Why do gay yuys call a guy trey

I'll do a pride festival on a Saturday night, and then Sunday morning I'm speaking to these churches. When queer people use these certain words and phrases, they demonstrate to others that they are part of the LGBTQ community and share a common experience.

But none of them did it publicly because they're all scared of their careers being on the line, and that's a shame. I think there's a great honor in having these people share their stories back to me, but also, we need to tell our stories because there's so much power in them.

LGBTQ slang is used as a way to signal one's identity and build solidarity within the community. If every Christian artist that reached out to me would have done it in a public way, I think it would force the industry to rethink their view on the subject, and hopefully one day that'll happen.

How do you feel about being an example for other queer people who are also struggling with self-acceptance? But every once in a while a song comes out of nowhere, in the moment. Ever since my story came out, there's almost not a day that goes by where people don't reach out to me on Instagram, Facebook or Twitter.

What song would you most recommend to someone trying to reconcile their religion with their sexuality? It feels like it's something I'm passionate about, and I also feel a responsibility, too, because I know if it wasn't for people like Ellen DeGeneres coming out and being vulnerable in her truth, I might not have been able to own mine.

I could go on for hours about these songs. I wrote "Hey Jesus" in less than a half hour, and then I spent another hour or two lying on the floor bawling my eyes out. I never knew I could feel this way. Actually, there have been a lot of affirming churches that have asked me to come.

Yeah, I had to cancel a tour and figure out how to make money over a two-month period, so I was like, I'm gonna drive for Uber and make money. But it hasn't been without loss: having your teenage years robbed from you — it's OK to allow yourself to grieve that. The song encompasses all the emotions that I always felt growing up and even into my adult life, until I could accept myself.

When it comes to expressing their identities, gay men have their own vibrant and evolving lexicon. The most joyful, the most peace. There are two ways to use this. A lot of people in the industry expressed love toward me. After 20 years as the frontman of the Christian rock band Everyday Sunday, Pearson — a father of two who was married for seven of those years to his wife, Lauren — came out in May Publicly revealing his sexuality led organizers of Joshua Fest, an annual Christian music festival in Northern California, to nix him from the lineup after staff members kicked up a fuss about his scheduled appearance.

But rumors were spreading. So, I picked up this guy — and this was right after I came out to my family — and he was like, "So, what do you do besides this? But I'm not playing in churches; I'm playing in music clubs. I used to think it was just a straight guy thing (I’m gay by the way.), but then I realized that some gay guys say those words, too.

Genderqueer is an umbrella term for gender identities that are not exclusively male or female. I started this private group on Facebook called Trey's Safe Space and there are hundreds of thousands of people who are sharing this space. It's exciting. I feel the most free I've ever felt.

I've experienced that. When you've been in the Christian music industry your whole career, and you've played in thousands of churches, it's amazing how quickly gossip can spread in churches around the world. Yeah, actually lots of people did. You’ve probably heard this all over TikTok and may even use it yourself.

It's been really cool. It encompasses a wide range of gender expressions and identities. As a guy, I never understood why most guys called each other “man”, “dude” and “bro”. But like all these terms, “giving” comes from Black queer culture. From playful terms of endearment to empowering phrases, the world of gay slang is as diverse as the community itself.

People who are either queer or allies, and they just tell their story. I did not believe it was possible, and to finally feel this way is the most amazing feeling in the world. A lot of progressive and affirming churches are asking me to share my story, so I am speaking at a lot of these churches on Trey's Safe Space tour.