American poet
Elliot Darrow is an American spoken word poet .
Darrow is noted for writing and performing the poem "God is Gay."[ 1] [ 2] YouTube has over 850,000 views.[ 3] [ 4]
Darrow attended the University of North Carolina and majored in drama.[ 5] heterosexual man and a Christian. Darrow grew up Presbyterian .[ 6]
The poem "God is Gay" uses biblical passages to support the theory that God is gay .[ 7] [ 8]
Darrow's first recorded performance of "God is Gay" was at the Flyleaf Books bookstore in Chapel Hill, North Carolina . A video of the performance was uploaded to the "Sacrificial Poets" YouTube channel on July 13, 2012. Darrow also performed the piece at the 2013 College Unions Poetry Slam Invitational .[ 9] [ 10]
Other notable pieces
References
^ Nichols, JamesMichael (2013-10-11). "Elliot Darrow Performs 'God Is Gay' At CUPSI 2013 Finals" . Huffington Post . Retrieved 2018-08-15 . ^ "Poetry Slam" . www.acui.org . Retrieved 2018-08-15 .^ Button Poetry (2013-05-11), Elliot Darrow - "God is Gay" (CUPSI 2013 Finals) , retrieved 2018-08-15 ^ "8 Pieces Of LGBT Spoken Word Poetry That Will Leave You Speechless" . BuzzFeed . Retrieved 2018-08-15 .^ Dias, Elizabeth. "The College Student Behind Viral 'God is Gay' Poem" . Time . ISSN 0040-781X . Retrieved 2018-08-15 . ^ "WATCH: Student's Poem Asserts 'God Is Gay' . The Advocate .^ "VIDEO: The college student behind the 'God is Gay' poem" . GLAAD . 2013-10-10. Retrieved 2018-08-15 .^ "Slam!" . POEtry SLice : Deliciously Diverse Poetry . Retrieved 2018-08-15 .^ Roche, Anu. "Raising Voices, Breaking Boxes: How Spoken Word Creates Dialogues on Gender" (PDF) . Navajyoti, International Journal of Multi-Disciplinary Research Volume 1, Issue 2, February 2017 . ^ "God Is Gay | Queer Culture Collection" . sites.psu.edu . Retrieved 2018-08-15 .^ Elinson, Zusha (2016-04-08). "Poetry Is Art, but Poetry Slams Are Sport, Bound by Pages of Rules" . Wall Street Journal . ISSN 0099-9660 . Retrieved 2018-08-15 . ^ "(Video) Elliot Darrow | Red Shoes" . The Poet's List . 2016-04-08. Retrieved 2018-08-15 . 
