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A popular singer has shocked his fans by going public to reveal that he is gay as he can no longer pretend anymore.
Trey Pearson, the founding member of Christian
A popular Christian singer has come out to declare that he is gay.
The latest news has left his fan base mostly Christians and churchgoers
in great shock. Here is how Yahoo reported the story.
Trey Pearson, the founding member of Christian rock group, Everyday
Sunday, kept his sexuality secret for decades. Then, on Tuesday, he
came out as gay in an open letter to his fans, published in (614)
Columbus, explaining the daily difficulty he faced in pretending to be
something he wasn't for fear of how his church, his God, his family and
his friends would respond.
"I grew up in a very conservative Christian home where I was
taught that my sexual orientation was a matter of choice, and had put
all my faith into that," Pearson wrote.
"I had never before admitted to myself that I was gay, let
alone to anyone else. I never wanted to be gay. I was scared of what God
would think and what all of these people I loved would think about me;
so it never was an option for me. I have been suppressing these
attractions and feelings since adolescence. I've tried my whole life to
be straight."
At 35, Pearson has a wife and two children; he's enjoyed a highly
successful career, having sold hundreds of thousands of albums, one of
which cracked the Billboard top 200. According to Columbus, he's
performed in every state in the country and in 20 countries. But while
Pearson maintains strong faith, he's aware that his letter could end the
success he's known.
Many conservative Christian circles adhere to the belief that
homosexuality is a sin, citing Biblical scripture as evidence. As
Religion News Network reported, Christian musicians who've come out in
the past — Ray Boltz, Anthony Williams, Jennifer Knapp and Vicky
Beeching among them — have seen big segments of their audiences shift
away as a result.
While some of Pearson's conservative fans may reject Pearson and
his music after reading his letter, the response he received on social
media Wednesday seemed overwhelmingly supportive.
Depression runs high in LGBT youth, who are far more likely than
heterosexual kids to commit suicide, especially if they come from
families that reject their sexual orientation. And if clinical
depression isn't at issue, there's still the pain that comes from
growing up suppressing who you are.
Now that he can be honest with himself, Pearson said he's finally able to shake that feeling. "It
is like this weight I have been carrying my whole life has been lifted
from me," he wrote, "and I have never felt such freedom."
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