Vicky Beeching's recent book, Undivided, provides a lot of insight into how hard, if not impossible, it can be to be attracted to someone of the same-sex and be part of charismatic and/or conservative circles. Her memoir retells the damage that keeping her secret did to her. On top of this, when she finally went public, she lost her music career. At the same time, because of how much influence she'd had within the Christian music world, her coming out gave a lot of hope to a number of young LGBTQ Christians.
There is much to be sad about in this story, as it describes how too many within the church have continued to be lacking in grace and understanding to those who are LGBTQ. Yet, these stories, including hearing how/why suicide might be appealing to LGBTQ Christians, are important for us as Christians to hear. At the same time, it is a story of hope and courage - not only Beeching's courage and thankfulness that God was working in and through her story, but also because her story has given others hope and courage.
