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A review by melissafelicia
Gay Girl, Good God: The Story of Who I Was, and Who God Has Always Been by Jackie Hill Perry
sad
fast-paced
0.25
I feel tricked. I found this book in a bookshop in the LGBT+ section and it seemed to be about being queer and religious. But it turns out to be about how being queer is a sin and how the author stopped being a lesbian after finding God. She does say that same sex attraction is not bad to have, but that you can become 'a slave' to it and describes it as temptation that we should resist.
This made me feel bad about being queer and religious. It says bad things about the queer community as well: "But the reality was that my gay community was indeed lifeless. They were what I had been, dead." How can you say that about the most accepting community I've ever been a part of? I feel bad for the girlfriend the author broke up with because she "gotta live for God now", that was so sad. I recognize how difficult it is to be both queer and religious, how the communities are sometimes at odds with each other, but that does not mean you have to choose one or the other and it's hurtful that the author says you do.
Graphic: Homophobia and Religious bigotry
Moderate: Sexual assault
Minor: Drug use