Prayers for Bobby

Prayers for Bobby is a televised docudrama that premiered on the Lifetime network on January 24, 2009. It is a spinoff on the book, Prayers for Bobby A Mothers Coming to Terms with the Suicide of Her Gay Son, by Leroy F. Aarons, which is itself based on the true story of the life and legacy of Bobby Griffith, a young gay man who kills himself in 1983 due to his mothers homophobia. Ryan Kelley stars as Bobby Griffith and Sigourney Weaver portrays Mary, his mother.

Mary Griffith is a devout Christian who raises her childrenEd, Bobby, Joy and Nancyaccording to the evangelical teachings of her local Presbyterian church in the late 1970s and early 1980s in Walnut Creek, California.Ed finds Bobby resisting temptations to overdose on Tylenol as an initial suicide attempt before Bobby confides to him that he is gay. Life changes for the entire family after Mary learns about his secret. In hopes of converting him, she takes him to a psychiatrist, who explains to Bobbys parents that a persons homosexuality is the result of lacking a close relationship with parental figures. She then advises Bobby to pray harder and seek solace in Church activities, as well as to arrange a special bonding time with his father. While spending such quality time with his father, Bobby explains his desire to become a writer, to which his father suggests some dreams are just not realistic. ........

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