Amanda Higgin tells the story of Vicky Beeching – a Christian pop star who dropped a bomb on the conservative evangelical church when she came out as gay. Vicky had known she was gay since the age of 13 and had suffered the internal conflict familiar to young, gay evangelicals, including seeking out conversion therapy and even exorcism. Beeching hoped that by coming out she could show not only young, gay evangelicals but in fact everybody that the best gift of God is to be our whole selves. Being defiantly, fully herself lost her a successful career, global fame, and a strong platform, but it also healed her.
