Someone I Love Is Gay: How Family & Friends Can Respond

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InterVarsity Press, May 23, 1996 - Religion - 215 pages
Finding out that a child, spouse, relative or friend is homosexual can be an unwelcome surprise. You're hit with a complex combination of emotions--grief, shame, fear, guilt. You are flooded with questions ranging from why to what's next. You wonder what a biblical response would be. At the same time, someone you care about deeply may be awaiting your response. What should you say? Someone I Love Is Gay was created out of Bob Davies's personal and professional experience and out of Anita Worthen's struggle with her son over these issues. Also drawing on experiences of others, the authors will help you handle your feelings while responding appropriately to your loved one.
 

Contents

How This Book Can Help
9
The Shocking Discovery
11
Surviving the Emotional Turmoil
22
The Continual Crushing Weight
42
Do I Dare Tell Anyone?
58
What Does Letting Go Really Mean?
67
Uncovering Another Family Secret
82
Living in the Shadow of AIDS
95
Special Concerns Questions
137
When a Friend Says Im Gay
160
Concerns Questions
179
Life After Homosexuality
192
Afterword
205
For Further Reading
206
Resources for Additional Help
210
Notes
212

Special Concerns Questions
114

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About the author (1996)

Worthen has been involved with ex-gay ministry to family members and friends for over ten years. She and her husband, Frank Worthen, one of the founders of the ex-gay movement, have spoken about homosexual ministry on four continents. They live in San Rafael, California. Bob Davies retired in 2001 as the North American director of Exodus International, a worldwide coalition of Christian ministries to men and women overcoming homosexuality. He currently serves on the music department administrative team at University Presbyterian Church in Seattle, Washington.

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