Untamed, Glennon Doyle
Rating: 10/10
Publishing: The Dial Press, an imprint of Random House, a division of Penguin Random House LLC, New York
ISBN: 978-1-9848-0125-8
Copyright: (C) 2020, by Glennon Doyle
Out of all of the non-fiction books, this is perhaps the best I have read so far. It really speaks to me about both the Christianity and the LGBTQ community. Doyle has sent me a moral message while I was reading her memoir: I can be both Christian and gay. No matter what your religion is and no matter what your sexual identity is, you’re proud to be yourself.
The book has so many powerful quotes by Doyle that I couldn’t resist marking them in my pen, which I normally don’t since I hate vandalizing books as I read them.
It started off when Doyle was married to a man and she had children with him. Sadly, their marriage went off to the deep end and she had no choice but to file a divorce. After her divorce, Doyle has moved on raising her children as a single parent. It started off at the wrong path but she was able to pave her way to success.
As Doyle moved on, she has come to her realization on her sexual orientation when she met her wife, a famous soccer player. There, she and her wife, who became her girlfriend at that time, has became intimate with one another and that was when Doyle realizes that she is in love with her.
By the time Doyle and her wife married, their love became stronger and more intimate and by the time you realize it, Abby Wambach became the second mom to Doyle’s kids!
Before her marriage with Wambach, Doyle has been a devout Christian who attends to church. During her relationship with Wambach, Doyle has been doubting about herself due to the beliefs that many Christians have against homosexuality. She wondered to herself whether if she is committing a sin or not. Until then, Doyle realizes that there are other Christians who have sinned themselves and God has actually forgiven them. Doyle knows that God still loves her, straight or gay, and she can always forgive herself for any wrongdoing she has done in the past.
Still to this day, Doyle prays and remains devoted to her Christian beliefs as she remains in a same-sex relationship with Wambach.
What I love about this memoir is how both Glennon Doyle and Abby Wambach are now the two moms of Doyle’s three children. It disappoints me that there are hardly any books out there with same-sex parents (and I honestly see opposite-sex parents very overrated). Doyle’s memoir became one of the LGBTQ books that talks about same-sex parenting and I just love that.
What I truly love about Doyle’s memoir is that Doyle and I are one in the same. We’re both Christians and we’re gay. I converted myself to Christianity in my second year of college and I was afraid of what the other Christians would think of me if they see me in a same-sex relationship. The good news is that the church I attended to loved me for being me and they actually accepted me. Doyle taught me a lesson that I should never worry about what my religion says about my sexual orientation and that God loves everybody, which led to my belief that God is pansexual.
I also learned that not everybody agrees with what the bible says and that people can agree or disagree. I learned that I have the right to disagree with the bible saying that “homosexuality is a sin” and I have the right to love whoever I love.
I actually grew up being bisexual ever since my early teens. I have fallen in love with the opposite sex and dated them in the past. I have also fallen in love with the same-sex. Did you know that I had my first same-sex crush in first grade?
In the past, there were many bisexuals out there dating the opposite-sex and I was uncomfortable with how I forced myself to be in an opposite-sex relationship due to my insecurity. As years passed by, I was in relationships with the opposite-sex… but it didn’t feel right to me at all.
Whenever I was with an opposite-sex, I felt a complete lack of pleasure when getting intimate and they all treated me horribly. So, I ended my relationships with them and decided to move on with the same-sex. I went to a lesbian bar, I met with nice ladies who treated me nicely, and I even kissed one. That’s when I realized that I’m not bisexual at all, I’m truly gay, and I love that.
I may not find my true love yet, but hopefully, time will come to me. Someday, I may end up happy and in love like Ellen and Portia, or maybe like Glennon and Abby. <3
So that’s the story. Glennon Doyle’s story is relatable to me. We have the right to love who we love no matter what anybody else thinks.
Overall, I love “Untamed.” I’ll be looking forward to reading more of Glennon Doyle’s works. <3