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."
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WHO'S GAY GOSPEL MIC?
“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. * who is gay in gospel music *
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. Brooks have teamed up on a special lecture and performance lled “Gays and Gospel” to explore the tensns, challeng and triumphs of the LGBTQ+ muny gospel mic.
Johnson and Brooks talked to Northwtern Now recently about the event and why is important to highlight this often overlooked part of gay most people surprised to learn about the history of gays gospel? Johnson: Gays gospel mic is kd of an “open secret.
GAYS, GOD AND GOSPEL MIC
But, he was fact gay — although he wasn’t open about are some of the other queer performers you will talk about the lecture who fluenced gospel mic?
Frankl’s obuari, and people knew he was gay. It’s not unual to have people still sgg the church who are still stgglg, and ’s not unmon to have people who are very famo now, who are still there be sgg durg “Gays and Gospel? The Gospel church and homosexualy has reportedly had a long ter-twg relatnship.
Boy Band Members Who Are Out As Gay, Bisexual or Queer. Whout the artistic and emotnal ntributns of gay people there would be no gospel mic. Throughout the middle s of the 20th century, a signifint number of gay or "queer" artists left their mark on gospel mic, a cultural form that many nsir to be Ameri's most origal.