Trey Pearson

Queer bars offer sacred space for LGBTQ community

By Kathryn Post — January 23, 2023
(RNS) — 'I experienced that genuine, authentic love in gay bars more than I’d ever experienced it growing up in the four walls of the church,' said musician Trey Pearson.

Trey Pearson, former CCM artist, celebrates LGBTQ freedom in new album

By Kathryn Post — July 6, 2022
(RNS) — This is the former Christian rocker’s second album since coming out as gay in 2016.

CCM industry stays silent on LGBTQ inclusion as queer artists carve inroads

By Kathryn Post — November 15, 2021
(RNS) — Streaming platforms have allowed LGBTQ Christian artists like Semler to stake a claim in Christian music.

Trey Pearson releases first music video since coming out as a gay Christian rock star

By Emily McFarlan Miller — April 5, 2017
(RNS) In it, a young gay man sings during a church service, then shares a kiss with his partner to applause from the congregation.

What a gay Christian rocker’s woes tell us about American Christianity

By Jonathan Merritt — September 16, 2016
Trey Pearson's woes reveal at least three surprising truths about American Christianity and LGBT issues.

Trey Pearson on playing Joshua Fest: ‘Seeing the world change’

By Emily McFarlan Miller — August 10, 2016
(RNS) Trey Pearson will be the first openly gay artist ever to play a major Christian music festival, by his reckoning.

Christian rock star comes out as gay. Here’s the letter he wrote to the world

By Jonathan Merritt — May 31, 2016
(RNS) 'I never wanted to be gay,' Trey Pearson said. 'I was scared of what God would think and what all of these people I loved would think about me.'
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