Pray the Gay Away : The Extraordinary Lives of Bible Belt Gays /
In the Bible Belt, it's common to see bumper stickers that claim One Man + One Woman = Marriage, church billboards that command one to "Get right with Jesus," letters to the editor comparing gay marriage to marrying one's dog, and nightly news about homophobic attacks from the Fa...
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Format: | Électronique eBook |
Langue: | Inglés |
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New York :
New York University Press,
2012.
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Collection: | Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Accès en ligne: | Texto completo |
Table des matières:
- Introduction : "in the eyes of the Lord"
- Welcome to the Bible belt
- "My parents disowned me" : family rejection
- "God would tell on me" : losing their religion
- "They don't know who I am" : the toxic closet
- "Going straight" : the ex-gay movement
- "Prepare to believe" : the creation museum
- "The opposite of faith is fear" : destruction and transformation
- "God can love all of me" : living the life
- What the future holds.