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[–] liminalDeluge@beehaw.org 5 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Yes, I'm Christian. I am also queer and staunchly opposed to American bible fascism. An unfortunate number of people seem to believe that these traits can't coexist in one person without hypocrisy or denial.

Myself, I enjoy how my religious beliefs and my queer identity support and bolster one another. 😁

[–] chicken@beehaw.org 3 points 1 year ago

me too! im catholic and lesbian (maybe nonbinary too??)

[–] thumbtack@beehaw.org 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

love to see queer christian’s here! so many people, especially LGBT folks (understandably to some degree) harbour so much hate for christianity as a whole, when in my opinion it’s crazy to generalize everyone in an entire religion as “bad people.”

may i ask what denomination you follow, if it’s a specific one?

[–] s_s@lemmy.one 2 points 1 year ago

I'm bisexual, but left the church after attending seminary.

So maybe I kinda count? heh.

[–] liminalDeluge@beehaw.org 2 points 1 year ago

I'm not part of a specific denomination atm, having come from a vaguely evangelical background*, and my childhood religious education was woefully lacking in explanation of the different denominations and schisms. I want to try attending a variety of affirming, universalist churches to broaden my experience and figure out where I belong. I've heard good things online about Episcopal churches but I've never attended one.

*My parents were a Catholic/Protestant couple and made some odd decisions, like explicitly telling me we were attending such and such church but we're not members of it, but then never really educating me in any other denomination's teachings.