Christian TV Host Comes Out!

[Daniel]

http://www.towleroad.com/2008/04/christian-tv-ho.html


Christian TV Host Azariah Southworth: I'm Gay

Azariah Southworth, host of Christian TV show The Remix, has come out of the closet. According to Tennessee's Out and About newspaper, Southworth has been hosting the show, which reaches 128 million homes worldwide, for a year and a half.

Said Southworth: "This has been a long time coming. I’m in a place where I’m at peace with my faith, friends, family and more importantly myself. I know this will end my career in Christian television, but I must now live my life openly and honestly with everyone. This is my reason for doing this. I know I will be cut off from many within the Christian community, and if so, then they didn’t get the point of the life of Christ. I believe by me living my life honestly and authentically now, I am able to be a better person and a better Christian. We all know there are so many other gay people in the Christian industry; they’re just all scared. I was scared, but now I’m no longer afraid."

Good for Azariah!

[keltic63]

must be something in the air, Spring!

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/blogs/sfgate/detail?blogid=7&entry_id=25746

Luke MacFarlane makes the same announcement

[Vanessa White]

Perfect time to clean out those stuffy closets........ and BREATHE!!!!!!!:love:

[tymejumper]

Perfect time to clean out those stuffy closets........ and BREATHE!!!!!!!:love:



Hurray! I am so glad people see "normal" gay christains comong out.

[sailaway58]

Hmmm, it doesn't sound as though he is looking for a cure or is sorry.
yep, the Christian right will hate him.

[hippie4lyfe]

this is great news, i hope the community supports him since he will likely lose his job

[Gennee]

I think more christians will come out. There are many LGBT christians sitting in the pews and in the Chrsitian colleges. Why should we have to hide who we are?

Gennee

:love:

[tymejumper]

I think it's great more and more of us are coming out. I even find myself being less guarded with others when talking about my family and wife. I went to Menards and there are several gay persons there, I see quite frequently. They often wear rainbow jewelry. People will see that we are normal like them if we only let ourselves be known.

[Sere-Kun]

Good for him! :)

[Jamie McDaniel]

Azariah Southworth, recently outed Christian TV host of a popular Christian program joins Soulforce on their annual Equality Ride this fall.

TV Host Southworth Spins For Equality (http://www.queerty.com/tv-host-southworth-spins-for-equality-20080702/)

[BrianB]

Good for him!!! Though honesty can be a dangerous thing. It got Christ crucified for being honest with the religious leaders of His day. :good: :dove:

[Matt Algren]

Wow, I hadn't heard about the tumor. (It was reported as benign on Jamie's link.)

[pnggrad79]

I hope it becomes safer and safer for gay people to own up to who they are. The more of us who do and stand up to the bigotry and idiocy of discrimination will give us the legitimacy that we should already have!!! Good for Azariah!:)