Remaining true to oneself, especially in the face of adversity
They stripped him of his freedom, his clothes, his dignity, his faith and his family but they could not strip him of his humanity.
A groundbreaking audio drama podcast with a stellar cast recreates an obscure and almost forgotten chapter in South Africa's apartheid history, imparting hope and determination to today's youth who face bigotry and find it difficult to navigate a course through a non-inclusive world. Stripped
is the true story of Thomas W. E. Budge, a young gay Jehovah's Witness boy growing up in apartheid South Africa in the early 1970s, who defied conscription into the apartheid military resulting in imprisonment and solitary confinement, and who grappled with reconciling his sexuality with the strict doctrines of the Watchtower Society, which sought to dominate him and his family.
This audio drama podcast premiers on 24 September 2024
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It Is What It Is: Grace through Acceptance
by Thomas Budge
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