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Vicky Beeching

Roy Jenkins speaks with former Christian singer and songwriter, Vicky Beeching, about her journey to accept her sexual orientation, captured in her memoir 'Undivided'.

For a decade Vicky Beeching worked as a Christian recording artist. She began writing in her early teens and by her early thirties she was well known in Christian music in the UK and America. Her songs are used by congregations across the world and translated in to numerous languages.

But, through her teens and into adult life she endured an internal battle. Vicky was gay and Christian and this caused great personal tension, and, as she describes it, a 鈥榣ifetime of shame and fear鈥�. As a Christian musician she played to audiences and represented churches on stage that were opposed to same sex relationships. She knew that if she revealed her true self, she stood to lose her career, friends and faith community.

However, at the age of thirty-five, faced with a major health scare she made the decision to 鈥榗ome out鈥�. Undivided 鈥� Coming out, becoming whole and living free from shame鈥� is her memoir of that journey. Vicky no longer writes music or performs. She is a campaigner for inclusion and equality and a vocal advocate for mental health awareness.

28 minutes

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Sun 21 Oct 2018 09:00

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