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Grady: For forty years, I prayed for God to "fix me" Then I realised there was nothing to fix.

Coming Out Stories

Wednesday, 22 February 2023 - 32 minutes

Grady

Grady Throneberry is the first openly gay police chief in Kentucky.

He didn't come out until his sixties and what a story he has to tell!

Married to a woman, with grown up daughters, he lived in his words as a "straight, conservative man" until 2018. Until he was outed, very publicly, which led to him being called into the Mayor's office for a meeting...

Find out more about Grady and his book My Journey to the Rainbow on his website gayandgray.net

Presented by Emma Goswell

Produced by Sam Walker

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