Is this book homophobic? — Gay Girl,... Q&A

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'Gay Girl, Good God' is an exprsive story that shar the thor's journey through life as a same-sex-attracted woman.

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GAY GIRL, GOOD GOD

“I ed to be a lbian.” In Gay Girl, Good God, thor Jackie Hill Perry shar her own story, offerg practil tools that helped her the procs of fdg wholens. Jackie grew up fatherls and experienced genr nfn. She embraced masculy and homosexualy wh every fiber of her beg. She knew that Christians had a lot to say about all of the above. But was she supposed to change herself? How was she supposed to stop lovg women, when homosexualy felt more natural to her than heterosexualy ever uld? At age neteen, Jackie me face-to-face wh what meant to be ma new. And not a church, or through ntact wh Christians. God broke and turned her heart toward Him right her own bedroom light of His gospel. Read orr to unrstand. Read orr to hope. Or read orr, like Jackie, to be ma new. * gay girl good god author *

Gay Girl, Good God, thor Jackie Hill Perry shar her own story, offerg practil tools that helped her the procs of fdg wholens.

She embraced masculy and homosexualy wh every fiber of her beg. How was she supposed to stop lovg women, when homosexualy felt more natural to her than heterosexualy ever uld? ‘Gay Girl, Good God’ ntas motivatg quot that posn the rear’s attentn on God.

GAY GIRL, GOOD GOD

* gay girl good god author *

‘Gay Girl, Good God’ is an spirg novel that prents characters who ntribute to Jackie Hill’s story of remptn om an ungodly life. ‘Gay Girl, Good God’ holds a set of them wh the goal to pass the msage of liverance om transgrsns to s rears.

Although que ntroversial, ‘Gay Girl, Good God’ acplish s purpose of enlighteng Christians on the effects of s. ‘Gay Girl, Good God’ owns a short, straight, and revealg storyle that giv the narratn of Jackie Hill Perry’s life before and after her acceptance of the Lord J Christ. Christians n’t ignore the subject of homosexualy, as ’s so terwoven wh our culture.

Her first book, Gay Girl, Good God: The Story of Who I Was, and Who God Has Always Been, reunts the circumstanc that shaped her gay inty, but Perry’s words, “Sexual abe is not what ma me gay. Gay Girl, Good God: The Story of Who I Was, and Who God Has Always Been. In Gay Girl, Good God, thor Jackie Hill Perry shar her own story, offerg practil tools that helped her the procs of fdg wholens.

WHEN A GOOD GOD ENUNTERS A GAY GIRL

Kristen Wetherell reviews Jackie Hill Perry’s ′Gay Girl, Good God: The Story of Who I Was, and Who God Has Always Been’ (B&H Books, 2018). * gay girl good god author *

She abed marijuana, loved pornography, and embraced both masculy and homosexualy wh every fiber of her beg. What I love most about Gay Girl, Good God is how unashamedly clar what’s te.

Perhaps Perry’s most helpful theologil pot is this: “God isn’t llg gay people to be straight” (177). While beg clear that homosexualy behavr is sful, Perry helpfully pots out that God’s ultimate ll on gay people is not straightns.

BOOK REVIEW: GAY GIRL, GOOD GOD BY JACKIE HILL PERRY

Qutn about Gay Girl, Good God: “Is this book homophobic?” * gay girl good god author *

Is this book homophobic?

GAY GIRL, GOOD GOD

— Gay Girl,... No, this book is anythg but homophobic.

Yep, ’s about a gay woman who forced herself to pursue a male orr to stop beg shunned by her fay.

Homophobia is a fear of homosexuals. Disagreeg wh a homosexual/homosexual issu isn't beg said this is a woman's bgraphy and has to be read first hand.

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class="article-le-byle" data-activy-map="le-byle-article-top">By <span class="byle-name"><a href=">Brooke Sopelsa</a></span></div></sectn><div class="article-body__ntent article-body-font--loadg"><p class="">A Christian high school stunt Kentucky was expelled after school admistrators saw a photograph om her 15th birthday party which she was wearg a rabow sweater and sg next to a rabow birthday ke.</p><p class="">“She was happy. She looked betiful,” the teen’s mom, Kimberly Alford, <a href=">told NBC affiliate WAVE of Louisville</a>. “Of urse, as a mom, I took her picture blowg out her ndl, and I posted that on my Facebook page.”</p><div class="ad ad--text-alignment ad-ntaer boxleAd dn-prt" data-ttid="ad__ntaer"><div data-mps="te" data-slot="boxle" data-siz="[[[1000,1],[]],[[758,1],[[300,250],[700,50],[5,5],[728,90],[360,360]]],[[0,0],[[300,250],[700,50],[5,5],[360,360]]]]" data-renr-on-view="te" data-targetg="{}" data-active-tab="te" data-offset-viewport="100" data-ttid="ad__ntaer__ner"></div></div><div id="taboolaReadMoreBelow"></div><p class="">Alford said that shortly after she posted the photo, she received a letter om the head of Whefield Amy, where her dghter, Kayla, was a hman.</p><p class="">“The WA Admistratn has been ma aware of a recent picture, posted on social media, which monstrat a posture of moraly and cultural acceptance ntrary to that of Whefield Amy’s beliefs,” the letter, signed Jan. 6 by the head of the school, Bce Jabson, said. “We ma clear that any further promotn, celebratn, or any other actns and attus that are unter to Whefield’s philosophy would not be tolerated. As a rult, we regret to rm you that Kayla is beg dismissed om the school immediately.”</p><p class="">While rabows n have many meangs — addn to beg a meteorologil phenomenon — they’ve served as a <a href=">universal symbol of gay pri</a> and acceptance sce the late 1970s.</p><div><sectn class="related related--sgle dn-prt" data-activy-map="related-article-body-related" data-ttid="related" aria-label="Related ntent"><h3 class="related__tle">Related</h3><div id="related" class="related__ems"><div class="related-em related-em__sgle"><div class="related-em__thumbnail-wrapper"><a href=" data-icid="related" class="related-em__lk related-em__picture-lk"><picture class="related-em__thumbnail__image"><source media="(m-width: 1240px)" srcSet=" 2x, 1x"/><source media="(m-width: 758px)" srcSet=" 2x, 1x"/><source srcSet=" 2x, 1x"/><img loadg="lazy" src=" alt="" height="60" width="60"/></picture></a><span class="related-em__eyebrow"><a class="related-em__label" href="><span>NBC OUT</span></a><a href=" data-icid="related"></a></span></div><div class="related-em__-wrapper"><h3 class="related-em__tle"><a class="" href="><span class="related-em__eyebrow">NBC OUT</span></a><a href=" data-icid="related" class="related-em__lk">Tmp mpaign's new hire is Fox News regular wh history of anti-gay remarks</a></h3></div></div></div></sectn></div><p class="">In a statement shared wh NBC News on Wednday, Whefield Amy said that the rabow-filled photo was jt the last straw followg two years of stunt vlatns.</p><div class="ad ad--text-alignment ad-ntaer boxleAd dn-prt" data-ttid="ad__ntaer"><div data-mps="te" data-slot="boxle" data-siz="[[[1000,1],[]],[[758,1],[[300,250],[700,50],[5,5],[728,90],[360,360]]],[[0,0],[[300,250],[700,50],[5,5],[360,360]]]]" data-renr-on-view="te" data-targetg="{}" data-active-tab="te" data-offset-viewport="100" data-ttid="ad__ntaer__ner"></div></div><p class="">“Inaccurate media reports are circlg statg that the stunt qutn was expelled om our school solely for a social media post,” the statement said. “In the fall, we met wh the stunt to give her a fal chance to beg to adhere to our of nduct. Unfortunately, she did not live up to the agreement, and therefore, has been expelled.”</p><p class="">Alford said an terview Tuday that her dghter had been on probatn sce October for “some behavral issu,” cludg cuttg class and beg ught wh an e-cigarette. She said school admistrators, “ a roundabout way,” told her that the probatn wasn’t about her dghter’s “sexualy.” However, Alford did say some stunts were unfortable wh her dghter’s “perceived sexualy.”</p><p class="">The disfort, acrdg to Alford, led a school unselor to give her dghter the book “Gay Girl, Good God,” whose thor, Jackie Hill Perry, is a formerly intified lbian <a href=" target="_blank">who claims God stopped her om beg gay</a>. Alford said her dghter and the unselor had been meetg weekly to go over the book before Kayla was expelled.</p><p class="">In s statement, the school did not addrs NBC News’ requts for ment about the addnal circumstanc of Kayla’s probatn and expulsn, cludg the other alleged “liftyle vlatns” and the unselg ssns wh “Gay Girl, Good God.”</p><div><sectn class="related related--sgle dn-prt" data-activy-map="related-article-body-related" data-ttid="related" aria-label="Related ntent"><h3 class="related__tle">Related</h3><div id="related" class="related__ems"><div class="related-em related-em__sgle"><div class="related-em__thumbnail-wrapper"><a href=" data-icid="related" class="related-em__lk related-em__picture-lk"><picture class="related-em__thumbnail__image"><source media="(m-width: 1240px)" srcSet=" 2x, 1x"/><source media="(m-width: 758px)" srcSet=" 2x, 1x"/><source srcSet=" 2x, 1x"/><img loadg="lazy" src=" alt="" height="60" width="60"/></picture></a><span class="related-em__eyebrow"><a class="related-em__label" href="><span>NBC OUT</span></a><a href=" data-icid="related"></a></span></div><div class="related-em__-wrapper"><h3 class="related-em__tle"><a class="" href="><span class="related-em__eyebrow">NBC OUT</span></a><a href=" data-icid="related" class="related-em__lk">YouTuber and makp artist Nikkie Tutorials out as trans</a></h3></div></div></div></sectn></div><p class="">In Whefield Amy’s <a href=">stunt handbook</a>, which n be found on s webse, the school says a “homosexual orientatn” hoehold wouldn’t be nsired “ harmony” wh the school’s beliefs.</p><p class="">“On ocsn, the atmosphere or nduct wh a particular home may be unter or opposn to the Biblil liftyle the school teach,” the handbook says. “This clus, but is not limed to, sexual immoraly, homosexual orientatn, or the abily to support Biblil standards of right and wrong.”</p><div class="ad ad--text-alignment ad-ntaer boxleAd dn-prt" data-ttid="ad__ntaer"><div data-mps="te" data-slot="boxle" data-siz="[[[1000,1],[]],[[758,1],[[300,250],[700,50],[5,5],[728,90],[360,360]]],[[0,0],[[300,250],[700,50],[5,5],[360,360]]]]" data-renr-on-view="te" data-targetg="{}" data-active-tab="te" data-offset-viewport="100" data-ttid="ad__ntaer__ner"></div></div><p class="">Alford filed an appeal wh the amy, argug that her dghter shouldn’t be “held acuntable for a ke that I purchased wh no tentn of promotg a posture of moraly and cultural acceptance that ntradicts that of Whefield Amy.” While Alford said the school refed to meet wh her, she said admistrators did agree to change her dghter’s expulsn to a voluntary whdrawal so would no longer be on her rerd.</p><p class="">Alford said she’s pretty certa that Kayla miss Whefield Amy, which she had attend sce the sixth gra.</p><p class="">“She had some close-kn iendships wh stunts. The parents are great,” Alford said. “I jt hate that this happened. Whefield was not all bad. I really liked . I wanted her to graduate om there.”</p><p class="">Kayla started public school Friday, and her mom said “she’s adjtg” to the new atmosphere.</p><p class="">Asked why she cid to share her fay’s story publicly, Alford said that she believ her dghter was treated “unjtly” and that she wants to prevent anyone else om beg subjected to siar treatment.</p><p class="">“I jt want to fend her a graceful way. I want to stand up for my child,” she said. “Jt treat people wh kdns and love, and don’t be judgmental.”</p><div class="ad ad--text-alignment ad-ntaer boxleAd dn-prt" data-ttid="ad__ntaer"><div data-mps="te" data-slot="boxle" data-siz="[[[1000,1],[]],[[758,1],[[300,250],[700,50],[5,5],[728,90],[360,360]]],[[0,0],[[300,250],[700,50],[5,5],[360,360]]]]" data-renr-on-view="te" data-targetg="{}" data-active-tab="te" data-offset-viewport="100" data-ttid="ad__ntaer__ner"></div></div><p class=""><strong>CORRECTION</strong> (Jan. 15, 2020, 9:36 a.m.) An earlier versn of this article misstated the affiliatn of Whefield Amy. 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