| 词条 | Justin Lee (activist) |
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| name = Justin Lee | image = Justin_lee_in_2010.jpg | image_size = | alt = | caption = Lee in 2010 | other_names = | birth_name = | birth_date = | birth_place = | death_date = | death_place = | nationality = American | citizenship = | education = William G. Enloe High School | alma_mater = Wake Forest University | residence = | occupation = Author, speaker, LGBT Christian activist. | employer = | known_for = Torn: Rescuing the Gospel from the Gays-vs.-Christians Debate | title = | spouse = | partner = | children = | website = {{URL|http://www.geekyjustin.com}} }} Justin Lee is an American author, speaker, and LGBT Christian activist known for his focus on building bridges between groups who disagree. He is the author of Torn: Rescuing the Gospel from the Gays-vs.-Christians Debate, and the director of a 2009 documentary, Through My Eyes, which explores the struggles of young gay Christians.[1][2] He is also known for founding the Gay Christian Network, which he ran from 2001 to 2017.[3] Currently, he is the executive director of Nuance Ministries. In 2017, Lee announced his next book would be published by Penguin Random House on the subject of "fighting cultural polarization and talking to the people you disagree with."[4] BackgroundLee grew up in a conservative Christian home and continued identifying as an evangelical even after coming out as gay. According to The New York Times, "Justin Lee believes that the Virgin birth was real, that there is a heaven and a hell, that salvation comes through Christ alone and that he... is an evangelical Christian."[5] In 1997, after struggling to reconcile his own faith and sexuality, Lee posted his story online and heard from others who were similarly struggling. This led him to be more outspoken on behalf of LGBT Christians.[6][7] Involvement with the Gay Christian NetworkIn August 2001, Lee launched the Gay Christian Network (GCN), first as a small online community of gay Christians, and then as a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization to provide resources and support to lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender Christians. The organization was notable for its welcoming of "Side B" gay and bi Christians who abstain from same-sex sexual relationships, despite Lee's own "Side A" (affirming) views.[8] In an interview for CNN, Lee explained: We're just trying to get people together who experience attraction to the same sex, however they have handled that, and who love Jesus and say, OK, you are welcome here, and then let's pray together and figure out where God wants us to take it.[9] In 2007, Lee discussed the organization's origins as an online community: The Internet has made a huge difference in creating a movement [...]. What at first might have seemed a little fringe group is then able to gain momentum as people meet others and discover they’re not alone.[10] By 2016, the organization had grown to the point that its conference was being promoted as "the largest annual LGBT Christian event" with an attendance of "1,500+ LGBT Christians and allies."[11] In 2017, Lee and the GCN board of directors announced in a joint statement that he would be leaving the organization "due to irreconcilable differences about the direction and future of the organization," and that the organization's name would soon be changing.[3][12][13] After his departure from GCN, Lee said he intended to continue doing LGBT Christian activism and announced the formation of a new nonprofit called Nuance Ministries.[14][12] Fight against reparative therapyLee has been an outspoken critic of the "ex-gay" or "reparative therapy" movement. In his book Torn, he discussed his own experience with the "ex-gay" movement in the 1990s, writing that "therapy can't make gay people straight...what's typically happening is behavior change, not orientation (that is, attraction) change."[1] In 2006, he appeared on the Dr. Phil Show to argue that attempting to change someone's orientation does not work.[15] In 2012, Lee held a public conversation with Alan Chambers, then the president of "ex-gay" organization Exodus International, in which Lee argued that Exodus was hurting people and being dishonest about their results. Chambers then admitted that The majority of people whom I have met, and I would say the majority meaning 99.9 percent of them, have not experienced a change in their orientation or have gotten to a place where they can say that they could never be tempted or are not tempted in some way, or experience some level of same-sex attraction.[16]A year later, when Exodus announced that they would be closing, Lee wrote, "As a Christian, I grew up believing groups like Exodus could make me straight. Even years after I realized that didn't work, I continued to hear from friends and family who pushed me to keep trying to change my orientation. Exodus's announcement today is the acknowledgement many of us have been waiting to hear for a long, long time."[17] "Side A"/"Side B" dialogueLee engages in frequent public dialogues with Spiritual Friendship co-founders Ron Belgau and Wesley Hill in which Lee takes a "Side A" position (arguing for monogamous same-sex relationships) and Belgau or Hill takes a "Side B" position (arguing for celibacy).[18][19][20][21] Other notable detailsLee is recognizable for his baldness and noticeable lack of eyebrows due to alopecia areata, a condition he has had since childhood.[22] Books
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Notes1. ^1 {{Cite book|url=https://www.amazon.com/Torn-Rescuing-Gospel-Gays-vs-Christians-Debate/dp/1455514306|title=Torn: Rescuing the Gospel from the Gays-vs.-Christians Debate|last=Lee|first=Justin|date=2013-05-14|publisher=Jericho Books|isbn=9781455514304|edition=Reprint|language=English}} 2. ^{{cite web |title=IMDb listing: Through My Eyes|url=https://us.imdb.com/title/tt1400371/|publisher=Internet Movie Database|accessdate=1 September 2009}} 3. ^1 {{cite web| author = Justin Lee| title = Statement on GCN| url = http://geekyjustin.com/statement-on-gcn/| format = website| accessdate = 2017-11-05}} 4. ^{{cite web| author = Justin Lee| title = My Books| work = GeekyJustin| url = http://geekyjustin.com/books/| format = website| accessdate = 2017-11-05}} 5. ^{{cite web|author= Neela Banerjee, |url= https://www.nytimes.com/2006/12/12/us/12evangelical.html|title= Gay and Evangelical, Seeking Paths of Acceptance|publisher= The New York Times|date= December 12, 2006|accessdate= February 11, 2008}} 6. ^{{cite news| title = Accepting his sexuality, he now helps others| first = Todd| last = Cohen| newspaper = Triangle Business Journal| date = 28 August 2009| page = 12| accessdate = 1 September 2009}} 7. ^{{cite news| title = Virgin Marys| first = Stephanie| last = Fairyington| newspaper = OUT| date = February 2007| pages = 46–49}} 8. ^{{cite news| title = The Believers| first = Tim| last = Murphy| newspaper = The Advocate| date = 17 June 2008| pages = 52–58}} 9. ^Transcript of 18 December 2006 episode of Anderson Cooper 360 10. ^Jeff McMillan, Gays, lesbians join the chastity movement, Associated Press, 31 May 2007 11. ^{{cite web |author = Gay Christian Network |title = GCN Conference |url = https://gcnconf.com/ |format = website |accessdate = 2017-11-05 |deadurl = yes |archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20150918205804/https://gcnconf.com/ |archivedate = 2015-09-18 |df = }} 12. ^1 {{cite web| author = Eliel Cruz| title = What's Next for LGBTQ Christians?| url = https://sojo.net/articles/what-s-next-lgbtq-christians| format = website| accessdate = 2017-11-05}} 13. ^{{cite web| author = Eliel Cruz| title = Founder of Gay Christian Network Parts Ways from Organization| url = https://www.faithfullylgbt.com/blog/2017/7/28/founder-of-gay-christian-network-parts-ways-from-organization| format = website| accessdate = 2017-11-05}} 14. ^{{cite web| author = Justin Lee| title = Nuance Ministries| url = http://geekyjustin.com/donate/| format = website| accessdate = 2017-11-05}} 15. ^{{cite web|author=Dr. Phil| title = Dr. Phil Episode 601| publisher = Dr. Phil| url = http://drphil.com/shows/show/601/| format = website| accessdate = 2008-02-11}} 16. ^{{Cite book|url=https://www.amazon.com/My-Exodus-Grace-Alan-Chambers-ebook/dp/B00P5W5GAC/|title=My Exodus: From Fear to Grace|last=Chambers|first=Alan|last2=Chambers|first2=Leslie|date=2015-09-29|publisher=Zondervan|language=English}} 17. ^{{cite web| author = The Gay Christian Network| title = Gay Christian Network Applauds Decision to Shut Down "Ex-Gay" Ministry| publisher = The Gay Christian Network| url = http://www.gaychristian.net/pr/press-release-exodus-international-062013.php| accessdate = 2013-08-13}} 18. ^{{Citation|last=BiolaUniversity|title=How Do We Love? A Thoughtful Dialogue on Sexual Differences|date=2015-05-11|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x9sRFdckyeg|accessdate=2017-11-06}} 19. ^{{Cite news|url=https://spiritualfriendship.org/2014/05/06/building-bridges-at-pepperdine-and-seattle-pacific/|title=Building Bridges at Pepperdine and Seattle Pacific|date=2014-05-06|work=Spiritual Friendship|access-date=2017-11-06|language=en-US}} 20. ^{{Cite news|url=https://ronbelgau.com/great-debate/|title=The Great Debate|date=2016-09-21|work=Ron Belgau|access-date=2017-11-06|language=en-US}} 21. ^{{Cite web|url=http://geekyjustin.com/great-debate/|title=The Great Debate: Justin’s View – Justin Lee|website=geekyjustin.com|language=en-US|access-date=2017-11-06}} 22. ^{{cite web| author = The Gay Christian Network| title = GCN Radio transcript 29 February 2008| publisher = The Gay Christian Network| url = http://www.gaychristian.net/gcnradio/trans_022908.php| format = website| accessdate = 2009-09-15}} 23. ^{{Cite web|url=http://geekyjustin.com/torn/|title=Torn: Rescuing the Gospel from the Gays-vs.-Christians Debate • Geeky Justin|website=Geeky Justin|language=en-US|access-date=2018-12-11}} 24. ^{{Cite web|url=https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/565133/talking-across-the-divide-by-justin-lee/9780143132707|title=Talking Across the Divide by Justin Lee {{!}} PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books|website=PenguinRandomhouse.com|language=en-US|access-date=2018-12-11}} External links
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