Mar 12, 2019
3 min read
Remembering Lonnie Frisbee, the Gay Man Who Sparked the Jesus Movement
March 12 is the death anniversary of Lonnie Frisbee, the “hippie preacher” who sparked the Jesus movement. In 1967, two years before the Stonewall Uprising that sparked the Gay Liberation movement, 17 year-old Frisbee went into the California wilderness, stripped naked, and cried out, “Jesus, if you’re really real, reveal yourself to me!” He felt surrounded by a…
