Name: Gay and in Love at an Evangelical Christian College | Op-Docs
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Modal verbs - A2

[Santiago] God, how can I believe that I’m loved

I’m not a terrible person. I’m not a terrible person.

I started noticing feelings for other guys

Just being around my good surfer friends.

I started thinking about this in a way, like …

this doesn’t seem like a phase anymore.

I’ll be the first person from my family

The biggest hurdles of this week will be the different parts

[Austin] Santi and I have been dating for about 10 months now,

but to say that we’re an openly gay couple is

a bit of a misnomer, because we’re pretty closed, based

of my jobs and affiliation with all the different groups

on campus that still abide by handbook rules.

Point Loma Nazarene University functions by Nazarene ethics

and rules, and so I signed a contract coming

into Point Loma talking about drugs and alcohol and all

that stuff, but it also talked about things

like pornography and sexual orientation and sexuality

I had to develop my own identity and my own beliefs

But I think one of the biggest excitements

for me is that I get to meet Santi’s family,

and that my parents are coming down for graduation too.

And so about a month ago I warned them, I was like,

“Hey, you guys are coming down for graduation.

I know you’re going to be here for the whole week beforehand.

just, like, I want you to know Santi’s last name.

I want you to know what his face looks like

A couple of days ago, they called me again and said,

But we want to make it really clear, Austin,

you are our son, and so we want to support you,

but we do not support this relationship with Santi

[teacher] “As long as I can read your answers,

[Santiago] The fact that I got to go to college in the first place,

I think it’s just such a … awesome opportunity,

[Santiago] I think the church is supposed

And I feel like it’s almost in parentheses, it’s like,

of tension between Christians and non-Christians.

“Lord, we’re in awe of your provision and grace.

Thank you for the hospitality of our host

and leaders in saying yes to your invitation

to love our brothers and sisters around the world."

[Santiago] Throughout my experience at Point Loma,

just because I never felt like I really fit in,

whether it was with, like, my Latino friends

or my gay-affirming friends, or my Christian friends.

that I could express, or like a couple different parts,

wouldn’t really understand all of it in each friend group.

were like dominantly white, for them, being

I see that stereotype, and I like to make fun of it too,

“Yeah, I just have like one spot of dandruff."

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