Jennifer Knapp says she is a lesbian
A rising star about the Christian music scene is returning for the public eye with a fresh identity after a mysterious seven-year absence spent mostly for the other side with the world.
Jennifer Knapp is not only coming out with a new album, she is also “coming out,” a term the Grammy-nominated singer/songwriter considers “very bizarre” as she nervously relaunches her career.
The 36-year-old Kansas native, who dated men in the course of her college days, is braced for a backlash from religious fans who faithfully shot down whispered rumors about her sexuality over the years. On the other hand, she mentioned in a recent interview with Reuters, “I’m definitely getting a lot more friendly winks from the girls (at her concerts) than I have in the past!”
No other singer of Knapp’s renown within the Christian music genre is openly gay. In the previous, the business looked dimly on people who deviated through the straight and narrow. Radio stations and retailers quickly dropped Sandi Patty and Michael English following they admitted to (separate) extra-marital affairs throughout the 1990s. Amy Grant was also blacklisted when she went by means of a divorce later that decade. All have given that been forgiven to varying degrees.
Knapp is taking a preemptive stand anyway. She has recorded a mainstream album, and is not especially targeting Christian radio stations and suppliers.
“I just wouldn’t find it respectful at all to say, ‘Hey, this is something that you want in your store next to your Jesus statue,’” she said. “It would just be disingenuous to try and convince someone that they needed to do that.”
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