Beyond Surviving vividly brings voice to the stories of Christian students in same-sex relationships as they encountered oppression, adolescence, first-love, and then a passion for social justice. Each of the students had early experiences related to family, religious, and educational socialization, which framed the ways in which they experienced their same-sex relationships as high school and college students. Although there were many positive outcomes of being in a same-sex relationship as a youth, all of the participants described internal and external conflicts that they had to manage and overcome. These stories are filled with attempts of suicide, physical and verbal abuse, isolation, loneliness, depression, and hospitalizations; moreover, they are also filled with triumph, self-realizations, community building, and the development of powerful queer leaders. These students turned their oppressive experiences into fuel for queer activism. Each student’s story is unique, heart breaking, and charged with unrelenting perseverance. The conflicts described related to seeking family support, having to hide relationships, seeking community acceptance, deconstructing socialization, and doubting the morality of the relationship.

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Dr. Joshua Moon Johnson is the Director of the Resource Center for Sexual & Gender Diversity/Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Services and Women’s Center programs at the University of California, Santa Barbara. Prior to joining UCSB, Dr. Johnson served as an Assistant Direc-tor in Housing & Dining and Residen-tial Communities at Northern Illinois University. While at NIU, Johnson also served as a teaching assistant for a Multicultural Education graduate seminar. Dr. Johnson earned a doctorate in higher education and a certificate in LGBT studies from Northern Illinois University, and his dissertation topic was on the experiences of Christian college students in same-sex relationships.

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