Maire Hart
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MAIRE HART
COMMUNITY OF CHRIST
Faaa, Tahiti
My name is Maire Hart. I am a professional singer from Tahiti. I discovered my homosexuality as a child, but I really experienced it at the age of 18, when I tried to be with men, but my orientation was really that of loving women.
When the public (my fans) found out about my sexuality, my popularity decline and I was deeply hurt in my heart. As a result, I became totally withdrawn and quite singing for a period of 15 years. Fifteen years of my life sacrificed. I abandoned my passion, my mission, what I loved most in the world, because of the accusing looks.
But most of all, I was not strong enough to fight against this shame that was killing me little by little. I was falling then so easily into drugs, by pure shame, and telling myself that I was not “normal.”
It is never easy for an artist to live with being a celebrity, but with a label that always brings mockery, insults and discrimination, and fear of the unknown. But I found the strength to overcome these problems, thanks to God and the prayers addressed to him, with a true, fervent desire to pull out of it. He was always there but I was so weak and blinded by the drugs that I was wandering in total darkness.
But one day I had enough of this shadowy world, understanding at last that I alone was ruining and wasting my life. I came across a verse that said, “One does not put a lamp under the table but on the table, so that it shines on everyone.” I felt like God had lifted me up. I got up all the courage I could muster, then I did everything I had to, to appear before you this evening, and I started singing again. I joined a prayer group.
Today, my primary gratitude will always be to God, for having never left me and for being my best father, friend, Savior, and captain of the ship.
Thank you, Lord. Thank you too, my Angels.
COMMUNITY OF CHRIST
Faaa, Tahiti
My name is Maire Hart. I am a professional singer from Tahiti. I discovered my homosexuality as a child, but I really experienced it at the age of 18, when I tried to be with men, but my orientation was really that of loving women.
When the public (my fans) found out about my sexuality, my popularity decline and I was deeply hurt in my heart. As a result, I became totally withdrawn and quite singing for a period of 15 years. Fifteen years of my life sacrificed. I abandoned my passion, my mission, what I loved most in the world, because of the accusing looks.
But most of all, I was not strong enough to fight against this shame that was killing me little by little. I was falling then so easily into drugs, by pure shame, and telling myself that I was not “normal.”
It is never easy for an artist to live with being a celebrity, but with a label that always brings mockery, insults and discrimination, and fear of the unknown. But I found the strength to overcome these problems, thanks to God and the prayers addressed to him, with a true, fervent desire to pull out of it. He was always there but I was so weak and blinded by the drugs that I was wandering in total darkness.
But one day I had enough of this shadowy world, understanding at last that I alone was ruining and wasting my life. I came across a verse that said, “One does not put a lamp under the table but on the table, so that it shines on everyone.” I felt like God had lifted me up. I got up all the courage I could muster, then I did everything I had to, to appear before you this evening, and I started singing again. I joined a prayer group.
Today, my primary gratitude will always be to God, for having never left me and for being my best father, friend, Savior, and captain of the ship.
Thank you, Lord. Thank you too, my Angels.
Contribution Story
Archival Record
Stole Number: 1025
Honoree(s): Maire Hart
Donor(s): Maire Hart
Geography: Faaa, Tahiti, (French Polynesia)
Faith Tradition: Community of Christ (formerly RLDS)
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Citation
“Maire Hart,” LGBTQ Religious Archives Network, accessed May 4, 2024, https://exhibits.lgbtran.org/items/show/1212.