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February 7, 2020 (aged 85) Walnut Creek, California, U.S. Nationality. American. Occupation (s) Teacher, activist. Mary Griffith (October 13, 1934 – February 7, 2020) was an American LGBT rights activist whose son, Bobby, died by suicide due to her religious intolerance. [1] Following his suicide, Griffith became a longstanding LGBT rights ...
Feb 13, 2020 · One-time Monthly. $5 $19.67 $50. $5 $19.67 $50. Mary Griffith, who lost her gay son, Bobby, to suicide and subsequently became an advocate for LGBTQ rights, has died at the age of 85. The story of ...
Oct 11, 2019 · Mary Griffith is maintaining her gay son's legacy by fighting to end "conversion therapy." Mary Griffith. October 11 2019 1:45 PM EST. May 31 2023 6:50 PM EST.
Particularly striking to him was the mother, Mary Griffith, who had tried throughout her son's adolescence to "pray away" his "gay nature". At age 20, Bobby Griffith jumped to his death from a freeway bridge in Portland, Oregon. Mary was transformed by her loss and eventually renounced the rigid religious beliefs that had kept her from fully ...
- Leroy Aarons
- 1995
Prayers for Bobby: Directed by Russell Mulcahy. With Sigourney Weaver, Henry Czerny, Ryan Kelley, Austin Nichols. True story of Mary Griffith, gay rights crusader, whose teenage son committed suicide due to her religious intolerance.
- (18K)
- Biography, Drama, Romance
- Russell Mulcahy
- 2009-01-24
Screenwriter Katie Ford based the teleplay on the noted best-selling book Prayers for Bobby: A Mother's Coming to Terms with the Suicide of Her Gay Son by Leroy F. Aarons, a journalist who interviewed Mary Griffith about her experiences that led to the suicide of her son as well as her work advocating the rights of the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender community. Griffith and Aarons are ...
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Jan 14, 2009 · Halloween. October 30 2024 10:50 AM. Crime. October 29 2024 4:23 PM. Ex-evangelical Christian Mary Griffith overcame the suicide of her son Bobby and became an outspoken advocate for gay rights.
