The Speech I Am Not Allowed To Give

The church’s part in my story

Mallory Elizabeth Baskin
Backyard Church
Published in
14 min readJan 18, 2023

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I am not allowed to give this talk. It might hurt people’s feelings.

I have wanted to talk to my church for a long time. At first, it was just wanting to say my piece, to make myself feel better, and hurt them because they hurt me. After a lot of therapy and some time, I still want to talk to my church. Now it is because I am…

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Mallory Elizabeth Baskin
Backyard Church

Trying to get good at this writing thing. Talking about being gay, education, religion, getting better, and making life worth living.