Hiding from Myself: A Memoir
Book Details
Author(s)Bryan Christopher
PublisherBC Books
ISBN / ASINB00N64UL3S
ISBN-13978B00N64UL31
Sales Rank20,404
MarketplaceUnited States 🇺🇸
Description
"Unforgettable. This book will stay with me the rest of my life." Amazon reviewer Andreams
As a boy raised under the blinding Friday Night Lights of Texas--from the playground to the pulpit--one message was consistent: "queers" deserved to be smeared. And at the dawn of puberty, Bryan knew he was in trouble: he was staring blankly at the pages of his dad's Playboy. That's when the hiding began. And in his neck of the woods, it left him with one viable option: change.
"Hiding from Myself: A Memoir" chronicles his zealous crusade: from ringing doorbells for Jesus in the Castro of San Francisco to sorting through Hugh Hefner's dirty laundry as a butler at the Playboy Mansion; from the beer-soaked trenches of his UCLA fraternity house to wholehearted immersion in ex-gay conversion therapy.
At twenty three, his mission hit a snag.
His first "experience" in college had resurfaced as a fraternity brother and college basketball player (and despite the reprogramming, he was still in love with him, which is definitely not straight), so one tortuous night he hit bottom, desperately dialing a number advertised on Christian radio. If homosexuality is a sickness and a sin, then a Christian psychiatric ward promised to be an answer to his prayers. And from the suicide hotline counselor, it sounded like Jesus was not only on staff, but his miracles would be fully covered by his COBRA plan.
After 72 hours in the New Life clinic, he returned to his old life as an aspiring actor in Hollywood, pledging to redouble his efforts to heal his "sexual brokenness." As Bryan walked the straight-and-narrow in Hollywood--praying it would make him straight--he found the narrow path to have more twists and turns than he could ever have imagined...
As a boy raised under the blinding Friday Night Lights of Texas--from the playground to the pulpit--one message was consistent: "queers" deserved to be smeared. And at the dawn of puberty, Bryan knew he was in trouble: he was staring blankly at the pages of his dad's Playboy. That's when the hiding began. And in his neck of the woods, it left him with one viable option: change.
"Hiding from Myself: A Memoir" chronicles his zealous crusade: from ringing doorbells for Jesus in the Castro of San Francisco to sorting through Hugh Hefner's dirty laundry as a butler at the Playboy Mansion; from the beer-soaked trenches of his UCLA fraternity house to wholehearted immersion in ex-gay conversion therapy.
At twenty three, his mission hit a snag.
His first "experience" in college had resurfaced as a fraternity brother and college basketball player (and despite the reprogramming, he was still in love with him, which is definitely not straight), so one tortuous night he hit bottom, desperately dialing a number advertised on Christian radio. If homosexuality is a sickness and a sin, then a Christian psychiatric ward promised to be an answer to his prayers. And from the suicide hotline counselor, it sounded like Jesus was not only on staff, but his miracles would be fully covered by his COBRA plan.
After 72 hours in the New Life clinic, he returned to his old life as an aspiring actor in Hollywood, pledging to redouble his efforts to heal his "sexual brokenness." As Bryan walked the straight-and-narrow in Hollywood--praying it would make him straight--he found the narrow path to have more twists and turns than he could ever have imagined...
