christianity

#blacklivesmatter

christianity

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We Cry With Charleston: How I’m Healing as a Black Queer Christian

“Now more than ever, I think it’s important to say alabanza to those who were slain, to lift their names up in prayer and to remind those of us still…

Ari —

Jun 19, 2015

barack obama

christianity

politics + activism

Obama Serves Real Talk On Racism & Religion At National Prayer Breakfast, Conservatives Wanted Pancakes

“Whatever our beliefs, whatever our traditions, we must seek to be instruments of peace, and bringing light where there is darkness, and sowing love where there is hatred.”

Heather Hogan —

Feb 6, 2015

christianity

evangelical christianity

first person

Seeking Queer Theology And Perfect Love That Casts Out Fear

If we don’t abundantly love each other, we can’t have an abundant relationship with God. I must embrace an interpretation of my faith that requires unconditional love for queer people…

Adrian —

Jan 27, 2015

christianity

personal essay

first person

Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil: Or How I Divorced Jesus and Learned to Love Sex

“I didn’t know much about gardens, in general, but what I was working with seemed less like the married person’s vegetable patch the church described and more like a Narnian…

Heather Hogan —

Oct 23, 2014

anti-discrimination laws

christianity

politics + activism

George Fox University Updates Trans Student Housing Policy, Remains The Worst

In response to the general freakout over the school’s discrimination against Jayce M, George Fox upped the ante on its discriminatory cluelessness. He and other trans students can live on…

Adrian —

Jul 21, 2014

anti-discrimination laws

barack obama

politics + activism

Obama Signs Executive Order On Federal LGBT Workplace Discrimination; No Religious Exemptions in Sight

Obama also signed an executive order that prohibits federal employers from discriminating based on gender identity. That order applies as of today. Obama did not include exemptions for religious groups…

Adrian —

Jul 21, 2014

christian college gay

christianity

politics + activism

Quaker School Wins Religious Exemption to Exclude Trans Student From Campus Housing

African American trans student Jayce M has lost an appeal to receive on campus housing at George Fox University after the Department of Education granted the school a religious exemption…

Adrian —

Jul 12, 2014

anti-discrimination laws

christianity

politics + activism

Post Hobby Lobby, Religious Leaders Ask For Right To Discriminate Against Queers

Religious leaders have their eye on broad exemptions from a pending executive order to block employment discrimination by federal contractors against LGBT people.

Adrian —

Jul 9, 2014

christianity

Daily Fix

politics + activism

Presbyterian Church Assembly Votes to Make Room for Marriage Equality in Their Constitution

After a landmark vote in the Presbyterian Church USA General Assembly Thursday, the denomination’s constitutional definition of marriage allows for same-sex unions.

Adrian —

Jun 20, 2014

christianity

Daily Fix

politics + activism

Southern Baptist Minister Declares Himself Gay Affirming in Sermon, Gay Angels Sing

Even if New Heart Community Church loses its membership in the Southern Baptist Convention, this pastor’s personal shift and his congregation’s openness demonstrate a ripple of change that has reached…

Adrian —

Jun 4, 2014

christianity

intersectionality

culture

Stand By Me: Historically Black Churches and LGBTQ Allyship

The question of homophobia in historically Black churches is way more nuanced than conversations about Christianity and queerness often take into account. If the Black church and LGBTQ movements joined…

Helen —

Mar 19, 2014

christianity

greatest hits

first person

If Joan Of Arc Can Do It, Why Can’t I?

Ever since I went to a Halloween party at my friend’s church youth group in 6th grade, I’ve been almost inseparable from my Christian identity. But on November 4th, 2012,…

Mey —

Oct 3, 2013