRED OM MLK CONCERT
• THE VOICE OF CHICAGO'S GAY, LESBIAN, BI, TRANS AND QUEER COMMUNITY SINCE 1985
• FORMERLY GAY GOSPEL ARTIST DONNIE MCCLURK SAYS HE DON’T KNOW WHAT WOMEN WANT
• GOSPEL SGER MCCLURK CUT FROM MLK EVENT OVER GAY RIGHTS

EX-GAY GOSPEL SGER DONNIE MCCLURK UNR FIRE AFTER SPEAKG OUT AGAST SAME-SEX MARRIAGE RULG

(Photo by Paras Griff/Getty Imag for ESSENCE)McClurk, 61, had prevly opened up years ago about his past stggl wh homosexualy, which he lled a “perversn, ” and claimed that he was able to supprs his sexual orientatn, cg his and many Christian church’ stance on homosexualy as a admted that he still had urg to be wh men but chose not to. Comparg homosexualy to diabet he said, “I don’t eat sugar, but don’t mean that I don’t want sugar.

'EX-GAY' MCCLURK'S ALLEGED LOVER: I WAS WH HIM AFTER HE PRAYED AWAY THE GAY

”Read More: Kirk Frankl lls out homophobia the church: ‘Nothg to do wh the Bible’Now, the Grammy Award-wng artist says he believ his stggle over his sexualy will leave him whout the fay he always dreamed of.

”Read More: Kelly Rowland explas why she left her church after Dty’s Child’s ‘secular mic’ cricism“There may be some who will read this and rent some of the statements ma about homosexualy. My hope is for gay/queer children and adults are met wh love and acceptance so they n eely exist. Donnie McClurk has stggled wh his sexualy and ced cints of childhood moltatn and exposure to pornography for “turng” him gay.

McClurk, 61, had prevly opened up years ago about his past stggl wh homosexualy, which he lled a “perversn, ” and claimed that he was able to supprs his sexual orientatn, cg his and many Christian church’ stance on homosexualy as a s.

DONNIE MCCLURK REMOVED OM MLK NCERT OVER 'EX-GAY' CLAIMS, STILL PAID $10,000

Read More: Kirk Frankl lls out homophobia the church: ‘Nothg to do wh the Bible’.

IS DONNIE MCCLURK GAY? THE GOSPEL SGER’S CONTROVERSIAL VIEWS ON SAME-SEX MARRIAGE

“There may be some who will read this and rent some of the statements ma about homosexualy. ” As sure as Donnie was about his Savr, he was still nfed about his sexual inty and homosexualy was his clatn.

Homosexualy was now somethg his past, not his prent or his future. Donnie McClurk ntu to tell his story, cludg his journey out of homosexualy.

FORMERLY GAY MISTER DONNIE MCCLURK REVEALED TO BE DATG FEMALE GOSPEL SGER

He has a passn for others who have been molted or who jt seek victory over homosexualy. “The gay muny is sayg that I’m a homophobe and that what I’m sayg is not real. And I don’t have a problem wh that, bee I’m not lookg to nvert everybody om homosexualy.

Factors of Homosexual Csatn:.

The young Donnie McClurk had several other characteristics that often ntribute to rerce homosexual attractns. Donnie McClurk has ma public knowledge that his volvement the gay liftyle was “hell” on earth for him.

DONNIE MCCLURK, 'EX-GAY' SGER, CUT FROM MLK CONCERT OVER 'POTENTIAL CONTROVERSY'

Donnie McClurk’s volvement homosexualy started when he was raped at the age of eight and end at the age of twenty-eight.

In Donnie’s words he overme the nfn and hell associated wh his gay inty “by takg heed to the word, and through fastg and prayer, and people layg hands on me, and me pullg myself away wh only those people that had fah.

| (Photo: BET Networks)Donnie McClurk, the pastor and gospel mic sger who said God livered him om "the curse" of homosexualy, is now unr fire om crics after speakg out agast last Friday's U. McClurk, 55, received some harsh cricism after he shared his terpretatn of the Bible's posn on homosexualy on Facebook last Friday.

'EX-GAY' DONNIE MCCLURK FIRED OM MLK CONCERT

"Although some crics cid to shed light on McClurk's own homosexual past, the man of God did not shy away om reactg to some of his crics' msag. "After one Christian homosexual Facebook er qutned why his ss were sctized by believers more than heterosexual ss, McClurk sisted his post was not qutng anyone's relatnship wh God. "At the end of his ial Facebook post, McClurk spoke about lovg all people, cludg homosexuals.

THE VOICE OF CHICAGO'S GAY, LESBIAN, BI, TRANS AND QUEER COMMUNITY SINCE 1985

"This is not the first time McClurk has received backlash for speakg up about his thoughts ncerng homosexualy. Ncert celebratg the 50th anniversary of the March on Washgton after sharg his personal ttimony of beg livered om pastor spoke about the matter on "The Tom Joyner Morng Show, " where he opened up about beg molted multiple tim as a child before engagg a homosexual liftyle. Bee of his own history, McClurk sisted he is not homophobic.

FORMERLY GAY GOSPEL ARTIST DONNIE MCCLURK SAYS HE DON’T KNOW WHAT WOMEN WANT

"You n't ll me a homophobic if I've been a homosexual, " he said on the rad show. Looks like a b of a PR problem… Journalist Clay Cane has an exclive terview wh an alleged former lover of recloseted homosexual anti-gay gospel sger Donnie McClurk. Well, perhaps he isn't so “ex-gay”, as the man alleg he had a sexual enunter wh McClurk long after he claimed to have prayed away the gay.

In this revealg terview “Rob” tails his relatnship, or as he scribed, “roller aster ri” wh the “We Fall Down” h maker om 2001 to 2004, which is ironilly durg the height of McClurk's anti-gay rants and lls for nversn. The full terview n not be ma public, some thgs I had to leave out such as other artists gospel who are gay, but have not ma anti-gay rants and a relatnship wh an R&B legend who as, “Rob” said, married a “bisexual”, famo pastor. Durg this time to 2001 to 2004 is really the height of his anti-gay rants.

The book me out, he ma ments, he told the New York Tim 2002 he’s unselg adolcent boys to nvert them om homosexualy. …Do you thk beg vlently homophobic was the key to his succs? There are so many gay people the gospel mic dtry.

GOSPEL SGER MCCLURK CUT FROM MLK EVENT OVER GAY RIGHTS

He had attacked gays, the liftyle, when somethg was wrten about him—one lady wrote an article, “The Ss of Donnie McClurk”, I mean, was sthg.

Is Donnie McClurk gay? Is Donnie McClurk Gay? Bee of his preference for male pannship, many people assumed McClurk was gay.