The holidays can be intense time. Food, family, fun - and often friction. It’s also a time when those of us who are struggling to overcome same-sex attraction may choose to “come out” to our families. I came out to my dad as gay-identified at around 15 or 16, then a post/ex-gay at 25, and then as an Exodus ministry leader probably around 29 or 30. He raised me as a single dad from when I was an early teen, and my mom was in and out of the picture. At one point, a family member out’ed me to my mom, but she & I never talked about it since our relationship has always been … [Read more...]
