We Regret to Inform You That You Do Not Mirror the Holy Family
Imagine a congregation—maybe even a whole denomination—that’s raising money from its members in order to…
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Atheists of Color Transcend Opposition to Religion and White Atheist Privilege in Working for Social Justice
I’m a black atheist who works in urban public schools of color that systematically funnel…
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Evangelicalism “Wasn’t Created for Someone Like Me”: Following a Queer Evangelical of Color in the Age of Trump
It’s been a little over a year since the president first took office, and the…
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Anxiety About Homosexuality and Apocalyptic Worldview is An Old Marriage: 10 Questions for the Author of Visions of Sodom: Religion, Homoerotic Desire, and the End of the World in England
What inspired you to write Visions of Sodom: Religion, Homoerotic Desire, and the End of the…
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LGBTQ Equality Pendulum “Abruptly” Swinging Back as Religious Exemptions Gain Victories
As the U.S. Supreme Court continues to mull the arguments of a baker who on…
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GOP Education Bill Would Radically Rewrite Religious Freedom and License Virtually Any Form of Discrimination
Consider for a moment this chilling hypothetical. Imagine that the day after last summer’s white…
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Meet the New (Straight White American Male) Mormon President
On Tuesday, Russell M. Nelson, a 93-year-old retired heart surgeon, was announced as the seventeenth…
Read More2017 Around the World: Progress and Persecution For LGBT People
Journalist Masha Gessen dubbed 2017 “the year Russian LGBT persecution defied belief.” Pink News called…
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Will 2018 Be the Year of Catholic Health Care Dominance?
The news that two major Catholic health care systems, Ascension and Providence St. Joseph Health,…
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The Year in Religion: A Ray of Hope Amid the Usual Fecklessness
Taking my cue from the revised pater noster commended by His Holiness, I begin by…
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