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How Troy Perry, Metropolitan Community Church Founder, Made LGBTQ History—With God’s Help

‘DON’T GIVE UP THE FIGHT’
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Courtesy Rev. Troy Perry

Troy Perry founded the Metropolitan Community Church in 1968 to help LGBTQ believers like himself feel closer to God. It’s only one chapter in a life of history-making activism.