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Everyday Sunday   was a Christian Rock band from Ohio that grew in popularity thanks to   RadioU   and   TVU , which aired their played their independent music alongside other major Christian rock acts. The band signed to   Flicker Records   in 2002 before the label folded and then signed to   Peter Furler 's   Inpop Records   before going independent in 2013. The band was mostly forgotten with the countless Christian Rock bands of the early '00s, until lead singer Trey Pearson made headlines in May 2016. Pearson had recently divorced his wife of seven and half years. The couple had two children and the divorce was amicable, but Pearson came out to his wife and his family as gay. I MADE IT TO THE OTHER SIDE/ AND I SAW YOU.   In May 2016, Trey Pearson came out publicly--career suicide for almost everyone hoping to stay in the Christian music industry. But with a changing music climate in which independent artists have a larger platform and with a broader LGBTQ community and all

After releasing his first solo EP, Love Is Love   in 2017   Trey Pearson has released several singles, including a song called "Oh, Boy" and a "last minute Christmas song" called "Under the Mistletoe" in 2019. The Christmas song that the former Everyday Sunday singer wrote and recorded celebrates a spirit of liberation that the gay singer-songwriter sang about on his debut EP. The secular, festive synth-pop track explores a side of Christmas that CCM community shies away from: holiday romance. Even more taboo: LGBTQ+ romance in a post-evangelical context.  STAND A LITTLE NEARER / LET'S LET OUR TOES TOUCH. Shortly after coming out, many media outlets picked up Pearson's story, including The View. In his June 2016 interview , Pearson stated that he was 'not dating" but rather "taking at least year to get to know myself as a gay person. . . before I start getting to know who someone else is." Since then, Pearson has talked to a num

Sam Tsui may not be a household name like other some former YouTube stars, but he has put in the work. Time took notice of Tsui back in 2009 , when the young singer posted videos on his childhood friend Kurt Schneider's channel. He went on to form his own YouTube channel in 2011. Also in 2011, Tsui graduated from Yale, majoring in Greek Classics. Tsui had participated in promotional video titled " That's Why I Toured Yale,"  prompting Tom Hanks to mention Sam by name as he gave the commencement speech at Tsui's graduation. In Tsui's musical career, he has performed for the cast of Glee and   performed with Kurt Schneider on The Oprah Winfrey Show and The Ellen Degeneres Show. He released his first album of original songs, Make It Up,  in 2013, crowdfunding the record. "Impatience" comes from Tsui's second album, Trust, released in 2018. "Impatience" was the second single from the album, released on November 21, 2017.  NEVER THOUGHT I WA

Everyday Sunday was a Christian Rock band from Ohio that grew in popularity thanks to RadioU and TVU , which aired their played their independent music alongside other major Christian rock acts. The band signed to Flicker Records in 2002 before the label folded and then signed to Peter Furler 's Inpop Records before going independent in 2013. The band was mostly forgotten with the countless Christian Rock bands of the early '00s, until lead singer Trey Pearson made headlines in May 2016. Pearson had recently divorced his wife of seven and half years. The couple had two children and the divorce was amicable, but Pearson came out to his wife and his family as gay. In May 2016, he came out publicly--career suicide for almost everyone hoping to stay in the Christian music industry. But with a changing music climate in which independent artists have a larger platform and with a broader LGBTQ community and allies both in and out of the church and in and out of the ex-vengelical