A great hour long BBC Special, John Barrowman goes on a journey to discover why he is gay.
Barrowman seeks to answer the question: why am I the way I am? In this one-hour special, Barrowman sets out to unearth what the latest scientific research can tell him about the origins of his homosexuality.
His search for evidence takes him back to his roots to meet family and old friends. He also meets with psychologists and geneticists, compares his DNA to his heterosexual brother's, and conquers his claustrophobia to undergo a brain scan - all in the quest to find out how nature and nurture might have interacted to make him who he is.
Barrowman tells the BBC: "My sexuality has never been deliberately hidden. I'm in a committed relationship with the love of my life, Scott Gill, and he is as much a part of the family as my sister's husband, Kevin, and my brother's wife, Dot. However, just because I'm comfortable with my sexuality doesn't mean that I'm not curious about it and that's one of the reasons I agreed to take this journey to discover the making of me."
Im in the middle of watching right now, ill write more later when i finish watching it.
1 comment:
John Barrowman is a really great example of someone who is both gay and Christian. I really like that he communicates his views in a thoughtful way (I have seen other interviews where he talks about this. There is a Heaven and Earth video clip on youtube, for example). I like that he doesn't allow other people's prejudices or categories to dictate what spiritual views he can or cannot have.
He talks some about being gay and having faith in another program as well-- it should show up in a youtube search for "Barrowman Dawkins". That program has about 6 video clips, and if I recall, Barrowman is in 3 or 4 of them.
I'm a straight Christian, and Barrowman is someone I consider to be a fine brother in faith and whom I really admire for the way he treats people and thinks about the issues.
Susan
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