Ep. 11 - Homophobia, Heteronormativity and Coming Out

Hi listeners, this is a content warning. Today we’re talking about homophobia in the church. If you find this topic triggering, please find and talk to a licensed therapist in your area or online. This may not be the episode for you.

This week Amanda and Christina share their own personal experiences with homophobia (both external and internal), heteronormativity and coming out. This episode is equal parts joyful celebration that all God's children are made in God's image, and are beautifully, perfectly, and wonderfully made and cringey, sad, despicable stories about the homophobia found in church and church-adjacent spaces.

We hope you find this episode to be encouraging, and if you're a member of the LGBTQ+ community, please know we see you, we hear you, we love you, and we hold a place for you at our table.

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For further reading and watching, Amanda recommends God Believes in Love: Straight Talk about Gay Marriage by Gene Robinson, and Christina recommends Queer Eye Season S5E1: Preaching Out Loud // Queer Eye S3E1: God Bless Gay.

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