Gay Girl, Good God: The Story of Who I Was, and Who God Has Always Been

Reading this book blessed me deeply. Jackie ends her Introduction with “This work is my worship unto God that, with prayer, I hope will leave you saying, “God is so good!” This attitude was unmistakable throughout. I walked away from each sitting with so much praise in my heart!

The book is organized in three parts:

Part 1: Who I Was- tells about Jackie’s life before salvation

Part 2: Who I Became- details the changes that took place as she began to obey God and the discipleship she experienced.

Part 3: Same-Sex Attraction AND…- instructs readers about how to view and help Same-Sex Attracted people, including other Christians.

One of Jackie’s great talents and loves is poetry. I often found myself stopping to ponder more deeply simply because she used poetic language that I hadn’t understood on the first read. Sometimes it frustrated me to be slowed down, but most of the time I appreciated it for better expressing the beauty of the truth.

I read this book to gain understanding on same sex attraction and delivered above and beyond what I hoped to gain from reading this book.

Jackie Hill Perry is a talented and experienced poet and that is made clear in the way she beautifully crafts a captivating retelling of her testimony and views on homosexuality as a born again believer.

If you are either, someone struggling with same sex attraction or someone who wants to grow in their understanding and empathy for same sex attracted people, then I highly recommend this book!

I read this wanting to understand and lean into a person who has life experience in the challenging area of same sex and """"other"""" gender sexual desire. It did not disappoint. I love the poetry and sound Biblical teaching throughout. I highly recommend if you want to become informed and become more empathetic and loving in your witness.

I quite liked this book. I really enjoyed hearing about Jackie's conversion and think the story about how she encountered God was really authentic. I enjoyed the 'teaching' section towards the end less and it was a bit hard to follow. I would have preferred to have heard more about her story rather than have the teaching part. Most born again Christians would get something out of this.