Searle and her husband are Mormon, and for the first two months after finding out about Zach’s sexual identity, they didn’t talk about their son’s sexuality. “For me and my religious background, and everything we’ve been taught about homosexuality, I just felt like my whole world shattered and crumbled before me.” “I had a moment of complete and utter despair,” she said. In a moment, she said, they were all gone. When Christy Searle found out her 14-year-old son Zach was gay, she thought about all the dreams she had envisioned for him. From left, Adam, 17 Isaac, 10 parents Greg and Christy Luke, 11, and Zach, 15.
The Searle family found out about the Family Acceptance Project last year and say it’s helped them become an advocate for their brother, Zach.
