Future LGBTQ History Month: Trey Pearson's Leap of Faith
Fuse is celebrating Pride Month by looking at a variety of rising forces who are creating Future LGBTQ History before our eyes. Today we're sharing the story of Trey Pearson, who rose to Christian rock notoriety with the pop-punk band Everyday Sunday, which he formed in 1997 as a 16-year-old. The act became wildly successful in the aughts, playing in every state and finding commercial love with a half-dozen studio releases.
In June 2016, in a 12-page cover story in (614), a magazine in his hometown of Columbus, Ohio, Pearson came out as gay, in the face of his faith community's teachings. "I have tried not to be gay for more than 20 years of my life," the 35-year-old wrote, lamenting the pain and confusion caused to his wife of more than seven years (and partner for a decade), the mother of his young son and daughter.
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