How is the book received? No rotten tomatoes after all (yet)

Rotten Tomato Destroyer on the Chrome web store

Marci: For me, going public about editing Evan’s free book GayLDSCrossroads was a coming out of sorts. I moved to Texas from Boston not too long ago, and although I had lots of acquaintances here, I wasn’t sure they knew me very well. The topic of LGBTQs hadn’t come up, so I didn’t know where they stood or vice versa.

I expected rotten tomatoes thrown at the computer screen. What I got instead nearly ZERO (vocal) pushback. Like a puny version of coming out - sometimes it’s a relief, not so scary, in fact. Instead, several parents and leaders came to me confidentially, saying they had few other people to talk to, speaking about youth who may be or are LGBTQ. I was thrilled to be a caring, listening presence as they sort things out, with some knowledge and resources to share.

Evan: By way of update, our site had thousands of unique visitors in the first three weeks. And, on average, dozens of new people continue to visit it every day. If I’m being totally honest, I’m surprised by that. When we released the book, I thought I was prepared for all possible reactions (mostly preparing myself for negative/challenging responses). But I wasn’t expecting that many people would be reading the book. I’ve also been surprised by how many people have reached out to Cheryl and me with positive feedback (we’ve received hundreds of uplifting personal messages). It makes me very happy to know people are finding the book a bit helpful as they journey in the difficult crossroads of church doctrine and LGBTQ realities.