Marc Adams and HeartStrong

Another fascinating person with a worthy cause that I met this nice Sunday. Here's the blurb from the UUCY Order of Service:

Marc Adams, the author of eight books including his award-winning autobiography, The Preacher's Son, five collections of poetry and The Do's and Don'ts of Dealing with the Religious Right.
Reared in a cultish, fundamentalist Baptist Christian home, aware that he was gay by the age of seven, and weaving his way through religious schools (including Jerry Falwell's university) and reparative therapy techniques, Adams started his journey to self acceptance at age 23.
Marc Adams is also the founder and executive director of HeartStrong, Inc. It is the only educational non-profit organization in the world with the mission to provide support and outreach to GLBT students terrorized at religious educational institutions. The HeatStrong Outreach Team has driven over 328,000 miles in the past nine years.

Interesting guy with an interesting story and excellent speaking skills. Buy his book; look into the HeatStrong mission. Find out more about what you can do to help in this crazy world.