{"product_id":"2940046071368","title":"Becoming Betty Desire: A Conversation With Matt Endrizzi","description":"\u003cp\u003eIt’s 1971 and small town high school junior, Matt Endrizzi, feels like the ultimate outsider: he’s adopted, he has cerebral palsy, and he’s gay. So, when he’s presented with the idea that Jesus can change his sexual orientation, he jumps at it. Thus begins a torturous eighteen year journey through the right wing Christian conversion movement.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn Becoming Betty Desire Endrizzi talks about the twist of fate which stopped him from coming out, the years of Bible-backed self-loathing and pain which followed, and how he finally broke free. In the process Endrizzi adopted the drag queen persona, Betty Desire, and became a beacon for his local LGBT community.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBecoming Betty Desire is published as a fund-raiser for a planned documentary about Betty.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Xanthippe Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47182156529904,"sku":"2940046071368","price":29.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940046071368_p0.jpg?v=1763998697","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940046071368","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}