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Screamed at my abusive stepfather's grave.

Lori

From the very beginning my real dad told me he loved me, but left. He may have loved me, but I don’t know. Then a step dad came in, and said he loved me and my mom, but would also tell me to not tell. It started with fondling...

I’m living proof that a gay man can become a family man.

Chris D

Every relationship, every encounter, would get worse, would become more perverted, more faceless, more emotionless. I had been with countless men. I could fill up a notebook full of the men that I had been with.

I have experienced healing from many episodes of sexual abuse.

Chris D

"My grandfather was very perverted. He did things and said things only to me, and it was kept a secret."

Convinced I had committed the unforgivable sin.

Cat

You can forgive me of the drinking and the drugs. You can forgive me of the sexual sins that ran deep. But you can’t forgive me for that. That was unforgivable to me.

Baseball All-Star, girlfriend with benefits. Life seemed perfect.

Andrew

"She went to the doctor for a sports physical. While there she was asked if she was sexually active. She said; “Yes.” She panicked and froze. Stuff hit the fan."

Would do anything for approval.

Hannah

I didn’t know if God loved me. I was just so desperate. I started to try to find my identity in relationships with guys.

Should I be with a man or a woman?

Dana

God loves you and he cares about you; and he wants the best for you. You find freedom in his love through surrendering to him.

After three generations of sexual abuse, found acceptance from a Christian community.

Scott L

I was addicted to pornography, I was addicted to masturbation. I was addicted to sex. I was also a heterosexual male

The arrest on my way to becoming a call girl led to salvation.

Kaylan

I had never prostituted before and I was going to go down there for the first time and do it.

Mom tried to kill me in the womb with strychnine.

Greg

When my mother was pregnant with me she decided she didn’t want to have me