Donnie McClurkin in March. (Photo by Kevin Winter/Getty Images for BET)

Donnie McClurkin, the “ex-gay” gospel singer invited to perform at a D.C. government-organized concert Saturday, said he was uninvited by Mayor Vincent Gray at the last moment. He called the move a civil rights infringement.

In a video posted to his Facebook page, McClurkin said he was a “little disgruntled” to find he was “not welcomed and uninvited” to the “Reflections on Peace from Gandhi to King” concert organized by the D.C. Commission on the Arts and Humanities.

He called the move by the mayor’s office “discrimination,” “bullying” and “intolerance,” and said he was “deprived” of his civil rights because, as he was told, his “coming would cause a disruption.”

McClurkin said 15 to 20 people protested his performance “simply because of stances that I took, never ever demeaning, never ever derogatory.” In addition to saying God delivered him from homosexuality, the Grammy winner has reportedly called gay young men “vampires” and “broken.”

Doxie McCoy, senior communications manager for Mayor Gray, released a statement Friday after McClurkin was uninvited: “So that Donnie McClurkin’s participation did not become a distraction from the goals of the program, a mutual decision was reached between the Arts and Humanities Commission and his management team that it was best for him to withdraw from the event.”

McClurkin, however, said the decision was not mutual. He said a representative from the mayor’s office urged him not to come because he would be “vilified’ by the media.

He apologized to those who wanted to see him perform. McClurkin said he was advertised as the headliner, although a press release from the D.C. Commission on the Arts and Humanities stated that Sri Lankan concert pianist Soundarie David Rodrigo was headlining.

McClurkin said he would not drop the issue, although he did not say how he planned to move forward.