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Constantino Khalaf is an American author and journalist. He is a graduate of Columbia University in New York City, and has practiced journalism in Central America, Washington, DC, and New York. He is openly gay and adheres to the Christian faith. He spends his days drinking tea and sipping scotch in Portland, Oregon, with his husband, David. Together, the Khalafs write about marriage and relationships from a faith-based, LGBTQ standpoint.

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Modern Kinship: A Queer Guide to Christian Marriage
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David Khalaf (Goodreads Author),

Constantino Khalaf (Goodreads Author),

Rachel Held Evans (Foreword)

4.43 avg rating — 119 ratings — published 2019 — 2 editions

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Trust Your Experience

During my years of reparative (ex-gay) therapy, I remember being told that my same-sex attractions were a result of my emotional dysfunction. Later, in my faith-based men’s “healing” groups, I was told that my attractions were a result of my sin nature. I quickly developed the belief that my feelings were wrong, and that my experience of myself and the world was invalid. In short, I couldn’t trust