My name is Mark. I’m gay. I’m a Christian. And I love Jesus Christ and believe Jesus loves me. I knew this statement would be too controversial for the nondenominational Christian church I attended for 6 years. I’d have said “been attending” if I decided not to leave. When I was 7 years old, my father died of colon cancer. When I was 15, I told my mother I was suicidal and gay in the same sentence. At that moment, all she heard was that I was gay. When I was 21, I was diagnosed with Bipolar Disorder II and…
