{"href":"http://player.captivate.fm/services/oembed?url=http%3A%2F%2Fplayer.captivate.fm%2Fepisode%2F037de451-8483-4d41-af7c-da561caeb1a5","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Captivate.FM","provider_url":"https://www.captivate.fm","width":600,"height":200,"type":"rich","html":"","title":"Episode 103: Only Say The Words: Gay & Catholic \u2013 Scott Pomfret","description":"For many of us, our faith and our sexuality are the two things that kept us in the closet because they didn\u2019t know how to play nicely in the sandbox of life. Then, often by some fate of chance, the novels of our lives unfold\u2026no longer being fiction\u2026because we chose to finally say the words \u2013 \u201cI\u2019m Gay!\u201d Author and novelist Scott Pomfret has found a beautiful way to bridge the two worlds of sexuality and faith in his latest novel \u2013 Only Say The Word by NineStar Press Ltd.\r\nShow Highlights\r\n\r\n* There\u2019s a \u201cchasm of isolation\u201d and you need someone to help you across it\r\n* People loving him without judgment has moved Scott forward in his journey\r\n* For this guest, it\u2019s simple: Be out\u00a0and proud!\r\n* Coming out happens again and again, not just once\u2026\r\n* Coming out isn\u2019t sad and there is A LOT to celebrate\r\n\r\nConnect with Scott Pomfret\r\nScott Pomfret is a gay writer who focuses on gay Catholic issues (Since My Last Confession: A Gay Catholic Memoir) and gay romance (forthcoming novel The Second Half: A Gay American Football Novel and the Romentics series of gay romances). On May 16, his publisher NineStar Press will publish Only Say the Word, a novel that is a fusion of the two.\r\nWebsite\r\nFacebook\r\nTwitter\r\nPage Turner: A Gay American Football Story\r\nA New Romance\r\n\r\n\u00a0\r\n\u00a0\r\n\u00a0\r\n\u00a0\r\n\u00a0\r\n\u00a0\r\n\u00a0\r\n\u00a0\r\n\u00a0\r\n\u00a0\r\n\u00a0\r\n\r\n\u00a0\r\n\u00a0\r\n\u00a0\r\n\u00a0\r\n\u00a0\r\n\u00a0\r\n\u00a0\r\n\u00a0\r\n\u00a0\r\n\u00a0\r\n\u00a0\r\n\r\n\u00a0\r\n\u00a0\r\n\u00a0\r\n\u00a0\r\n\u00a0\r\n\u00a0\r\n\u00a0\r\n\u00a0\r\n\u00a0\r\n","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300,"thumbnail_url":"https://artwork.captivate.fm/4b9b6c41-474a-4fd0-a374-cbb2a7aa23a4/1400x1400_uncloseted_artwork-01-573.jpg"}