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Independent Lens | The New Black | Faith Gave Tonéx the Courage to Come Out to His Fans | PBS

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Premiering Sunday, June 15, 2014 at 10:30pm/9:30c. Check local listings:
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This video extra from the Independent Lens documentary The New Black gives us an intimate look at how singer Tonéx, a.k.a. B.Slade, shifted gears in his life as a successful gospel artist when he revealed he was gay. The news set off a storm of controversy within the gospel music world and the church, but won him new fans as well.

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