Your email address will not be published. The title of this post is “12 women they didn’t tell you were queer in history class”, now if the title was “12 historical queer women you should admire” that would be a different story. “I don’t know who you think I am, but I belong in the promised land,” Semler croons in the outro of Preacher’s Kid. In 2010 we purchased Curve Magazine, North Americas best selling lesbian Magazine.. The documentary follows a group of predominantly Black and Latinx people who perform and compete at balls across Harlem, where a gritty, glittery '80s and '90s nightlife scene welcomed marginalized queer folk (and notably, at-risk transgender women). You can’t gatekeep that just because you disagree with where I’m coming from.”. 3 HADES This week, New York-based queer Hip-Hop artist EdDie WayNe has released the music video for his single “Instant Connection”, and we’re definitely feeling it! Required fields are marked *. Grace’s wife, Elizabeth, also works from home, so the project was recorded between the couple's business calls. “I wrote a Christian project, about my Christian experience. Baldridge’s father is an Episcopal priest, and he wore his collar to Grace’s wedding in 2018. Artists like Grace are so important to the overall growth and progress of the music scene.”. I will be the first person to share that record if other people want to start diving in, I think it’s so needed.”. After uploading “Jesus From Texas” as a Soundcloud single in late 2020, Baldridge felt the reception to the song proved that there was support for more music about growing up queer and Christian. The hope, Baldridge said, is that this EP will prove there is an audience for stories about Christianity that don’t fit into the narrative CCM has promoted. Out Magazine. Who: Bobbi Arlo is a 22 year-old queer Irish singer and songwriter from Wicklow. We use cookies to ensure that we give you the best experience on our website. All rights reserved. “I love to reference pop music and culture within my photographs. “Any institution built under capitalism will be corrupt, so do you want to do that again in the name of God?” Baldridge said. While isolated in Los Angeles, Baldridge couldn’t stop thinking about those conversations, which birthed a demo song: “Jesus From Texas.”. This year’s Midsumma Festival is going to look a little different. “I remember thinking that I wouldn’t ever be a Christian artist,” said @GraceBaldridge. Queer theology is a theological method that has developed out of the philosophical approach of queer theory, built upon scholars such as Michel Foucault, Gayle Rubin, Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick, and Judith Butler. Some of the same Christian musicians Baldridge grew up listening to are now celebrating Preacher’s Kid. “My sweet, maybe naive dad sort of assumed that some of the environments he would bring me to, or pieces of reading material that would be brought home, would be as loving and sweet as he is. With this new realm of ball culture came the development of competition. Clearly there is a market for this, so where do we go from here?” Baldridge said. The success of Preacher’s Kid has drawn attention from The Washington Post, Religion News Service, and RELEVANT Magazine, along with praise from various celebrities. Print > Digital > Give ... To get your own copy directly, support queer media and subscribe ... Music. Despite this open and accepting household, Baldridge wasn’t completely protected from Christian homophobia. Yes. “I've said it before, but my hope is that ‘CCM’ or ‘Christian Music’ would just progress into music, without the boxes and boundaries it propagates. I really hope to change the narrative of how we are seen and how we live day to day and how those stories are being told.