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Originally Posted by SerenityLives
I am bisexual as well and it took a lot of denial but nothing seemed to work no matter how hard I prayed to God, tried to date guys. At one time I felt like I was living a double life in college, joining Christians on Campus and simultaneously, neevously avoiding church people who happen to be on campus to go to evening lgbtq support groups. There were times when I felt like giving up, letting go, having suicidal thoughts, but I finally realized that I only had one life, and that was given to me by God. I had to live it and stop pretending. I worry also for the ones still stuck in LC and struggling with their sexuality or gender identity, hence why I wanted to start this thread to show that there is hope out there for any of them if they are starting to question and need to know that there are others like them, who have gone through similar experiences. Thank you for sharing and I’m glad to know I am also not alone.
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Hearing that you were in COC helps clarify for me the "in LC" part of this new thread. I had been thinking that, at least according to my own experience, the LGBT+ topic in the local church is essentially not brought up except in the college student context. As far as I am aware, "the ministry" doesn't spend much if any time on the topic, and the co-workers are more concerned with their own "deputy authority" during the trainings and conferences than to address this topic at all. The only place I have heard much said, and it wasn't much, was in the context of college student gatherings.....mostly things like Q&As or "special topics" or something like that.