Video | Gay suicide examined in 'Prayers for Bobby'

• Depression, isolation, rejection lead many gay youths to attempt suicide

Saturday night, a film called Prayers for Bobby debuts on Lifetime. The movie is based on a nonfiction book by the late Leroy Aarons, founder of the National Lesbian & Gay Journalists Association. (I knew Roy and served five years on the NLGJA national board.)

From Lifetime:

Academy Award nominee and Golden Globe winner Sigourney Weaver stars in this emotional true story about a 1970s religious suburban housewife and mother who struggles to accept her young son Bobby being gay. Premieres January 24 at 9 pm et/pt

Comments

[David Hart]

Focus on the Family's predictable reaction:

http://www.tips-q.com/content/prayers-bobby-has-few-evangelical-fans

[Joan Price]

I knew Roy also, and I'm a close friend of his life partner, Joshua. Did you know that Roy's website is live and updated, thanks to Josh?

http://www.leroyaarons.com/

I read Prayers for Bobby when it first came out in 1996, then I re-read when I heard that the Lifetime movie was about to air. It's just as powerful and relevant now as when it was first published.

[Steve Rothaus]

Joan, thanks for sharing the URL to Roy's website.