“Gays and Gospel,” a tribute to the LGBTQ+ muny and all the ntributns has ma to gospel mic om s genis the 1920’s until today will be held on “Natnal Comg Out Day.” The ee event explor the tensns, challeng and triumphs of the LGBTQ+ muny gospel mic.
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DIVE DIVA: THE GAYS WHO SHAPED ARETHA’S GOSPEL SOUL
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In the muny outsi the church, gay men were lled sissi. But si the church, a lot of the mic was created by gay men. In the church you were almost proud to be part of the gay ele of micians.
In celebratn of Natnal Comg Out Day, the special event “Gays and Gospel” will take place on Tuday, Oct.
“The choir the Black church has always been a place where gay men uld show off their virtuosy while explorg their sexualy, ” said E. “For me and so many others like me, the church was a place where we uld safely exprs our queerns vert ways while takg pleasure phg the lims of genr, ” Johnson Natnal Comg Out Day, a day tablished 1988 by a psychologist and femist as a form of gay liberatn, Johnson is teamg wh longtime iend and Northwtern lleague, Kent R. Brooks, director of special projects for the partment of relig and spirual life, to lead a special lecture and performance lled “Gays and Gospel” on Tuday, Oct.