Robert gay

Robert Christopher "Bob" Gay (born September 1, ) has been a general authority of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) since He has been a member of the church's Presidency of the Seventy since March [1]. Elder Robert C. Gay was sustained as a General Authority Seventy of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints on March 31, He was given emeritus status on October 1, Despite what clickbait headlines and Gay Twitter X whispers previously reported, Shawn Mendes is not dating Robert Irwin, a.k.a the Crocodile Hunter’s hunky son who recently posed with some.

Elder Robert C. Gay was sustained as a General Authority Seventy of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints on March 31, He was released from this assignment at the October general conference.

Robert Christopher Gay is a retired business executive and philanthropist. He is also an emeritus General Authority Seventy of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

Elder Gay received a bachelor of

Gay was born on September 1, , in Los Angeles, California, to Frank William “Bill” Gay and Mary Elizabeth Thain Gay. Joined Connecticut College: Robert Gay's research focuses on democracy, civil society, and more recently, drug trafficking, violence and organized crime in Brazil. He is an ethnographer who has spent the past thirty years doing field research in the favelas, or slum neighborhoods, of Rio de Janeiro.

His first book, Popular Organization and Democracy in Rio de Janeiro: A Tale of Two Favelas , Temple University Press examines the ways in which neighborhood associations challenged longstanding, elitist ways of doing politics. His second book, Lucia: Testimonies of a Brazilian Drug Dealer's Woman , Temple University Press tells the story of a woman who became intimately involved in drug gang life during the s. His third book, Bruno: Conversations with a Brazilian Drug Dealer , Duke University Press, is based on extensive interviews with a former leader of the Comando Vermelho, Brazil's oldest and arguably most powerful organized crime faction.

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