Photo By: Gary AllenA.J. Mendoza (left) and Landon Isabell, the two publicly ‘out’ gay students at GFU, said nobody there shows any blatant hatred for gay people, but it is an indirect message that seeps in through rejections, casual slurs and even well-meaning statements or actions.
A year ago, A.J. Mendoza stood on a chair with a rope noose around his neck and prepared to throw away his scholarship to George Fox University — along with his life.