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September 2017

September 01, 2017

Conservatives Double-Down on Archaic Views on Sexuality, Bigots Sing Their Praise

While many are denouncing the theology espoused in the Nashville Statement, others, like Westboro Baptist...

August 2017

August 23, 2017

Gagnon out at PC(USA) Seminary

Robert Gagnon -- the anti-gay theologian whose abuse of scholarship was rivaled only by his...

August 15, 2017

Why I Support Marriage Equality

Growing up, homosexuality wasn't addressed in my religious education -- or elsewhere, for that matter.

July 2017

July 07, 2017

4 Reasons Why I Gave up Bible Debates

Don’t get me wrong: I’ve done my homework. I’ve been reading the Bible for as...

June 2017

June 07, 2017

God Made Adam, Eve, and Steve

For the good part of thirty years, I held to the belief that homosexuality was...

June 02, 2017

An Open Letter to Christians Who Are Against Homosexuality, From a Homosexual Christian

Christians claim to be full of love. Christians claim to not be judgmental. But so...

May 2017

May 11, 2017

The Visit

Shortly before Mother’s Day, my sister called and granted me a ten minute visit with...

May 02, 2017

You’re in a Safe Place Here…

I had changed, was snuggled under the threadbare hospital blanket on a gurney in a...

February 2017

February 24, 2017

Glitter Is Serious Business: The Story Behind Glitter Ash Wednesday

On March 1st, as the Christian world enters the holy season of Lent, LGBT and...

January 2017

January 23, 2017

I Was Wrong About Homosexuality

I lived out the greater portion of my life operating under the premise that it...

December 2016

December 02, 2016

The Gift

We think that this will be our last Christmas with Pop and one of our...

October 2016

October 20, 2016

Is every Christian against gay marriage necessarily a bigot?

Bigotry is as bigotry does.

September 2016

September 14, 2016

Are Gay People Welcome?

Many Christians, such as my ex-pastor, do amazing work with the oppressed, the downtrodden, and...

September 09, 2016

To the hate preacher at Pride

Pastor M. showed up and began telling people they would go straight to hell if...

September 06, 2016

When Does She Become He?

What makes a woman and what makes a man; what is male and what is...

August 2016

August 23, 2016

Will the Real Black Church Please Stand Up?

The black church must stand in solidarity with our LGBT brothers and sisters.

August 10, 2016

The Dangers of Russian Dolls: Finding the T in LGBT

For reasons of safety and common bond we spend our lives as part of communities...

August 01, 2016

From Ignorance to Acceptance: When You Realize You Had It All Wrong

Can a person become an Unfundamentalist from a Fundamentalist world? Of course! But I didn’t...

July 2016

July 07, 2016

How a Bumper Sticker Changed Everything

I had no idea that as I walked from my vehicle into my church on...

June 2016

June 27, 2016

Bible-believing Bisexual?

How can a progressive Christian who is living in a same-sex marriage be bible-believing?

June 16, 2016

What if the Orlando shooter was gay?

Who is to blame for Omar Mateen's killing spree?

June 14, 2016

Dear Non-LGBT-Affirming Christians, Please Search Your Hearts

Non-LGBT-affirming Christian, can you be absolutely sure that your views are not shaped by a watered-down, far...

May 2016

May 24, 2016

Sunday Outing: A Transgender Woman Finds Acceptance

A cisgender woman I befriended at church a few months ago noticed I am unusual,...

May 23, 2016

An Act of Love: Frank Schaefer, United Methodists and Homosexuality

If you keep up with issues relating to homosexuality and Christianity, you probably know about...

May 04, 2016

When I found myself on the side of Religious Freedom Law supporters

And then, one Thursday morning when I read about yet another “Religious Freedom Law,” I...

April 2016

April 20, 2016

An Open Letter to Christian Business Owners

I don’t usually do open letters (it’s against my policy), but today I feel compelled...

April 11, 2016

When I Was New to Homophobia

I was born and grew up in Europe. Now, in April 2016, I have been...

March 2016

March 28, 2016

Legislating Bowel Movements: North Carolina and LGBT Discrimination

I cried tears last Wednesday because the legislature of my state, North Carolina, passed a...

March 01, 2016

Dear Neighbors

May I please share something intimate and important, something most people do not guess about...

October 2015

October 12, 2015

A Gay Pastor Explains What the Bible Really Says About Homosexuality

Unfundamentalist Christians founder John Shore recently shared a letter from a gay Christian who is...

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