Whout the artistic and emotnal ntributns of gay people there would be no gospel mic. This is the provotive and nvcg claim ma by Anthony Heilbut his majtic new book, "The Fan Who Knew Too Much."
Contents:
- TREY PEARSON, A POPULAR CHRISTIAN ROCKER, TELLS FANS HE’S GAY
- HOW GAY GOSPEL ARTISTS LEFT A TATED LEGACY- FROM HOLY TO NOT AT ALL [PART THREE]
- WHO'S GAY GOSPEL MIC?
- “I DON’T CONMN HOMOSEXUALY” GOSPEL SGER TYE TRIBBETT SAYS BEG GAY IS NATURAL
- GAYS, GOD AND GOSPEL MIC
- BLACKS, GAYS AND THE CHURCH: A COMPLEX RELATNSHIP
TREY PEARSON, A POPULAR CHRISTIAN ROCKER, TELLS FANS HE’S GAY
In an terview wh Sister 2 Sister magaze, gospel sger Tye Tribbett says beg gay is natural. Get his full stance si. * how gay gospel artists left a tainted legacy *
AdvertisementSKIP ADVERTISEMENTJune 2, 2016The lead sger of the popular Christian rock band Everyday Sunday, Trey Pearson, me out as gay on Tuday an open letter to his fans, endg a yearslong personal stggle between fah and sexualy and jog a flock of Christian micians who have e out as gay or lbian recent Pearson, 35, has enjoyed a succsful reer Christian rock wh Everyday Sunday, whose 2009 album “Bt Night of Our Liv” reached No. To make an extremely long story short, I have e to be able to adm to myself, and to my fay, that I am gay. “I was faced wh a cisn at that pot: if I was gog to try to keep buryg down and blamg on other thgs, or if I was gog to adm to myself and her that I was gay.
”Eliel Cz, the executive director of Fah Ameri, a relig anizatn for lbian, gay, bisexual and transgenr people, said that each time a Christian mician me out, fans stggled to rencile their spirual enjoyment of the mic wh nservative teachgs on homosexualy. It is yet to be seen whether he will face the same blowback as other gay Christian he said he was not worried.
“When you have mted your life to the belief that God hat homosexualy and all of a sudn your son is gay, there is a stra, ” he add. This is Part 3 which will explore a gay gospel artist and mister and his part startg a gay revolutn the black church by pure disobedience. This is prumably the last part of our seri: How Gay Gospel Artists Left a Tated Legacy For Today’s Generatn.
HOW GAY GOSPEL ARTISTS LEFT A TATED LEGACY- FROM HOLY TO NOT AT ALL [PART THREE]
* how gay gospel artists left a tainted legacy *
As a black Christian who don’t believe homosexualy is a s, I’m nstantly disheartened to hear some Black Church and black lears speak out so vehemently agast the liftyle. So ’s rehg to hear someone so closely nnected to the church say somethg even remotely ls homophobic than what we’re ed to. In the April 2014 issue of Sister 2 Sister magaze, Tribbett spoke about homosexualy and why he believ Christians n reach more people through love rather than hate.
WHO'S GAY GOSPEL MIC?
While many black pastors nmn homosexualy om the pulp, the choir lofts behd them are often filled wh gay sgers and micians. The fact that gays and lbians often hold learship posn the church is the worst kept secret black Ameri. * how gay gospel artists left a tainted legacy *
In reference to the way pastors al wh homosexualy, Tribbett had this to say:. While Tribbett acknowledged that the church has improved over the years their stance, he spoke further about homosexualy and whether or not was God’s bt for His people. When the Sister 2 Sister terviewer stated that she believed homosexualy was natural, Tribbett agreed.
I’m not sayg that homosexualy is not natural. And I don’t nmn homosexualy, but I don’t believe ’s God’s bt for our liftyle, acrdg to the Bible. If he believ a person is born gay but beg a gay relatnship is not God’s bt for that person, then what is he or she supposed to do?
“I DON’T CONMN HOMOSEXUALY” GOSPEL SGER TYE TRIBBETT SAYS BEG GAY IS NATURAL
I’ve been church all my life and never have I seen, even the topic of premaral sex discsed wh the same passn and disgt as homosexualy. Do you agree that though beg gay is natural ’s not God’s bt for His people? The Gospel church and homosexualy has reportedly had a long ter-twg relatnship.
GAYS, GOD AND GOSPEL MIC
Boy Band Members Who Are Out As Gay, Bisexual or Queer. His wrgs nvced historians John Boswell and Brian Patrick McGuire that Aelred was a gay man, albe one who still disuraged any sexual activy outsi the bounds of marriage. Several relig anizatn, s cludg the Natnal Anglin Catholic Church and Integry the Epispal Church the Uned Stat have regnized Aelred as the patron sat of such gay-iendly groups as the Orr of St.
An abbot medieval France, Bernard of Clairvz mataed a lengthy personal relatnship wh the archbishop Malachy, acrdg to gay liberatn theologian Richard Cleaver.
Boris would go on to hold special signifince for gay Christians bee of his apparently romantic relatnship wh his servant, Gee the Hungarian.
BLACKS, GAYS AND THE CHURCH: A COMPLEX RELATNSHIP
This 16th-century Spanish sat was prone to g homoerotic imagery poetry exprsg his love of Christ, most notably his poem "On a Dark Night. By that terpretatn, such scripture as referenc to the disciple reclg upon the bosom of the Lord have spired homoerotic art pictg the relatnship between Christ and John as romantic. This is the view explored Martti Nissen and Kirsi Stjerna's Homoeroticism the Biblil World: A Historil Perspective.
The 19th-century Brish subversive scholar was beatified 2010, spe speculatn that he may well have been gay. Consired the ma patron sat of gays by many, Sebastian was martyred Rome the year 288 on the orrs of Emperor Dcletian. While no tal actually exist providg rmatn about Sebastian's love life or sexual orientatn, the fact so much Renaissance art picts him homoerotic pos monstrat a strong nnectn to LGBT people.