ELCA deacon channels closeted Minnesota childhood into book on churches accepting LGBTQ youth
The author of “Made, Known, Loved: Developing LGBTQ-Inclusive Youth Ministry" will give a virtual reading this week to talk about the book and its topics.
Written By: John Lamb
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ELCA Deacon and author Ross Murray. Special to The Forum
LITTLEFORK, Minn. — Ross Murray remembers growing up in a small Minnesota town in the 1980s and ’90s where he was bullied and called “gay” before he was even fully comfortable identifying as gay.
“I was pretty scared to death to tell anyone,” says the Littlefork native. “It was not part of the culture then. ‘Gay’ was a slur.”