Hiding from Myself: A Memoir

Hiding from Myself: A Memoir

"Unforgettable.Â This book will stay with me the rest of my life." Amazon reviewer Andreams

You can't turn on the TVÂ or pick up a newspaper withoutÂ seeing "gay" in a headline: from the issue ofÂ gay marriageÂ boiling in the cauldron of politicsÂ and religion, to bulliedÂ gay teens tragically taking their own lives, to countriesÂ passing legislationÂ making it a crime to be gay.

Few social issues ignite such passion from all sides.Â Â

For those who see homosexuality as immoral and a sin, the notion of gay marriage is intolerable. Â For those who are gay, being excluded andÂ shamed is simply intolerant.Â Â

Bryan Christopher's life has been spent straddling this great divide.

As a boy raised under the blinding Friday Night Lights of the Bible belt of Texas, from the playground to the pulpit one message was consistent:Â "queers" deserved to be smeared. Â And at the dawn of puberty, Bryan knew he was in trouble: he was staring limply at the pages of his dad'sÂ Playboy.Â

That's when the hiding began. Â And in his neck of the woods, it left him with one viable option:Â change.Â Â Â

"Hiding from Myself: A Memoir"Â chronicles his zealous crusade: fromÂ ringing doorbells for JesusÂ in the Castro of San Francisco toÂ sorting through Hugh Hefner's dirty laundry as aÂ butler at the Playboy Mansion; from the beer-soaked trenches of hisÂ UCLAÂ fraternity houseÂ to wholehearted immersion intoÂ "ex-gay" conversion therapy. Â

As Bryan walked the straight and narrow inÂ Hollywood, he found the narrow path to have more twists and turns than he could ever have imagined...

Country	USA
Author	Bryan Christopher
Binding	Kindle Edition
Edition	1
Format	Kindle eBook
IsAdultProduct
Label	BC Books
Manufacturer	BC Books
NumberOfPages	486
PublicationDate	2014-08-29
Publisher	BC Books
ReleaseDate	2014-08-29
Studio	BC Books