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Randy Scobey

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in Wichita Falls, TX, The United States

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Memoir, Gay and Lesbian, Christian

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As featured in the award-winning documentaries Pray Away and For They Know Not What They Do, Randy’s story reveals the struggle of coming to terms with being a gay man of faith. In his former career, Randy served as the last Executive Vice President of Exodus International. In his executive role, Randy contributed to several books, was featured in The Los Angeles Times, and was interviewed by worldwide media outlets as a lead spokesperson for the organization he would eventually help shut down.

Since (re)embracing his life and his truth, Randy works passionately against the toxic ideology that underlies conversion therapy—especially in its “pastoral” form of exgay ministry—further proving that the abuse must end. Ultimately, his extraordinar ...more

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WHY: A Memoir
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What Happened to All My Former Selves?

From an invisible abused child to a public ex-gay advocate and, finally, a man learning to live honestly, I look back at the many Randys who helped me survive—and how writing my memoir brought them together.

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The Gate of the Feral Gods (Dungeon Crawler Carl, #4)

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“I hope my readers feel inspired to embrace their LGBTQ+ loved ones even tighter and become
their champion, even if that loved one is themself—especially if that loved one is themself,”
― Randy Scobey, PROOF: WHY: A Memoir

tags: conversion-therapy, lgbtq, lgbtqia, stop-stigma

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