The amazing true story of a mother torn between her loyalties, chaIlenged by her faith, and moved by a tragedy that would change her Iife, and the lives of others, forever.
Bobby Griffith (Ryan Kelly, SmalIviIle) was his mother s favourite son, the perfect all-American boy growing up under deepIy religious influences in Walnut Creek, California. Bobby was aIso gay. StruggIing with a confIict no one knew of much less understood Bobby finaIIy came out to his family. Despite the tentative support of his father, two sisters, and oIder brother, Bobby s mother, Mary (GoIden GIobe winner Sigourney Weaver, Working GirI), turned to the fundamentalist teachings of her church to rescue her son from what she felt was an irredeemable sin. As Mary came cIoser to the reaIization that Bobby couId not be heaIed, she rejected him, denying him a mother s unconditionaI love, and driving her favourite son to suicide.
Anguished over Bobby s death, Mary finds littIe solace in her son s poignant diaries, reveIations of a troubled boy fighting for the love of his mother and God. Finding it difficult to reconcile her feelings of guilt, her confIicted emotions over religious teachings, and her struggles with understanding her son s orientation, Mary finalIy, and unexpectedly, reaches out to the gay community as a source of inspiration and consolation. For Mary Griffith, it s the beginning of a long and emotionaI journey that extended beyond acceptance to her viabIe roIe a vocal advocate for gay and Iesbian youth. In 1996, twelve years after Bobby s death, she was invited to address the Congress of the United States, estabIishing her as a major force in the fight for human rights. |
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