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

Contents:

• ‘ROCKSTAR AND SOFTBOY’ IS THE PERFECT BLEND OF GAY FRIENDSHIP AND MAGIC A COMIC
• CHRISTIAN ROCK STAR OUT AS GAY. HERE’S THE LETTER HE WROTE TO THE WORLD
• 40 BT GAY SGERS & MICIANS OF ALL TIME (LGBTQ+ SGERS)
• ROCKSTAR GO GAY (A LTLE)
• WHAT WAS LIKE TO E OUT AS THE FIRST OPENLY GAY ROCK STAR?

‘ROCKSTAR AND SOFTBOY’ IS THE PERFECT BLEND OF GAY FRIENDSHIP AND MAGIC A COMIC

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

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40 BT GAY SGERS & MICIANS OF ALL TIME (LGBTQ+ SGERS)

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There was a time when clarg your homosexualy as a rock mician was a big no-no if you wanted to get ahead the mic dtry. In fact, this suatn is what prompted the founrs of the all-gay rock band Pansy Divisn to create their group 1991.

ROCKSTAR GO GAY (A LTLE)

John Goli, one of those founrs, argu they were the first publicly out all-gay rock group (see his bgraphy for a lk to the story). But he cid to put his reer on the le this week and acknowledge to his fans that he is gay.

“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.

WHAT WAS LIKE TO E OUT AS THE FIRST OPENLY GAY ROCK STAR?

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. 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.