Prayers for Bobby

Bobby Griffith was his mother's favorite son, the perfect all-American boy growing up under deeply religious influences in Walnut Creek, California. Bobby was also gay. Struggling with a conflict no one knew of, much less understood, Bobby finally came out to his family.

• coming out
• suicide
• based on novel or book
• parent child relationship
• based on true story
• grief
• male homosexuality
• tragic event
• lgbt
• death of son
• teen suicide
• lgbt activist
• hard
• death of a loved one
• gay theme
• depressing
• empathetic
• powerful