Resources for Queer Christians
Being Queer and Christian is not a contradiction.
Resources for Reconciling Your Faith and Queer Identity
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The Bible Says Nothing About Queer People- Baptist News Global
Why Evangelical Rhetoric is Toxic to LGBTQ+ People- Religion News Service
Evangelicals and the LGBTQ+ Community- Red Letter Christians
American Evangelicals Deadly Silence on Nex Benedict- LA Blade
Why Christians Need the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence- LA Blade
Joshua Basset’s Baptism and the Christian Bait and Switch- Baptist News Global
Books on Transgender Theology
“Beyond a Binary God: A Theology for Trans* Allies” by Tara K. Soughers
"Transforming: The Bible and the Lives of Transgendered Christians" by Austen Hartke
“Transfaith: A Transgender Pastoral Resource” by Chris Dowd, Christina Beardsley and Justin Tanis
“This Is My Body: Hearing the theology of transgender Christians” by Christina Beardsley and Michelle O'Brien
““No One Taught Me How To Be A Man: What a trans man’s experience reveals about masculinity” by Shannon T.L. Kearns
“He/She/They: How We Talk About Gender and Why It Matters” by Schuyler Bailar
Books on Queer Interpretation
"Bible Trouble: Queer Reading at the Boundaries of Biblical Scholarship" by Teresa Hornsby
"Bodies on the Verge: Queering Pauline Epistles" by Joseph Marchal
"The Man Jesus Loved: Homoerotic Narratives from the New Testament" by Theodore W. Jennings, Jr.
“God's Beauty Parlor: And Other Queer Spaces in and Around the Bible” by Stephen Moore
"Queer Commentary and the Hebrew Bible" by Ken Stone
"Take Back the Word: A Queer Reading of the Bible" edited by Mona West and Robert Goss
"The Queer Bible Commentary" edited by Robert Goss and Mona West
“Hearts Ablaze: Parables for the Queer Soul” by Rolf Nolasco Jr.
Books on the Bible & LGBT Issues
"Ancient Laws and Contemporary Controversies:The Need for Inclusive Biblical Interpretation" by Cheryl B. Anderson
"Changing Our Mind" by David Gushee
"Christianity, Social Tolerance, and Homosexuality: Gay People in Western Europe from the Beginning of the Christian Era to the Fourteenth Century" by John Boswell
"The Widening of God's Mercy: Sexuality Within the Biblical Story" by Christopher Hays and Richard Hays
"Sex and the Single Savior: Gender and Sexuality in Biblical Interpretation" by Dale Martin
"Sex, Then and Now" by William Loader
"Wrestling with God and Men: Homosexuality in the Jewish Tradition" by Steve Greenberg
"God vs. Gay: The Religious Case for Equality" by Jay Michaelson
"The Gospel of Inclusion: A Christian Case for LGBTQ+ Inclusion in the Church" by Brandan Robertson
“Queer Prophets: The Bible's Surprise Ending to the Story of Sexuality and Gender” by Greg Paul
Books on Queer Theology
"Radical Love: Introduction to Queer Theology" by Patrick Cheng
"From Sin to Amazing Grace: Discovering the Queer Christ" by Patrick Cheng
“Queer Theologies: The Basics” by Chris Greenough
"The Queer God" by Marcela Althaus-Reid
"Queer Theology" by Linn Marie Tonstdad
“Body Becoming: Our Path To Liberation” by Roberto Che Espinoza
“Beyond a Binary God: A Theology for Trans* Allies” by Tara K. Soughers
"Our Lives Matter: A Womanist Queer Theology" by Pamela R. Lightsey
“Sexuality and the Black Church: A Womanist Perspective” by Kelly Brown Douglas
“Queer Christianities: Lived Religion in Transgressive Forms” edited by Kathleen T. Talvacchia, Mark Larrimore, and Michael F. Pettinger
Books on Sexual Ethics
“Lilly Among Thorns: Reclaiming Christian Sexual Ethics” by Miguel De La Torre
“Just Love: A Framework for Christian Sexual Ethics” by Margret Farley
“Shameless: A Sexual Revolution” by Nadia Bolz-Weber
“Good Christian Sex: Why Chastity Isn't the Only Option-And Other Things the Bible Says About Sex” by Bromleigh McCleneghan
“Making Love Just: Sexual Ethics for Perplexing Times” by Marvin Ellison
“The Invention of Sodomy in Christian Theology” by Mark Jordan
Books on Queer Spirituality
"Called Out: 100 Devotions for LGBTQ Christians" by E. Carrington Heath
"Colors of Hope: A Devotional Journal from LGBTQ+ Christians" edited by Melissa Guthrie
“Outside the Lines: How Embracing Queerness Will Transform Your Faith” by Mihee Kim-Kort
"Our Strangely Warmed Hearts: Coming Out into God's Call" by Karen Oliveto
"Queer Redemption: How queerness changes everything we thought we knew about Christianity" by Charlie Bell
"Queer Virtue: What LGBTQ People Know About Life and Love and How It Can Revitalize Christianity" by Elizabeth Edman
"Queers The Word: A 40 Day Devotional for LGBTQ+ Christians" by Brian G. Murphy and Shan TL Kearns