For One Night Only

13 Jan 2023

Peter de Groot – From a Fundamentalist Christian Upbringing to Out Proud Gay Man & Beyond – Part 1

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Peter de Groot – From a Fundamentalist Christian Upbringing to Out Proud Gay Man & Beyond – Part 1

In Part 1 of this episode of For One Night Only (FONO), Pete Holmes talks to his fantabulous guest co-host, Peter de Groot about the mixtape and the story of his life so far. Peter is an out proud presenter on JOY Daytimes and The Cabaret Room. He started life as a closeted fundamentalist Christian and we explore the self-hatred that he was left with through his formative years and his coming out as an out proud gay man. One of his greatest achievements was to help in convincing the state government to extinguish and expunge historical gay sex convictions. His mixtape covers a wide range of music and includes Dolly Parton, The Seekers, ABBA, Doris Day, Amy Grant, Madonna, Diana Ross, Scissor Sisters, Billy Porter, and many, many more.

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Here’s the list of Peter’s songs but you’ll have to listen to find out more about each song:

Play Order	Song Title	Song Artist
1	9 to 5	Dolly Parton
2	Coat of many Colors	Dolly Parton
3	The Carnival is Over	The Seekers
4	Georgy Girl	The Seekers
5	My Favorite Things	Sound of Music
6	The Lonely Goatherd	Sound of Music
7	Mamma Mia	ABBA or Cher version
8	Dancing Queen	ABBA
9	Bewitched (Bothered & Bewildered)	Doris Day
10	Everybody Loves a Lover	Doris Day
11	Asleep in the Light	Keith Green
12	This Means War	Petra
13	Baby Baby	Amy Grant
14	Friends	Michael W Smith
15	I Could Write A Book	Harry Connick Jr
16	Vogue	Madonna
17	Thriller	Michael Jackson
18	Do You Hear the People Sing	Les Misérables
19	I’m Coming Out	Diana Ross
20	I Will Survive	Gloria Gaynor
21	Let’s Have a Kiki	Scissor Sisters
22	True Colors	Cyndi Lauper or Glee version
23	Kings & Queens	Ava Max
24	Not My Father’s Son	Billy Porter
25	Everything’s Alright	Jesus Christ Superstar

For One Night Only is a late-night show on JOY 94.9 and a podcast where people from our rainbow communities get to talk through the mixtape of their lives so far.

Note: This podcast is only available to our Australian listeners due to music copyright requirements.