Christian rock star out as gay. Here’s the letter he wrote to the world

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• TREY PEARSON, A POPULAR CHRISTIAN ROCKER, TELLS FANS HE’S GAY
• EVERYDAY SUNDAY'S TREY PEARSON COM OUT AS GAY — WILL CHRISTIAN MIC FANS EMBRACE HIM?
• TREY PEARSON, LEAD SGER OF CHRISTIAN ROCK BAND EVERYDAY SUNDAY, COM OUT AS GAY"I ULDN’T EXPECT OTHERS TO ACCEPT ME HOW I AM UNTIL I ULD E TO TERMS WH FIRST."{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;}NEWSBY MATTHEW THARRETTMAY 31, 2016/2:29 PMBY MATTHEW THARRETTMAY 31, 2016 / 2:29 PM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"TREY PEARSON, LEAD SGER OF CHRISTIAN ROCK BAND EVERYDAY SUNDAY, COM OUT AS GAY","DATEPUBLISHED":"2016-05-31T18:29:35.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2016-05-31T18:29:35.000+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":"MATTHEW THARRETT","ARTICLESECTN":"NEWS"}{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;}THE LEAD SGER OF POPULAR CHRISTIAN ROCK BAND EVERYDAY SUNDAY HAS E OUT AS GAY AN TERVIEW WH THE OH-BASED ENTERTAMENT MAGAZE (614), AND PUBLISHED AN OPEN LETTER TO FANS EXPLAG HIS CISN TO LIVE OPENLY AND HOW RELAT TO HIS {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;}"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," 35-YEAR-OLD TREY PEARSON {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;}PEARSON, WHO WAS MARRIED TO A WOMAN HE HAD TWO CHILDREN WH, SAID HE NCEALED HIS SEXUALY FOR MOST OF HIS LIFE BEE HE WAS TGHT AS A CHILD THAT WAS A "MATTER OF CHOICE."{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 NEVER WANTED TO BE GAY,” HE WROTE. “I WAS SRED OF WHAT GOD WOULD THK AND WHAT ALL OF THE PEOPLE I LOVED WOULD THK ABOUT ME; SO WAS NEVER AN OPTN FOR ME.”{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;}HE NTUED:{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;}TRYG NOT TO BE GAY, HAS ONLY LED TO A SIRE FOR TIMACY IENDSHIPS WHICH PHED IENDS AWAY, AND HAS RULTED A MARRIAGE WHERE I ULDN’T LOVE OR SATISFY MY WIFE A WAY THAT SHE NEED. STILL, I TRIED TO NVCE MYSELF THAT THIS WAS WHAT GOD WANTED AND THAT THIS WOULD WORK. I THOUGHT ALL OF THOSE OTHER FEELGS WOULD STAY AWAY IF I ULD JT DO THIS {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;}WHEN LREN AND I GOT MARRIED, I MTED TO LOVG HER TO THE BT OF MY ABILY, AND I HAD THE FULL TENTN OF SPENDG THE RT OF MY LIFE WH HER. DPE OUR BT EFFORTS, HOWEVER, I HAVE E TO ACCEPT THAT THERE IS NOTHG THAT IS GOG TO CHANGE WHO I {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;} .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;}{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;}STRANGELY ENOUGH, PEARSON SAYS G TO TERMS WH HIS SEXUALY HASN'T AFFECTED HIS CHRISTIAN FAH, WHICH HE BLAM FOR HIS LIFETIME OF LIVG THE {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 THK I NEED TO BE ABLE TO AFFIRM OTHER GAY PEOPLE BEFORE I ULD EVER ACCEPT FOR MYSELF," HE WROTE. "LIKEWISE, I ULDN’T EXPECT OTHERS TO ACCEPT ME HOW I AM UNTIL I ULD E TO TERMS WH FIRST."{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;}"IF THIS HONTY WH MYSELF ABOUT WHO I AM, AND WHO I WAS MA BY GOD TO BE, DON’T NSTUTE AS THE PEACE THAT PASS ALL UNRSTANDG, THEN I DON’T KNOW WHAT DO. IT IS LIKE THIS WEIGHT I HAVE BEEN RRYG MY WHOLE LIFE HAS BEEN LIFTED OM ME, AND I HAVE NEVER FELT SUCH EEDOM."{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;}YOU N CHECK OUT TREY'S FULL LETTER AT (614).{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
• CHRISTIAN ROCK STAR OUT AS GAY. HERE’S THE LETTER HE WROTE TO THE WORLD
• EVERYDAY SUNDAY: CHRISTIAN ROCKER TREY PEARSON SAYS HE NEVER WANTED TO E OUT AS GAY
• MARRIED CHRISTIAN SGER TREY PEARSON COM OUT AS GAY
• LEAD SGER OF CHRISTIAN BAND EVERYDAY SUNDAY COM OUT AS GAY
• GAY CHRISTIAN ROCKER TREY PEARSON ON BEG OTED FROM FTIVAL BILL & HOW HE END UP ONSTAGE ANYWAY
• ‘I NEVER WANTED TO BE GAY’: CHRISTIAN MICIAN OUT, MOVG LETTER TO FANS

TREY PEARSON, A POPULAR CHRISTIAN ROCKER, TELLS FANS HE’S GAY

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.

EVERYDAY SUNDAY'S TREY PEARSON COM OUT AS GAY — WILL CHRISTIAN MIC FANS EMBRACE HIM?

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.

TREY PEARSON, LEAD SGER OF CHRISTIAN ROCK BAND EVERYDAY SUNDAY, COM OUT AS GAY"I ULDN’T EXPECT OTHERS TO ACCEPT ME HOW I AM UNTIL I ULD E TO TERMS WH FIRST."{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;}NEWSBY MATTHEW THARRETTMAY 31, 2016/2:29 PMBY MATTHEW THARRETTMAY 31, 2016 / 2:29 PM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"TREY PEARSON, LEAD SGER OF CHRISTIAN ROCK BAND EVERYDAY SUNDAY, COM OUT AS GAY","DATEPUBLISHED":"2016-05-31T18:29:35.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2016-05-31T18:29:35.000+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":"MATTHEW THARRETT","ARTICLESECTN":"NEWS"}{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;}THE LEAD SGER OF POPULAR CHRISTIAN ROCK BAND EVERYDAY SUNDAY HAS E OUT AS GAY AN TERVIEW WH THE OH-BASED ENTERTAMENT MAGAZE (614), AND PUBLISHED AN OPEN LETTER TO FANS EXPLAG HIS CISN TO LIVE OPENLY AND HOW RELAT TO HIS {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;}"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," 35-YEAR-OLD TREY PEARSON {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;}PEARSON, WHO WAS MARRIED TO A WOMAN HE HAD TWO CHILDREN WH, SAID HE NCEALED HIS SEXUALY FOR MOST OF HIS LIFE BEE HE WAS TGHT AS A CHILD THAT WAS A "MATTER OF CHOICE."{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 NEVER WANTED TO BE GAY,” HE WROTE. “I WAS SRED OF WHAT GOD WOULD THK AND WHAT ALL OF THE PEOPLE I LOVED WOULD THK ABOUT ME; SO WAS NEVER AN OPTN FOR ME.”{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;}HE NTUED:{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;}TRYG NOT TO BE GAY, HAS ONLY LED TO A SIRE FOR TIMACY IENDSHIPS WHICH PHED IENDS AWAY, AND HAS RULTED A MARRIAGE WHERE I ULDN’T LOVE OR SATISFY MY WIFE A WAY THAT SHE NEED. STILL, I TRIED TO NVCE MYSELF THAT THIS WAS WHAT GOD WANTED AND THAT THIS WOULD WORK. I THOUGHT ALL OF THOSE OTHER FEELGS WOULD STAY AWAY IF I ULD JT DO THIS {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;}WHEN LREN AND I GOT MARRIED, I MTED TO LOVG HER TO THE BT OF MY ABILY, AND I HAD THE FULL TENTN OF SPENDG THE RT OF MY LIFE WH HER. DPE OUR BT EFFORTS, HOWEVER, I HAVE E TO ACCEPT THAT THERE IS NOTHG THAT IS GOG TO CHANGE WHO I {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;} .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;}{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;}STRANGELY ENOUGH, PEARSON SAYS G TO TERMS WH HIS SEXUALY HASN'T AFFECTED HIS CHRISTIAN FAH, WHICH HE BLAM FOR HIS LIFETIME OF LIVG THE {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 THK I NEED TO BE ABLE TO AFFIRM OTHER GAY PEOPLE BEFORE I ULD EVER ACCEPT FOR MYSELF," HE WROTE. "LIKEWISE, I ULDN’T EXPECT OTHERS TO ACCEPT ME HOW I AM UNTIL I ULD E TO TERMS WH FIRST."{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;}"IF THIS HONTY WH MYSELF ABOUT WHO I AM, AND WHO I WAS MA BY GOD TO BE, DON’T NSTUTE AS THE PEACE THAT PASS ALL UNRSTANDG, THEN I DON’T KNOW WHAT DO. IT IS LIKE THIS WEIGHT I HAVE BEEN RRYG MY WHOLE LIFE HAS BEEN LIFTED OM ME, AND I HAVE NEVER FELT SUCH EEDOM."{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;}YOU N CHECK OUT TREY'S FULL LETTER AT (614).{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

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.

CHRISTIAN ROCK STAR OUT AS GAY. HERE’S THE LETTER HE WROTE TO THE WORLD

Then, on Tuday, he me out as gay an open letter to his fans, published (614) Columb, explag the daily difficulty he faced pretendg to be somethg he wasn't for fear of how his church, his God, his fay and his iends would rpond. "I had never before admted to myself that I was gay, let alone to anyone else. I never wanted to be gay.

But while Pearson matas strong fah, he's aware that his letter uld end the succs he's nservative Christian circl adhere to the belief that homosexualy is a s, cg Biblil scripture as evince. From one gay Christian to another God lov you and you will now help so many others! The lead sger of popular Christian rock band Everyday Sunday has e out as gay an terview wh the Oh-based entertament magaze (614), and published an open letter to fans explag his cisn to live openly and how relat to his fah.

EVERYDAY SUNDAY: CHRISTIAN ROCKER TREY PEARSON SAYS HE NEVER WANTED TO E OUT AS GAY

"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, " 35-year-old Trey Pearson wrote. "“I never wanted to be gay, ” he wrote.

MARRIED CHRISTIAN SGER TREY PEARSON COM OUT AS GAY

”He ntued:Tryg not to be gay, has only led to a sire for timacy iendships which phed iends away, and has rulted a marriage where I uldn’t love or satisfy my wife a way that she need. "I thk I need to be able to affirm other gay people before I uld ever accept for myself, " he wrote. But he cid to put his reer on the le this week and acknowledge to his fans that he is gay.

“I never wanted to be gay, ” he tells (614). “I was not makg an optn to be gay so I uld be loyal to her and my children, ” he told me. But he cid to put his reer on the le this week and acknowledge to his fans that he is gay.

His study of the Scriptur, he says, has led him to believe that the handful of Bible vers that directly addrs homosexualy do not prohib the kd of lovg, mted gay relatnships known to the morn world. Pearson’s shift plac him the center of a growg movement of popular Christian micians who are g out as gay and are advotg for a more open and acceptg posture the church. Ray Boltz, whose songs were stapl evangelil church throughout the 1990s, me out as gay 2004.

LEAD SGER OF CHRISTIAN BAND EVERYDAY SUNDAY COM OUT AS GAY

Grammy-nomated Anthony Williams beme the first openly gay gospel artist  2009.

GAY CHRISTIAN ROCKER TREY PEARSON ON BEG OTED FROM FTIVAL BILL & HOW HE END UP ONSTAGE ANYWAY

Sce Christian mic fans tend to be nservative and believe that homosexual acts are sful, you won’t hear the artists’ mic played most church or on Christian rad the days. He will perform at Wild Goose, the Christian ftival July, and hop to bee a voice wh the burgeong “gay Christian” movement.

‘I NEVER WANTED TO BE GAY’: CHRISTIAN MICIAN OUT, MOVG LETTER TO FANS

I had never before admted to myself that I was gay, let alone to anyone else. I have tried not to be gay for more than 20 years of my life. Tryg not to be gay, has only led to a sire for timacy iendships which phed iends away, and has rulted a marriage where I uldn’t love or satisfy my wife a way that she need.