Mary Griffith had tried throughout her son 's adolescence to pray away his homosexuality .
In 1989 Aarons read a newspaper article about the suicide of a young gay man , Bobby Griffith , and its effects on his mother .
Mary Griffith had tried throughout her son 's adolescence to pray away Aarons ' homosexuality .
In 1989 Aarons read a newspaper article about the suicide of a young gay man , Bobby Griffith , and its effects on his mother .