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Sign up to our FREE newsletters to get the latest news delivered straight to your inbox. But according to two slades at Northwestern University, it is very much a reality in the world of gospel music within the Black church. Kent Brooks agrees. On Tuesday evening, Oct. The Black church, Brooks says, centers on liberation theology, the ongoing Black struggle from slavery through present day racism.

Both scholars stress that this is not unique to Black churches, however, it takes on a specific framework when the significant role of gospel music is incorporated. Take, for example, Chicago-born James Cleveland. The case was settled out of court. Johnson says that Cleveland was a regular attendee at parties thrown by the Rev.

And then there was the singer Wilmer Broadnax, also in the same mid-late 20th century. He says acceptance of gay Black gospel singers is increasing, but not by much. Both Brooks and Johnson point to the example of gospel singer Anthony Williams, who performed under the name Tonex untilwhen he came out as gay, and changed his stage name to B.

Both he and Johnson include in their lecture what their lives were like, growing up Black, gay, and in the South, and how they wrestled internally with conservative church philosophies on sexuality. Jeff joined Evanston Now in after a year career as a broadcast journalist in Gay, Ohio, during which he won more than 40 local, regional and national awards for excellence in reporting, More by Jeff Hirsh.

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NU examines ‘Gays and Gospel’

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