Four young gay men grow up in a Southern Baptist Church.
Tropes:
- Crisis of Faith: Mark struggles to reconcile being gay and Christian.
- Driven to Suicide:Andrew after he realizes his mother knows.
- Gayngst: Several characters suffer from being told that their homosexuality is a sin that will put them in hell.
- Gayngst-Induced Suicide:Andrew
- Heteronormative Crusader: The preacher and his followers.
- Internalized Categorism: TJ rejects Mark, insists he’s not gay, and pursues a straight relationship. He believes this is the only way to be acceptable to God.
- Porn Stash: A mother finds gay magazines and a sales catalog with the men’s underwear section marked.
- Wanted a Gender-Conforming Child: Andrew’s mother. She asks her preacher’s advice for it.
