Prayers for Bobby (2009)

Bobby Griffith was his mother’s favorite son, the perfect all-American boy growing up under deeply religious influences in Walnut Creek, California. Bobby was also gay. Struggling with a conflict no one knew of, much less understood, Bobby finally came out to his family.

• based on a true story
• based on novel or book
• christianity
• coming out
• death of a loved one
• death of son
• gay
• gay relationship
• gay teen
• gay theme
• grief
• homophobia
• intolerance
• lgbt
• lgbt activist
• male homosexuality
• parent child relationship
• religion
• religious intolerance
• suicide
• teen suicide
• tragic event