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Lil Nas X & the devil

2021-03-31 15:19:20.399793+00 by Dan Lyke 0 comments

Lil Nas X isn't worshipping the devil. He's healing deep hurt

Among many recent tweets, X wrote on March 27, "i spent my entire teenage years hating myself because of the s--t y'all preached would happen to me because i was gay. so i hope u are mad, stay mad, feel the same anger you teach us to have towards ourselves."

This tweet speaks volumes for millions of queer folks, especially Black queer people, who have suffered spiritual and theological violence at the hand of church doctrines. X's words are ones the late, great James Baldwin -- who once wrote, "Because I was born in a Christian culture, I never considered myself to be totally a free human being" -- would admire and support.

The rest of the essay is good.

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