Marc Adams, Lambda Literary Award finalist and Silver Pen Award recipient for his autobiography, The Preacher’s Son will be speaking at a Chicago Metro PFLAG.

The Preacher’s Son chronicles Marc’s life growing up gay as the son of a fundamentalist Baptist minister in rural Pennsylvania where he endured a childhood of physical, emotional, and spiritual abuse. He went on to attend, by choice, Jerry Falwell’s Liberty University where he also was employed for 3 ½ years in the student recruiting/university relations department. His book articulately reveals life at Liberty and the struggle to conform to the standards for which he would have been a martyr. He shares about his years as an ex-gay. It culminates with his coming to terms with being gay and his coming out to his fundamentalist Baptist Christian family.

Marc will share some of his life’s story, talk about his latest book, (lost)Found, as well as HeartStrong, Inc., the non-profit organization he co-founded. HeartStrong, Inc., is a non-profit educational organization for gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender students of religious schools, colleges, and universities. HeartStrong has provided hope and help to GLBT students who have endured faith-based anti-GLBT bullying in religious schools around the world since 1996.

This visit with PFLAG is part of HeartStrong's 20th Outreach/Educational Forum Trip.  The Outreach Team of HeartStrong has self-driven more than 346,000 miles over the past decade doing outreach and education.   

All of Marc’s books and resources will be available for purchase, including his latest book (the much anticipated follow up to The Preacher’s Son), (lost)Found. For more information about Marc Adams’ visit www.meetmarcadams.com.