“So much of my journey with not just my sexuality, but my spirituality, has been returning to a childlike version of myself.”
WARNING: THIS EPISODE CONTAINS REFERENCES TO SUICIDE.
Blake Mundell speaks about his highly personal journey through Faith and the clash with his Queer identity.
He discusses his fear of coming out as an NFL employee, a shame that drew him to attempt suicide, and the emergence of the empathetic musician we see today.
Links:
- Episode transcription
- Blake’s Spotify playlist featuring his songs from this episode and his five tracks to save from Armageddon.
- Blake’s forever home online.
- Blake (as Courier) and his video in which “a black man can go out for a jog and make it home”.
- Inspirational gay NFL players at Casino.org.
- Galop help and advice for someone who is being blackmailed at work.
- History Channel discusses blackmail used as a tool against the Queer community.
- Blackmail and persecution in Nigeria, from The Guardian.
- Lucan Presbyterian Church’s Zoom chat on Stigmas in the Church: Being Gay and Being Christian.
- USA Today reports Presbyterian Church approving gay marriage.
- Runner’s World short documentary on the Running While Black movement.
- NPR’s excellent Code Switch on the challenges faced by runners of colour.
- BBC report on the shooting of Tamir Rice.
- In the Key of Q composer Paul Leonidou’s online home.
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