Gospel singer Kim Burrell apologized to the LGBTQ+ community for a homophobic sermon she delivered in 2016, in which she called homosexuality a “perversion.”

“I want to apologize to the LGBTQ community. Let’s give them a great big round of applause. We want them to have strength and to sincerely know that we must all do the work to embrace all of God’s people and show his love to everyone,” she said on Saturday at the Stellar Gospel Music Awards.

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“I hope this award and this moment can be the beginning of a bridge-building and listening to each other as we follow peace with all man.”

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