What happens when a young man disvers he’s gay but the culture he is raised don’t addrs sexualy, much ls homosexualy?
Contents:
- WHAT’S IT LIKE TO BE GAY AND AMISH
- GROWG UP GAY AND AMISH AMERI: JAM SCHWARTZ
- YOUNG, GAY – AND AMISH
- WHY A GAY MAN SERV THE OLD ORR AMISH
- THE AMISH CLOSET – GROWG UP GAY A CLOSED COMMUNY
- LOL BLOG: BEYOND BUGGI AND BONS: TE STORI OF THE AMISH – GAY AMISH
- GROWG UP GAY AND AMISH AMERI: JAM SCHWARTZ
WHAT’S IT LIKE TO BE GAY AND AMISH
At 17, he was removed om his home and muny. He was sent, by his parents, to an ex-gay relig unselor. He was not allowed to vis his parents and to this day, his extend fay and muny do not know why he “left.” * gay amish boy *
He was sent, by his parents, to an ex-gay relig unselor.
But what if you grew up a society that never talks about homosexualy? Beg Gay and Amish.
GROWG UP GAY AND AMISH AMERI: JAM SCHWARTZ
* gay amish boy *
Due to the relig beliefs of most Amish, is no surprise that homosexualy is not discsed. His parents found out his was gay when he was 17.
YOUNG, GAY – AND AMISH
“Boys Will Be Boys” by AY is onle at BOYS! BOYS! BOYS! promotg queer and gay photography. * gay amish boy *
Over tears streamg down their face, Thad’ parents sent him to a non-Amish, ex-gay relig unselor, hop of savg him.
WHY A GAY MAN SERV THE OLD ORR AMISH
He had to leave his muny after his sister found a gay magaze he had been hidg, lled OUT. Wele to, a work for lbian, gay, bisexual, and transgenrAmish and ex-Amish! Jam Schwartz shar what was like to grow up Amish as a ltle gay boy.
“If an Amish youth out to his parents and says ‘I’m gay, ’ then they really don’t have any choice, ” says Jam Schwartz, a gay man who was raised an Amish muny.
THE AMISH CLOSET – GROWG UP GAY A CLOSED COMMUNY
Are you gay?
LOL BLOG: BEYOND BUGGI AND BONS: TE STORI OF THE AMISH – GAY AMISH
Not only gay, but out to the vast majory of iends and workers.
I alternately told myself that I remaed discrete to rpect the Amish belief that homosexualy is a s, or stggled wh the wardice of an ultimately untenable secrecy. A gay man’s journey to the Old Orr Amish. It was only a matter of time before a disgntled muny member learned I was gay and began sharg the news.
GROWG UP GAY AND AMISH AMERI: JAM SCHWARTZ
As a younger man I was a vol advote for gay rights, strint and unbendg whenever the topic was broached. We then stggle through their procs of disbelief that a gay man uld rpect the view that homosexualy is a s.
Ined, as one Amish iend wh whom I shared my sexualy told me ankly, “Amish see gays as the lowt of the low. This was the ntext which the mister asked me, potblank, if I was gay, the vigte that opens this article.
Some who learned that I was gay refed to work wh me anymore.