Nicole Serrano comes out as a lesbian... after singer-songwriter was forced to 'pray the gay away'

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The singer–songwriter Nicole Serrano revealed her truth and came out as gay on Thursday in an interview with People.Serrano, who has worked with major names in Christian music as a songwriter, in addition to performing her own music, delved into when she first thought that she was a lesbian as a child, and how her conservative church tried to make her 'pray the gay away.''I felt tormented.

I wanted so bad to be a good kid, you know?' she said of the ordeal. Coming out: The singer–songwriter Nicole Serrano, 33, revealed that she was gay on Thursday in an interview with People; seen Tuesday at the Stonewall Inn in New York CityThe 33-year-old songstress detailed how one of the first times she realized she might be gay was when she watched Disney's The Little Mermaid and was instantly drawn to the title character Ariel.'I just thought she was so cute,' Nicole said of the mermaid and singer.

But it was clear to her that those feelings didn't fit in with how she was being raised.'Even from an early age, I knew this crush was not normal.

I knew I shouldn't tell anybody. I knew I shouldn't feel this way because nobody else feels this way. I just knew I shouldn't talk about it,' she explained.Serrano recounted how she told her mother she thought she was gay when she was just 11, which didn't go over well.