Pray the gay away book

As well as. Pray the Gay Away illuminates their lives as both foot soldiers and casualties in the battle for gay rights. Book Review Reviewed by Romuald Dzemo for Readers' Favorite Pray the Gay Away by Michael Zakar and Zach Zakar is a memoir, at times sensational and heartbreaking, of Iraqi twins in modern America, two brothers “cursed” to be gay — at least in the eyes of their own mother.

Whether or not youve ever lived in the 'toxic pray yourself, too many of our fellow citizens still wake up there every morning. The stories she tells are riveting, heartbreaking, infuriating, yet ultimately uplifting.

While some areas of the Unites States have made tremendous progress in securing rights for gay people, Bible Belt states lag behind. Our Book Pray the Gay Away chronicles Michael and Zach as they face awkward sexual encounters, drug-fueled escapades, book out to each other, and their biggest foe – Mom, a woman who not only gave birth to what she calls one regret – but two.

Reviews On Pray The Gay Away: "I just finished reading "Pray The Gay Away" and I think it resonates well with queer youth today. This is a book to be valued by educators, social workers, mental health counselors, and others seeking a deeper understanding of the fear and hatred experienced by gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender youth that will hopefully lead to improved support of gay youth and the development of safe spaces.

This book tackles the inner and outer struggle of confronting/trying to understand and express your sexuality. Especially from personal experience growing up with a couple of closeted queer siblings myself. She explores how conservative Christian ideology reproduces homophobic attitudes and shares how Bible Belt gays negotiate these attitudes in their daily lives.

Overall this work sets out to tell the stories of Bible Belt gays and provide an arena where their lives and experiences are given center stage. You can select specific subjects that match your interests! Drawing on the remarkable stories of Bible Belt gays, Barton brings to the fore their thoughts, experiences and hard-won insights to explore the front lines of our national culture war over marriage, family, hate crimes, and equal rights.

Ultimately, Barton has constructed a substantive and instructive text for scholars and students. We owe it to them to listen to the stories they have so away shared. In Pray the Gay AwayGay Barton argues that conventions of small town life, rules which govern Southern manners, and the power wielded by Christian institutions serve as a foundation for both passive and active homophobia in the Bible Belt.

Barton provides a thorough analysis of the cultural terrain known as the Bible Belt as well as the factors embedded within this terrain that consistently isolate and marginalize non-heterosexual desire and practice. Barton's arguments are refreshing and provide a 'talk back' to homophobic statements.

Amust-read for the winter. In Pray the Gay Away, Bernadette Barton argues that conventions of small town life, rules which govern Southern manners, and the power wielded by Christian institutions serve as a foundation for both passive and active homophobia in the Bible Belt.

Barton skillfully achieves this end. Using an impressive array of ethnographic materials. Id go so far as to say its required reading for anyone who cares about what it means to be gay in America today. This is not a book about random anti-gay violence; the majority of Barton's subjects were treated more brutally by their own families than by strangers.

Request Exam or Desk Copy. Yet, she is blunt about the damage that they can cause. Not only do most Bible Belt gays lack domestic partner benefits, lesbians and gay men can still be fired from some places of employment in many regions of the Bible Belt for being a homosexual.

Garfield is gay author’s tales of gay life in this area of the country, where anti-gay evangelical Protestantism holds sway, range from the harrowing to the mundane.

Worthwhile reading for anyone interested in what it means to be gay in an overtly hostile environment. Rather than seeing her respondents as passive victims, Barton shows her audience that The Belt gays have an intimate understanding of conservative Christianity that can help us all to understand conflicts in American culture.

Though Barton documents numerous cases of religious-based abuse, she is tolerant of conservative Christians.