Singer-songwriter Trey Pearson partnered with HRC for a Twitter Takeover to talk about how we can create inclusive spaces to welcome and support LGBTQ people of faith to mark Good Friday.

1/ Hey Twitter! This is Trey Pearson (@treypearson). I’m here today on #GoodFriday for an #HRCTwitterTakeover to talk about my journey with Christianity as an out gay man & how we can make space to practice this faith tradition in an inclusive environment. https://t.co/kZKOonkQde pic.twitter.com/VMsKzngUAg

— Human Rights Campaign (@HRC) April 19, 2019

2/ Growing up I was always trying to understand myself and why I was so drawn to other boys. I found a lot of comfort in the intimacy of Jonathan and David in this Bible story that is thousands of years old. —@TreyPearson #HRCTwitterTakeover pic.twitter.com/4pYhlaL4oL

— Human Rights Campaign (@HRC) April 19, 2019

3/ I don’t know if they were gay or bi, but as I look at this text I see a deep intimacy that isn't acceptable among fundamentalists today.

Too many worship what they think the Bible says rather than listening to the spirit & message of Jesus. —@TreyPearson #HRCTwitterTakeover

— Human Rights Campaign (@HRC) April 19, 2019

4/ Coming out for me was really difficult.

It is especially hard to accept that living your truth sometimes means that people won’t love you for who you are because of what their faith teaches them. —@TreyPearson #HRCTwitterTakeover https://t.co/v2Z0z99MnC

— Human Rights Campaign (@HRC) April 19, 2019

5/ I’d like to remind them that Jesus said the most important thing is to love God with all you have & then to love your neighbor as yourself.

Paul affirms this: “The entire law is fulfilled in this one command: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’”—@TreyPearson #HRCTwitterTakeover pic.twitter.com/nZbXGK29Kl

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6/ A lot of churches say they welcome everyone but their actions don’t always show it.

More churches should be willing to say, “We affirm you and believe you’re created just like everyone else,” and not shame LGBTQ people for being who they are. —@TreyPearson #HRCTwitterTakeover

— Human Rights Campaign (@HRC) April 19, 2019

7/I believe that God accepts all of us. We are all loved & worthy of being loved �������������� ���� ���� ������.

To have hope & faith in something more than ourselves starts with the act of loving your neighbor & truly loving others changes you.—@TreyPearson #HRCTwitterTakeover

— Human Rights Campaign (@HRC) April 19, 2019

8/ Religion can be this beautiful thing that feeds the poor, cares about the marginalized and stands up to injustice and is a powerful force of love but sadly, it can also be used as a tool to divide and marginalize groups of people. —@TreyPearson #HRCTwitterTakeover

— Human Rights Campaign (@HRC) April 19, 2019

9/ As an LGBTQ person, I had to choose for myself to go to an affirming space that would marry me and would allow me to be an equal part of the church. —@TreyPearson #HRCTwitterTakeover https://t.co/E0VUxuMyTK

— Human Rights Campaign (@HRC) April 19, 2019

10/ Today, on #GoodFriday, we remember a man who was willing to sacrifice everything to live up to the highest commandment he gave: the love of God and the love of neighbor. —@TreyPearson #HRCTwitterTakeover https://t.co/kZKOonkQde pic.twitter.com/M6iaJ7t8y6

— Human Rights Campaign (@HRC) April 19, 2019

11/11 As we celebrate the resurrection of Jesus this Easter Sunday, may we receive God into our lives & continue to love each other.

We are all connected and created in the image of God, loved & accepted, just as we are. —@TreyPearson #HRCTwitterTakeover https://t.co/kZKOonkQde pic.twitter.com/NKgesEtWDQ

— Human Rights Campaign (@HRC) April 19, 2019