Ultimately, it was not my sexual attraction to men that confirmed my being gay but my falling in love with my best male friend. I found myself having overwhelming feelings for him that I did not have for my girlfriend at the time, a woman who really was my best friend. Na?vely I had failed to see that my feelings for my male friend were not feelings that straight men felt for their own male friends. In the spring of 1983, I resigned from the Christian ministry and came out as a gay man.
The photographs from my "Jesus days" are a testament to the time before I came out as a gay man. The images show the world as seen by a closeted young gay man. By showing these pictures today, I hope to give voice to a young man who once had no voice. Today, many gay and lesbian youth from religious backgrounds suffer the same struggles that I suffered some three decades ago. I hope that Jesus Days gives them hope and inspiration.
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for some reason I was expecting pictures of all his hot missionary Friends without their Shirts on! - LOL
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