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Welcome to the Queer Theology Podcast. I’m Brian G Murphy. And I’m father Shannon, T l Kearns. We’re the co-founders of Queer Theology dot com and your hosts from Genesis, revelation, the Bible declare good news to LGBTQ plus people, and we want to show you how Tune in each week on Sunday for conversations about Christianity, queerness and transness, and how they can enrich one another. We’re glad you’re here Today. We are joined by Troy Weeks from the New Reality TV show on Peacock and Amazon Prime Alphabet Soup to talk about the show, his music, and his faith From Harlem, New York. Troy has been singing since the age of three and performing since the age of fourteen. He’s also a songwriter, actor, dancer, and MC and Event Host.

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He is currently working on his first EP project under the new genre and style that he created Soul and Beat, which, which he talks about in this episode. He can sing Gospel, neo soul, and R and b, but he did not feel like one or the other is exactly where he fits in. Troy can be seen hosting and performing in events all across the country. This new show that Troy is in Alphabet Soup is an unfiltered reality of queer dating in NYC, where e emotions are raw, intimate texts and authentic relationships unfold without scripts or filters is now airing a peacock at Amazon Prime. In today’s conversation, Troy, she’s Journey as a reality TV star, discusses the importance of vulnerability, navigating sexuality in the role his faith plays in his life.

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In this conversation we talk about all about self-love, authenticity, and the power of community, while also exploring his diverse music career. And he gives us some sneak peeks into his future. This is a powerful message of hope and resilience for everyone in the queer community and beyond. I had so much fun chatting with Troy And I think you’re really going to enjoy this episode. Let’s get into it. Troy, thank you so much for being here on the Queer Theology podcast today to talk about yourself and the show that you’re on Alphabet Soup. It’s been a really fun show to watch and I’m so excited to dive into more of it and also like your story because I think you’re like a really, I wanna say compelling character because it’s a TV show, but also you’re actual also actual a real person. So I’m shame person.

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I’m glad you said that because that’s one of the most important things about Alphabet Soup is, And I want people to know, like it’s not, it’s not a a scripted show at all. It’s hundred percent a reality series. It’s a documentary, but in reality style. So everything that’s happening is in real life, real time and real life. It’s happening now. Yeah. And so the show, it’s kind of cool. It’s like it follows relationships and dating, but it’s like not a sort of like classic dating show with contestants and these sort of like pre-arranged pairings. Correct. And so, but like you are going on dates and being emotionally vulnerable in front of a camera. And so like what was it like to put yourself out there in in this way?

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Well, to start it off, it was like during the pandemic, I think me and Shannon met originally during the Pandemic, he did an original series called Sex Love Misery, which is now out on Amazon. Okay. This is where it all started. Yeah. So put a ca he put a cast in. Now I was like, okay, you know what? I’ve always wanted to be a part of reality in general. Like this is like, I’ve been on a couple reality shows. I actually have another reality show out now and it’s, it’s called Complete Boss. It’s about being a Boston entrepreneur and having your own business. And I, I created my own unisex Fragrance, so Oh, okay. Cool. All those out there who wanna smell, smell amazing, you walk by it like, what is that? You got on? You gotta get you. So I can tell you about it later, But we’ll put all The links to all this in the description. Yes. You guys will have it. I’ll tell you all about it. Yeah.

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