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Gay Girl, Good God: The Story of Who I Was, and Who God Has Always Been

"I used to be a lesbian."

In Gay Teen, Good God, composer Jackie Hill Perry shares her control story, offering practical tools that helped her in the process of conclusion wholeness. Jackie grew up fatherless and experienced gender confusion. She embraced masculinity and homosexuality with every fiber of her being. 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 loving women, when homosexuality felt more spontaneous to her than heterosexuality ever could?

At age nineteen, Jackie came face-to-face with what it meant to be made new. And not in a church, or through contact with Christians. God broke in and turned her heart toward Him right in her own bedroom in light of His gospel.

Read in order to grasp. Read in arrange to hope. Or read in direct , like Jackie, to be made fresh.

Audience:

Church

Audience:

College

Author:

Jackie Hill Perry

Language:

English

Pages:

208

Publication Date:

2018-09-03

Publisher:

B&H Books

Format:

Book

Topic:

Life Challenges

Binding:

Paperback

“You’re one of the ‘good gays.’”

I’ve heard this more times than I can count. Each occasion, my chest tightens, my stomach churns, and my inner animal comes online, resulting in two conflicting instincts: part of me wants to fight, while the other part just wants to disappear. The kicker? I’m supposed to take it as a compliment. I’m expected to express happiness graciously, laugh it off, and maybe even thank them.

But behind those words lies something much darker. It’s not just a careless comment—it’s one of the many weapons in the patriarchy’s arsenal; it’s violent and wrapped in a bow of microaggression. It’s a reminder that my acceptance and belonging hinges on my ability to make others comfortable.

If I dare to shove back—if I say, “That’s not okay”—the defenses come fast and furious: You’re overreacting. I didn’t mean it like that. It’s just a joke. Microaggressive gaslighting at its finest. And the worst part? It’s not strangers or acquaintances saying this. It’s the people I trust most, the ones who think they’re down and believe they’re in on the joke.

Let me be clear: when someone says, “You’re one of the good gays,” it’s not a compliment.

It’s straight-up homophobia.

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