Why I Say ‘Gay’

I don’t endeavor to speak for all gay Christians, but I can speak to my own experience of growing up gay in an evangelical Christian household in rural southern Missouri. What I can say about my upbringing is that life was hard. You see, for me, I was gay long before I noticed that men were attractive or donned my first rainbow tank top. Simply by taking my first breath of air, I began practicing my homosexuality. Simply by existing.