alicia menendez reports. she is a great addition to the program. welcome again. we are going to talk to the author who we played an expert this week. >> the title of this book says it all. "i can't date jesus, love, family sex, i put my faith in beyoncÉ." >> thank you for joining me. in reality, you have great respect for faith. >> i do. a lot of the book is about forging your identity to live a complete full life. and if you grow up in a catholic church, you might grow up with resentment. and if you are a queer person who is isolated you carry a lot of con tempt. and a lot of it is justified. i love my mom dearly. and we were having a conversation and she knows that you are born gay but shouldn't act on it. and i was like girl, i can't date jesus what do you want me to do. i let go of the anger towards my dad and towards my mom and i let it go during religious. you are either going to follow down that path or forge your own and figure it out. and i chose to figure it out. >> you were a devout catholic. >> yes, i was raised and i was indoctrinated well. i think r

alicia menendez teamed up to start that organization. here is their conversation. >> what i remember most about your coming out was that you were very prepared for those who are anti-immigrant would say, - of the immigrant rights community would think about you. >> and progressives in general. as a journalist i never identified as either. i'm guy, i'm undocumented, i'm filipino. probably for some people that would mean i'm a progressive. but since i never voted, i never really claimed a party in that way. so being thrust into this immigrant rights racial justice progressive moment was really new to me, especially on the other side. >> what was new you to and there were people who were resentful that you had not shown up sooner. >> yeah. they were like, we've been protesting since high school while you were lying and making money at "the washington post" and the mcconnechronicle. there was not only resentment but just uncertainty about what is he going to do. >> was that fair? >> look, was that fair? noly for me it wasn't. people cling to

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