Prayers For Bobby

Bobby Griffith was an all-American boy ...and he was gay. Faced with an irresolvable conflict-for both his family and his religion taught him that being gay was "wrong"-Bobby chose to take his own life. Prayers for Bobby, nominated for a 1996 Lambda Literary Award, is the story of the emotional

James Martin, growing up in halcyon Sydney in the 1970's, had never heard the name 'Bobby Fischer'. And yet, when this most controversial, both fêted and maligned, and much loved American won the World Chess Championship against incumbent Boris Spassky of Russia, in Reykyavik, Iceland in 1972, he was, having

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Loving the Unloved of Society “I realize that God brought me into this world, blessed with skills and talents. The only thing that makes sense to me is to use them in the service of the poor. It is at their feet that I find myself.” For almost ten years,

Samuel was called to be a prophet to the nations before he was even born. Jesus spoke directly to his mother about the miracle son she would raise. Samuel loses his father in the 9-11 attack at the World Trade Center and is raised alone by his mother Ruth. After

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Ця книга мемуарів — єдина, яку залишив по собі талановитий американський нейрохірург Пол Каланіті. Він вивчав англійську літературу та біологію в Стенфордському уні- верситеті, історію і філософію науки та медицини в Кемб- риджі, з відзнакою закінчив Єльську школу медицини і мріяв стати лікарем, а колись на пенсії — взятися до

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Despite increasing tolerance, legal protections against homophobia, and anti-discrimination policies throughout much of the western world, suicide attempts by queer youth remain relatively high. For over twenty years, research into queer youth suicide has debated reasons and risks, although it has also often reiterated assumptions about sexual identity and youth

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