Download or read book Saved, Sanctified, and Same Gender Loving written by Derrick Tennial and published by . This book was released on 2015-11-15 with total page 138 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Many African American Same Gender Loving (SGL) men have been marginalized by families and religious communities, shamed into suppressing our homoerotic desires and claiming faux deliverance, leaving many oppressed, depressed, and voiceless. Saved, Sanctified, & Same Gender Loving is a proclamation of reclamation for all African American SGL men who have lived conflicted lives, tormented by indoctrinated fears of eternal damnation, terrified of being rejected by God and family.In this book, I present stories that illustrate my struggle to reconcile my spiritual and sexual identities. I also challenge other men of color (whether openly gay, closeted, down low, or transgendered to confront their own identity. The paradigm has shifted. The time is now for African American communities and churches to reevaluate, reconsider, and reconceptualize their natural and spiritual perceptions of its African American SGL members. Saved, Sanctified, & Same Gender Loving gives a different perspective into this segment of the SGL population and ask you (the reader) Questions of Reconciliation designed to foster transformation. Whether you are straight or SGL , I challenge you to read this book with an open mind and an open heart.