Pop Artist Adaline Reconciles Queer Identity With Evangelical Upbringing

2 LIVES - STORIES OF TRANSFORMATION

Shawna Beesley, known to most as Adaline, says there’s no dopamine hit like saving someone from hell. Today she finds that high performing on stage. She discovered she had to shed her golden child identity and reconcile with her evangelical upbringing to be true to herself and come out to her family.

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