Title: The Lord is My Shepherd and He Knows I'm Gay Author: Rev. Troy Perry with Charles L. Lucas Published by: Liberty Press, 1972 ISBN: 0-938743-00-7 [trade paperback, 205 pages]
As the founder of the Universal Fellowship of Metropolitan Community Churches (UFMCC), Troy Perry has seen that church grow from twelve members to over forty thousand in ten countries. UFMCC now has over two hundred study groups, missions and churches throughout the world.Reverend Perry has been at the forefront of civil and human rights movements since founding UFMCC in 1968. He has addressed and continues to address issues of racism, sexism, homophobia and other forms of oppression.
The Lord Is My Shepherd and He Know I'm Gay is Troy Perry's story, ranging from his Georgia childhood to the formative years of his church. It is a story of pain and struggle, a story of triumph over homophobia and bigotry, a story of the joys and sorrows of being gay and being proud.
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