Elliot Darrow

Elliot Darrow is a spoken word poet who notably performed the piece "God is Gay." A video of the performance was uploaded by Button Poetry to YouTube and has over 850,000 views.

Darrow attended the University of North Carolina and majored in Drama.

The poem "God is Gay" is by Elliot Darrow. The first recorded performance was at Flyleaf Books, a bookstore in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. A video of the performance was uploaded to the "Sacrificial Poets" YouTube channel on July 13, 2012. The poem was also performed by Darrow at the 2013 College Unions Poetry Slam Invitational. The piece quotes biblical passages and uses them to support the theory that God is gay.

Darrow identifies as a straight man and a Christian. He grew up Presbyterian.

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