Aretha Frankl's gospel roots were partly shaped by the gays and lbians her life
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DIVE DIVA: THE GAYS WHO SHAPED ARETHA’S GOSPEL SOUL
For any gay, lbian or margalized person of any stripe, “Rpect” was much more than a sturdy slice of soul that uld crowd a dance floor: It was an act of fiance, a claratn of pri, and a promise to the world and the person the mirror to never settle for send-class treatment ever aga. Over the last dozen years, she sang at a gay weddg, helped gurate Print Obama and llected one lifetime achievement award after another. 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. There has also been a lot attentn given to her role as a lbian and gay ally. She anized a ncert to raise money for the Gay Men’s Health Crisis 1993.
But what few, if any, have done praisg this preternaturally talented mician and longtime LGBTQ advote is explore how the two are lked, to show how fundamental lbians and gay men are to shapg the gospel athetic that is the basis of Frankl’s soul. Mic historian Anthony Heilbut wr: “Durg what I’ve fed as gospel’s goln age (1945-1960), most of the male gospel stars were gay.