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"Satanic" Drag Queen Becomes Ex-Gay Preacher, Wins Former Homosexual Award

DragQueenExGayWhen he was a drag queen, Trace McNutt would have killed to win RuPaul's Drag Race. But now that he's an ex-gay preacher, he'll have to accept the "First Annual Courage Award for Former Homosexual" from the ex-gay group Voice of the Voiceless instead.

Do you get a crown?

Voice of the Voiceless founder Christopher Doyle, a former gay himself, says his group works at "defending the rights of former homosexuals, individuals with unwanted same-sex attraction and their families." VoV is giving McNutt his booby prize at the 2013 Ex-Gay Awareness Dinner and Reception in Washington, DC, on September 30 as part of Ex-Gay Awareness Month.

McNutt explains he got caught up in the gay lifestyle because his mother was "very abusive, dominant" and he was abused by other boys in school. Once he graduated, McNutt discovered that drag queens were “the rock stars and the royalty of the gay world."

Well, duh.

That's when McNutt decided to become "a satanic version of a drag queen,” and invented Coma, whom he describes as part drag diva, part Marilyn Manson. "Stardom" proved fleeting, though, and he eventually hit rock bottom—unemployed, homeless and addicted to cocaine. Eventually, McNutt found his way to the church and realized, "I was not born gay."

In a statement, Doyle heaped praise on the abdicated queen, not for overcoming addiction and homelessness, but for ditching the heels and wig: "Trace McNutt was... victimized by the gay community, who used him for entertainment and then disregarded him... the very drag queen community that welcomed him with open arms threw him away like yesterday’s trash once he was unable to perform."

McNutt received hate mail, and death threats "from the so-called tolerant gay community" after coming out as ex-gay, Doyle insists. "Trace’s experience is proof that when ex-gays leave homosexuality, they are attacked and faced with an unbelievable amount of hostility. In today’s anti-ex-gay climate, talking publicly about leaving homosexuality is truly an act of courage. Trace McNutt is a real hero."

We're not so sure. Take a look at Trace at some recent gospel summits—We'd say he's still got a bit of the drag queen in him.

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