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This video extra from the Independent Lens documentary The New Black (premiering June 15 on PBS stations) gives us an intimate look at how singer Ton\u00e9x, a.k.a. B.Slade, shifted gears in his life as a successful gospel artist when he revealed he was gay. The news set off a storm of controversy within the gospel music world and the church, but won him new fans as well.<\/span>

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