A review by paddles1704
Gay Girl, Good God: The Story of Who I Was, and Who God Has Always Been by Jackie Hill Perry

2.0

In my opinion, this book is at the very least unfinished. There are so many loose threads that I think she doesn’t pull on because she wants to glorify God over telling her story, but she was doing that through telling her story, and now I am so confused about a few things. I am hesitant to give a negative review when LGBTQI voices are lacking so heavily in the Christian community and I also recognise she is an African American woman, which means her voice is even rarer. She speaks poetry, which is how she writes as well, and it’s unique and often beautiful. At the very least, she details the chronology of living a sinful life, accepting Christ and then changing her life very clear. That order is really, really good.

However, I could not recommend this to a non-Christian gay person exploring Christianity. I don’t think it has any practical advice, other than her personal testimony of coming to Christ, for what to do before or after you accept Jesus. No notes on being celibate other than that it is a good option to be single, and Jesus understands temptation. A very unhelpful exploration of clothing and femininity when it came to transitioning out of being a “stud” lesbian. Almost no mention of the Bible verses that condemn homosexuality as a sin, and rather an assumption the reader will accept it as one – very unhelpful for gay people exploring faith or new Christians.