Hail Mary pass

I got in the spirit for Pride Month, which starts today, by reading a delightful new graphic novel by Andrew Wheeler and Rye Hickman called Hey, Mary! Its protagonist, a high school student named Mark, is a good Catholic boy and so can't accept that he's gay. By book's end he's learned that, whatever others may think or want, he's both, as many have been before him - something he discovers in part by being introduced to the grand queer history of Catholicism. These images from the back cover bring together some of the many LGBTQ saints he learns have preceded him. But the most moving sections involve Mary (the woman at lower right), with whom Mark has long had a close relationship. I've passed my library copy of the book on to a friend, but when he returns it I'll share a scene...