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Mississippi Queen<\/strong> is a new documentary film that investigates one family’s struggle with “ex-gay” ministries and the reality of being gay. The film, created by Paige Williams, involves a woman, her partner, and their son living a happy life in spite of her parents’ creation of an “ex-gay” ministry.<\/p>\n

Williams and her partner of 10 years are raising their son in Missoula, Montana – a relatively progressive town. Jack was born via artificial insemination.<\/p>\n

Her parents are founders of In His Time<\/cite> – an \u201cex-gay\u201d ministry.<\/p>\n

\u201cI love my parents,\u201d Paige said. \u201cThat’s the whole thing. Some of the hardest challenges we face are how we disagree theologically with the ones we love.\u201d<\/p>\n

According to Missoulian.com<\/a>, the film wants to find the answer to the biggest mystery: How this love between Williams and her parents remains so strong and binding, despite the great rift between them.<\/p>\n

Paige interviews her parents, the pastor of her childhood church, a couple of \u201cex-gay\u201d ministers – including one who said she’ll probably live a life of celibacy because \u201cI’m just not attracted to men\u201d – and others who were either converted by the ministry or repelled by it.<\/p>\n

\u201cMississippi Queen\u201d is a 63-minute documentary about her journey home and her coming to terms with a painful past. The film, released by Paige’s Porch Productions, has already won numerous independent film awards<\/a>, and will make its Missoula debut this week at the Wilma Theatre.<\/p>\n

IMAGE: ALISIA MUHLESTEIN \/ Missoulian<\/cite><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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