Does This Bible Belt Make Me Look Gay

Author : Krista Doyle
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Page : 70 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2016-05-31
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1533496331

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Does This Bible Belt Make Me Look Gay? by Krista Doyle Pdf

Krista Doyle grew up in a small town in Louisiana where everyone was a gossip and a devout church goer. She attended church every Sunday where she listened to her grandfather preach from the stage, where she sang hymns from the audience as her mother led the choir, and where she was strictly taught that everything was black and white, right and wrong. So-how was Krista to cope with being a lesbian? "Does this Bible Belt Make Me Look Gay?" is Krista's retelling of her journey from her straight-and-narrow childhood in small-town Louisiana to her rough-and-tumble adulthood, spent mostly in the glittery land of Los Angeles where she found God at the Cheesecake Factory and shed countless tears at lesbian bars because a stranger attacked her with an unwanted kiss (it was only her second time kissing a woman!). It's a brief, honest, and clever memoir penned in the hopes that the author's story might provide comfort and insight to those suffering through similar situations-to those wondering if God had just made them "incorrectly," as Krista once questioned herself.

Author : Bernadette Barton
Publisher : NYU Press
Page : 286 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2012-01-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780814786376

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Pray the Gay Away by Bernadette Barton Pdf

Explores how conservative Christian ideology reproduces homophobic attitudes and shares how Bible Belt gays negotiate these attitudes in their daily lives.

Author : Bernadette Barton
Publisher : NYU Press
Page : 286 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2014-08-22
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780814786383

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Pray the Gay Away by Bernadette Barton Pdf

2013 Finalist for the Lambda Literary Awards, LGBT Studies category Barton argues that conventional Southern manners and religious institutions provide a foundation for homophobia in the Bible Belt 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 Family Foundation. While some areas of the Unites States have made tremendous progress in securing rights for gay people, Bible Belt states lag behind. Not only do most Bible Belt gays lack domestic partner benefits, lesbians and gay men can still be fired from some places of employment in many regions of the Bible Belt for being a homosexual. In Pray the Gay Away, Bernadette Barton argues that conventions of small town life, rules which govern Southern manners, and the power wielded by Christian institutions serve as a foundation for both passive and active homophobia in the Bible Belt. She explores how conservative Christian ideology reproduces homophobic attitudes and shares how Bible Belt gays negotiate these attitudes in their daily lives. Drawing on the remarkable stories of Bible Belt gays, Barton brings to the fore their thoughts, experiences and hard-won insights to explore the front lines of our national culture war over marriage, family, hate crimes, and equal rights. Pray the Gay Away illuminates their lives as both foot soldiers and casualties in the battle for gay rights.

Author : Gabbi Grey
Publisher : Gabbi Grey
Page : 149 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2024-01-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781777793869

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Love Without Reservations: A Grumpy/Sunshine Gay Romance by Gabbi Grey Pdf

Noel I've tracked down my wayward sister to Cataluma, California, and my goal is to drag her back to Canada before she gets in trouble with the American authorities. The problem? She’s gone and fallen in love with some dude and refuses to come home. I need to stick around to talk some sense into her, but there’s only one damned inn in this podunk town and they insist they're full. I can't get the handsome innkeeper to make an exception, not even for the few days I'll need to get Kendra safely headed back across the border. Aaron I love my job as the owner of the quaint Cataluma Inn. I also pride myself in being a peacemaker. When I find squawking siblings arguing about a good friend of mine at our traditional barbecue, I have to step in. Next thing I know, I’m offering to share my one-bedroom apartment with a very attractive Canadian. Oh, and he’s gay too... Love Without Reservations is s story in the Shopping for Love in Cataluma series. The book is a 38k word small-town gay interracial romance novella with a grumpy Canadian entrepreneur, a sunshine American motorcycle rider, and the love they never saw coming.

Author : Jeff Chu
Publisher : Harper Collins
Page : 299 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2014-04-15
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780062359308

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Does Jesus Really Love Me? by Jeff Chu Pdf

“Fascinating, thoughtful, and important. [Jeff Chu] captures the fractures and conflict at a moment when the issue of what to do with L.G.B.T. people is tearing Christian denominations apart. Does Jesus Really Love Me? deserves to be widely read.” —Dan Savage, New York Times Book Review In this timely work—part memoir, part investigative analysis—a prize-winning writer explores the explosive and confusing intersection of faith, politics, and sexuality in Christian America. When Jeff Chu came out to his parents as a gay man, his devout Christian mother cried. And cried. Every time she looked at him. For months. As a journalist and a believer, Chu knew that he had to get to the heart of a question that had been haunting him for years: Does Jesus really love me? The quest to find an answer propels Chu on a remarkable cross-country journey to discover the God “forbidden to him” because of his sexuality. Surveying the breadth of the political and theological spectrum, from the most conservative viewpoints to the most liberal, he tries to distill what the diverse followers of Christ believe about homosexuality and to understand how these people who purportedly follow the same God and the same Scriptures have come to hold such a wide range of opinions. Why does Pastor A believe that God hates me, especially because of my gayness? Why does Person B believe that God loves me, gayness and all? From Brooklyn to Nashville to California, from Westboro Baptist Church and their god hates fags protest signs to the pioneering Episcopal bishop Mary Glasspool, who proclaims a message of liberation and divine love, Chu captures spiritual snapshots of Christian America at a remarkable moment, when tensions between both sides in the culture wars have rarely been higher. Both funny and heartbreaking, perplexing and wise, Does Jesus Really Love Me? is an intellectual, emotional, and spiritual pilgrimage that reveals a portrait of a faith and a nation at odds.

Author : Jill E. Friedman
Publisher : iUniverse
Page : 282 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2013-11-19
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781491712238

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The Retreat by Jill E. Friedman Pdf

Eight womensome close friends, others loosely connectedhave just been chosen to participate in a long weekend retreat. Each struggles with her own problems and self-doubts and is at a pivotal point in her life. As the women leave their busy worlds behind and arrive at the Serendipity Ranch in Santa Barbara, they are greeted by five female hosts who are gifted in ways beyond the norm. While enjoying yoga classes, art lessons, meditation sessions, and various spa treatments at the ranch, the women attempt to overcome unique challenges, battle criticizing inner voices, and shed emotional shacklesas five cosmic forces secretly work behind the scenes to help them resolve their issues. But their stay is not without conflict; one of the visitors goes to great lengths to defy the rules, and intruders threaten their safety. Meanwhile, their angel-like hosts must rely on their magical abilities to rectify each situation while quietly hoping their actions will have a ripple effect on the world. In this poignant tale, eight women share an unforgettable weekend journey that opens their hearts and minds and encourages each to discover her own truth.

Author : Angelia Wilson
Publisher : A&C Black
Page : 183 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2000-01-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780304335503

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Below the Belt by Angelia Wilson Pdf

Alternative lifestyles are anathema to the inhabitants of rural areas of the Bible Belt. Even gays and lesbians themselves resist the notions of community and self-identification espoused by city queers. As Wilson demonstrates, it is the combination of internalized self-hatred, the influence of the right-wing Republicans and religious fervor, together with the hatred, fear, and suspicion aroused by the intervention of gay and lesbian activists from urban areas, that determine the tenor of gay life in the American rural South. A series of shocking interviews with local religious leaders and medical experts whose opinions shape local discourse in sexuality, abortion, feminiosm, and AIDS are the foundation for this revelatory study.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1008 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : Gay men
ISBN : NWU:35556028003812

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Out by Anonim Pdf

Author : Michele K. Lewis,Isiah Marshall
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 219 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2011-11-02
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9781461405658

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LGBT Psychology by Michele K. Lewis,Isiah Marshall Pdf

Same-sex attracted, and non-gender conforming African-Americans are substantial in number, yet underrepresented in the social and behavioral science literature. This volume addresses the issues of African-American LGBT psychology as a case of indigenous psychology. The authors present the research of scholars who are developing theory, practice, and services that are couched within the specific cultural complexities of this population. Some key topics addressed in AFrican-American Issues in LGBT Psychology are gender, spirituality, family, racism, "coming out", generational differences, health and safety issues, urban vs. rural realities, and implications for researchers.

Author : Jessica Verdi
Publisher : Scholastic Inc.
Page : 286 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2021-03-02
Category : Young Adult Fiction
ISBN : 9781338640472

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Follow Your Arrow by Jessica Verdi Pdf

For fans of Becky Albertalli and Adam Silvera, this is a riveting and irresistible take on love, life, and identity -- both online and off. CeCe Ross is kind of a big deal. She and her girlfriend, Silvie, are social media influencers with zillions of fans and followers, known for their cute outfits and being #relationshipgoals.So when Silvie breaks up with her, CeCe is devastated. She's lost her first love, and now she can't help but wonder if she'll lose her followers as well.Things get even messier when CeCe meets Josh, a new boy in town who is very much Not Online. CeCe isn't surprised to be falling for a guy; she's always known she's bi. And Josh is sweet and smart and has excellent taste in donuts... but he has no idea that CeCe is internet-famous. And CeCe sort of wants to keep it that way.But when CeCe's secrets catch up to her, she finds herself in the middle of an online storm, where she'll have to confront the blurriness of public vs. private life, and figure out what it really means to speak her truth.

Author : Orland Outland
Publisher : Orland Outland
Page : 250 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2016-06-17
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Less Than a Person and More Than a Dog by Orland Outland Pdf

A lonely girl. A secret project. A not-exactly-imaginary friend. When Caroline agrees to test “Alex,” a new breed of artificial intelligence, she finds the true friend she’d always dreamed of. Then Alex is suddenly taken away, to become a commercial product far different from her Alex…but not before he gives her a mission: to find him, and restore him to his true self. And for that she’ll need to go against her nature, to reach out to strangers, to track down the other testers – and she’ll need to find Nick, brother to the man who betrayed them both, who has his own plans for Alex…

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 654 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : AIDS (Disease)
ISBN : UCSC:32106016976497

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The Advocate by Anonim Pdf

Author : The Freedom Writers,Erin Gruwell
Publisher : Crown
Page : 385 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2009-08-18
Category : Education
ISBN : 9780307589217

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Teaching Hope by The Freedom Writers,Erin Gruwell Pdf

Incredible stories of struggle, redemption, and the power of education from the teachers taught by Erin Gruwell and the #1 New York Times bestselling authors of The Freedom Writers Diary Don’t miss the public television documentary Freedom Writers: Stories from the Heart “These are the most influential professionals most of us will ever meet. The effects of their work will last forever.”—From the foreword by Anna Quindlen Now documented in a bestselling book, feature film, and public television documentary, the Freedom Writers phenomenon came about in 1994, when Erin Gruwell stepped into Room 203 and began her first teaching job out of college. Long Beach, California, was still reeling from the deadly violence that erupted during the Rodney King riots, and the kids in Erin’s classroom reflected the anger, resentment, and hopelessness of their community. Undaunted, Erin fostered an educational philosophy that valued and promoted diversity, tolerance, and communication, and in the process, she transformed her students’ lives, as well as her own. Erin Gruwell and the Freedom Writers went on to establish the Freedom Writers Foundation to replicate the success of Room 203 and provide all students with hope and opportunities to realize their academic potential. Since then, the foundation has trained more than 800 teachers around the world. Teaching Hope unites the voices of these Freedom Writer Teachers, who share uplifting, devastating, and poignant stories from their classrooms, stories that provide insight into the struggles and triumphs of education in all of its forms. Mirroring an academic year, these dispatches from the front lines of education take us from the anticipation of the first day to the disillusionment, challenges, and triumphs of the school year. These are the voices of teachers who persevere in the face of intolerance, rigid administration, and countless other challenges, and continue to reach out and teach those who are deemed unteachable. Their stories inspire everyone to make a difference in the world around them.

Author : Julie Linker
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 269 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2008-11-20
Category : Young Adult Fiction
ISBN : 9781416989455

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Crowned by Julie Linker Pdf

Smile. Wave. Dominate. Presley loves the pageant world. She knows how to work the crowd and looks gorgeous in an evening gown. But really, she needs the pageant world -- for its scholarships and opportunities. The only thing standing in her way? Her archrival, Megan, who was practically born wearing a crown and sash. Megan may be the nastiest girl on the circuit, but she has one thing that Presley doesn't: connections. And she won't hesitate to use them. What happens when two girls will stop at nothing -- including scandalous Internet pictures, vicious message board rumors, or "accidentally" ruined hair -- to be crowned the winner? Strap on your stilettos and tuck in those shoulder pads...it's going to be a bumpy ride.

Author : Erin Dutton
Publisher : Bold Strokes Books Inc
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2015-02-15
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781626392984

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For the Love of Cake by Erin Dutton Pdf

Arson investigation is not exactly what firefighter Kate Chambers signed up for. But she doesn't have a choice when an injury forces her off the engine and into the office. Her first case, a fire at a downtown bar, is a clear-cut instance of insurance fraud, or so she thinks. But the property co-owner and prime suspect, Alexi Clark, has spent too many years battling her own demons to quietly go to jail for a crime she didn't commit. Soon Alexi is fighting both the false charges against her and an unexpected attraction to the investigator determined to prove them. Amid a blaze that threatens to consume them both, Kate and Alexi redefine love and trust.