Black gospel singers who are gay

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NU examines ‘Gays and Gospel’

He left New Birth many years before it was in the headlines. Guy Penrod has, like, ten kids, and he's never pinged to me, but with the long hair and killer looks, it'd be cool if he was "family". Ryan Seaton is sex on a stick. He's married with kids but I don't care.

The reaction to these public statements has been mixed within the community. Many of the early singers who came out were immediately sidelined within their religious community, and this effectively diminished or terminated their professional careers. Notable among these was Marsha Stevens and Ray Boltz.

Harrison credits Aldine S. Kieffer , a former Confederate solider, and Ephraim Ruebush , a former Union soldier with laying the foundations for southern gospel's growth during Reconstruction and into the New South Era. Before the war, the two taught shape-note singing together and worked in the music printing company Kieffer's grandfather, the Mennonite Joseph Funk , owned.