I first learned of the Griffith family in a 1989 article in the San Francisco Examiner.
An edition of Prayers for Bobby
(1995)
Prayers for Bobby
a mother's coming to terms with the suicide of her gay son
1st ed.
by Leroy Aarons
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Bobby Griffith was an all-American boy ...and he was gay. Faced with an irresolvable conflict-for both his family and his religion taught him that being gay was "wrong"-Bobby chose to take his own life.Prayers for Bobby, nominated for a 1996 Lambda Literary Award, is the story of the emotional journey that led Bobby to this tragic conclusion. But it is also the story of Bobby's mother, a fearful churchgoer who first prayed that her son would be "healed," then anguished over his suicide, and ultimately transformed herself into a national crusader for gay and lesbian youth.As told through Bobby's poignant journal entries and his mother's reminiscences, Prayers for Bobby is at once a moving personal story, a true profile in courage, and a call to arms to parents everywhere.
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Christianity, Diaries, Family relationships, Gay men, Homophobia, Homosexuality, Nonfiction, Parents & Friends of Lesbians and Gays, Parents of gays, Religious aspects, Religious aspects of Homophobia, Religious aspects of Homosexuality, Religious fundamentalism, Sociology, Suicidal behavior, Parent-Child Relations, Religion and Psychology, Suicide, Male Homosexuality, Psychology, Fundamentalism, Gays, family relationships, Homosexuality, religious aspects, christianity, Evangelicalism, New York Times reviewedPlaces
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