LGBTQ individuals face unique challenges when it comes to interpreting religious doctrine regarding sex, sexuality, and relationships. Traditional Christian teachings about sin, redemption, and...
Strategies LGBTQ+ Believers Employ To Navigate Heteronormative And Patriarchal Religious Structures
LGBTQ+ individuals face challenges when navigating religious environments that are not designed...
Ritual Practice
Engagement with ritual practice can be deeply affected by the reinterpretation of sin, morality, and virtue for LGBTQ believers.
Many religious traditions have prescribed...
This article will explore the psychological impact of desires, beliefs, and emotions on individuals who identify as queer and struggle to reconcile their faith and sexual orientation. It is essential...
Queer people are those who identify themselves outside of heterosexual norms, including lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, nonbinary, intersex, pansexual, asexual, and more. Some people have a...
Queer theology is a broad term that encompasses many different interpretations and understandings of how LGBTQ+ individuals can relate to their faith communities. It emphasizes the importance of...
What Coping Mechanisms Help LGBTQ Adolescents Maintain Spiritual Engagement While Confronting Family and Community Rejection?
Adolescence is a challenging time for everyone, but it can be...
The relationship between religion and sexual orientation has been an issue for many people who identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, or questioning. Many individuals in these...
There is an inherent conflict between religious upbringing and gender or sexual identity for some people who identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, or questioning (LGBTQ) due to...
How does divine silence function as both trauma and transcendence within the queer spiritual journey? Divine silence is often experienced as an absence of God's presence during times of suffering,...