I'm really tired tonight, so this will be short. I just wanted to say that if you haven't seen the Lifetime movie Prayers for Bobby, you really should. It has been on my Tivo for the last few weeks and I finally had the time to watch it this afternoon.
If you don't know the story, it's about young gay man whose mother tries to 'cure' him of his homosexuality through prayer and therapy and he ultimately ends up so depressed by not being the son she expects him to be that he commits suicide. After his death, his mother slowly begins to change her views and becomes involved with PFLAG.
Its so incredibly sad, but I think a lot of parents with a similar mindset to the mother in the film (which is based on a true story) could really have their eyes opened by watching this movie.
Sigourney Weaver was really amazing in the second half of the film. The scene at her workplace after her husband has given her the most awful news a parent can ever get and the one where she breaks down in church and has her realization that God didn't cure Bobby because there was nothing to be cured, were both fantastic.
I cried so much watching this movie, knowing that it not only really happened to Bobby but to countless others and continues to happen to this day.
It's really a film that shouldn't be missed.
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