'It hurts me because my religion was everything for me. But you get to a point where you realize there are some things not right here. I need to just live my life, because I already know I'm okay how I am.'
"You just start feeling like, 'Oh, there's probably no point for me to live. I probably would be better off not living anyway. God would probably forgive me if I ended my life because it's better than what I could become, which is if I'm gay or LGBT of any sorts, I'm going to be in big trouble spiritually,'" he added.
The singer said he began accepting his identity as a queer man after prayer and conversations with God. He said he also started having conversations with church leaders about Mormonism's views on the LGBTQ community.MORE: Then & Now: A conversation on how far the LGBTQ+ community has come"I can't keep putting myself in a place where it's so conflicting where they say, 'We love you so much, but at the same time, you must change who you are,'" he said.
"I've allowed myself to love myself for everything I am, to not be conditioned to shame myself -- and to be not ashamed of who I am feels wonderful," he added."Because I didn't think it was ever okay to love myself." If you or someone you know is in crisis, call the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 1-800-273-TALK or contact the Crisis Text Line by texting HOME to 741741. You can reach Trans Lifeline at 877-565-8860 or 877-330-6366 and The Trevor Project at 866-488-7386.
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