“I came out when I was 17. I was in the church; I was crying every Sunday for about a year. I came to terms with the fact with this is who I was - I wasn't going to be able to be a different person. At 17, you feel like a freak already, and so to have that fire and brimstone against your attraction is just screwed up!”

American singer, songwriter, and spoken word artist

Mary Danielle Lambert is an American singer, songwriter, and spoken word artist. She is best known for her work with Macklemore and Ryan Lewis, especially as the featured artist on their LGBTQ rights single “Same Love.” Her contribution to “Same Love” drew on her experience as a lesbian raised in a turbulent Christian home. She later developed that material into “She Keeps Me Warm,” which she released in 2013, and the song was followed by a music video later that August.