The cross in the closet : one man's abominable quest to find Jesus in the margins

Distraught about the lack of empathy for LGBT persons in his religious upbringing, the author posed as a gay man in order to experience and to understand how that impacts people's lives.;Part I. Genesis. In the beginning ; Coming out, into the closet ; Not in Kansas ; Shawn ; Will ; Church street ; The mirror ; Revive café -- Part II. The old testament. Difficult truth ; It's hard to be gay in the spring ; Recruited ; What David felt ; Living in the tension ; Activist like me ; Sticks and stones ; My first prom ; Outed -- Part III. The new testament. Jesus in drag ; Becoming invisible ; The descent ; Happy endings ; Pride and prejudice ; Rescued ; Don't tread on me ; New bridge ; Another season ends -- Part IV. Revelations. The other side of the rainbow ; The walk ; I kissed a boy and I didn't like it ; Angela ; A reunion ; Baby human ; Love never fails ; Freddy, please ; The ball drops ; The beginning.