Journey Interrupted

This touching documentary from “Coming Out” Ministries centers on the psychological and emotional burdens of some Christian LGBTQ individuals who struggle to reconcile their sexual identities with church teachings that denounce their experiences and feelings. A handful of adults of varying ages describe private lives marked by suffering—from childhood molestation to posing as heterosexual (a couple of the older men admit to fraudulent relationships with women) to praying desperately to be “relieved” of their true selves. But Journey Interrupted is also about the hard work of embracing Jesus Christ, which opens one up to a spiritual transformation that is larger than sexuality. Ultimately, the film reasons, God cannot hate or reject his own human creations, whatever their sexual orientation may be. While the film does not explicitly champion living openly and fully as an LGBTQ person, most of the subjects here appear to be happy and content with themselves after long struggles. Recommended. Aud: C, P. (T. Keogh)