Common
Sons by Ronald
L. Donaghe
Joel's rural life of high school and farming in
Common, New Mexico, is changed forever when Tom comes to town. The
son of a preacher, Tom reaches out to Joel in friendship, and
their bond to each other becomes as tight as brothers. Joel's
openness to his own feelings and acceptance of himself (a healthy
trait instilled by his loving parents) allows him to explore some
new and confusing feelings he has for Tom. His confusion clears,
however, after a reckless drinking bout ends with a very public
kiss from Tom. But Tom's torment of sin and self-incrimination are
far from over. Common Sons, the first in a series entitled
"Common Threads in the Life," is a moving tale of
self-discovery, love, and finding the courage to come out and come
to grips with the truth in the face of hatred and adversity.
"If you are gay, you will be warmed by this
novel. You will undoubtedly identify one of these two young men,
their love for each other and their interactions with their
families and the local small town society." -- Anonymous
Review
The
Salvation Mongers by Ronald
L. Donaghe
A broken-hearted and enraged Kelly decides to
pose as a recruit at Lion's Mouth Christian Ranch to discover why
his beloved William committed suicide after experiencing a
religious conversion. In the isolated high mountains of the
desert, where there is no way out, Kelly soon discovers the awful
truth. But can he resist the powerful brainwashing or survive long
enough to tell others? Or will he inevitably lose his own
self-destiny in this deadly game of religious salvation in The
Salvation Mongers?
The ex-gay
movement is filled with lies and broken souls
"A
broken-hearted and enraged Kelly decides to pose as a recruit at
Lion's Mouth Christian Ranch to discover why his beloved William
committed suicide after experiencing religious conversion. In the
isolated high mountains of the desert, where there is no way out,
Kelly soon discovers the awful truth. But can he resist the
powerful brainwashing or survive long enough to tell others? Or
will he inevitably lose his own self-destiny in this deadly game
of religious salvation?" -- The
author, Ronald L. Donaghe , August 16, 2000
My
Year of Living Heterosexually: And Other Adventures in Hell by
Ronald
L. Donaghe
This is a true story... only the names of the
guilty have been changed.
Compared to the dangerous, rage-filled military
of today, where even the hint of homosexuality will get one badly
beaten or savagely murdered, mine were almost halcyon days as an
openly gay Airman First Class, where my boyfriend and I could be
together and everybody in my flight knew about us.
They could have been halcyon days, that is, if
it hadn't been for the madness of the war and the schizophrenia of
the American public over that Southeast Asian conflict; and if it
hadn't been for the wife I left back home and the child we had.
What should have been idyllic days of my youth spent proudly
serving my country as a gay soldier were misspent, instead, trying
to make sense of what had gone so terribly wrong, so fast: one day
I was a gay college student, the next a self-loathing homosexual
trapped in a straight marriage, and the next a GI in the military
machine during Vietnam. Come to think of it, I wouldn't change a
thing. -- The author, Ronald
L. Donaghe
