Looking for LGBT affirming resources and Queer representation from your faith tradition?
Informational Resources:
Stories by Queer Agnostics:
Informational Resources:
- No Matter How Fine A Love: The LGBTQ Baha’i Experience
- Policies are Not the Same as Baha’i Teachings
Stories by Queer Baha’is:
- Being Baha’i and Gay, by James Howard Russell
Informational Resources:
- Stances of Faith on LGBTQ Issues: Buddhism
- Gay Buddhist Fellowship
- Lions Roar LGBTQ Collection
- European Buddhist Union
Stories by Queer Buddhists:
- Lion’s Roar (scroll down for collection of Personal Stories)
- George Takei
- Lama Rod Owens
- Justin Simien, the author of “Dear White People”
- Many others
- Shine Waradhammo
- Pamela Ayo Yetunde
Informational Resources:
- PFLAG Resources List for Christians
- List of Recommended Books from The Reformation Project
- Welcoming Resources
- Queer Virtue
- Book List on Religion and Spirituality by Rainbow
- Queer Grace, an online encyclopedia for LGBTQ and Christian life
- Queer Theology (includes a section for transgender individuals here)
- Friends for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer Concerns (Quaker)
- Q Christian
Stories by or about Queer Christians:
- Preacher’s Kid, music album by Semler
- Can You Be Queer and Christian?
- Unchanged Stories
- Queer Eye, particularly season 2 episode 1 and season 5 episode 1
- LGBTQ Religious Archives Network (search under faith for a particular denomination)
Informational Resources:
- Stances of Faith on LGBTQ Issues: LDS Church
- Affirmation: LGBTQ Mormons Families and Friends
- Interview with Mitch Mayne, an openly gay Mormon
Stories by Queer LDS Members:
Informational Resources:
- Hinduism resources page from NQAPIA
- Stances of Faith on LGBTQ Issues: Hinduism
- Gay and Lesbian Vaishnava Association
- Hindu American Society views on LGBT rights
Stories by/about Queer Hindus:
- Rudrani Chettri, a transgender/hijra activist
- Interview with her here
- Sushma Dwivedi, founder of the Purple Pundit Project
- Homosexuality isn’t a Western import to India, but bigotry against LGBT people is, by Mat McDermott
- Shikhandi: the Mahabharata’s transgender warrior
- Queer Hindu Alliance Twitter
- 19 LGBT Hindu Gods, from The Advocate
Informational Resources:
- Stances of Faiths on LGBTQ Issues: Humanism
- LGBTQ Humanist Alliance
Stories by Queer Humanists:
- Dan Savage, the 2013 Humanist of the Year, founded the It Gets Better Project with his partner
Informational Resources
- Al-Fitrah Foundation
- PFLAG Faith Resources for Muslims
- Homosexuality In Islam, by Scott Siraj Al-Haqq Kugle
Stories from Queer Muslims
- Books by Candice Montgomery, a Black non-binary Muslim novelist
- Zaina Farat’s You Exist Too Much
- Queer Jihad: LGBT Muslims on Coming Out, Activism, and the Faith
- I Went To Find Myself After Feeling Betrayed By God, by Fariha Róisín
- How I Learned to Accept My Queerness as a Muslim Woman
- LGBTQ Religious Archives Network: Islam
Informational Resources:
- PLAG Jewish Resources list
- Keshet
- JQ International
- Orthogays (Orthodox Judaism)
Stories by Queer Jews:
- 14 Jews Who Changed Queer History Forever
- 6 Influential Jews Who Show Their LGBTQ Pride
- LGBTQ Religious Archives Network: Judaism (search under ‘faith’ for a particular denomination)
- Twice Blessed Collection
Informational Resources:
Stories by Queer Lutherans:
- ELM Blog Posts by Queer clergy
- Megan Roher, the first transgender Bishop in the US
- Queer Eye, season 5 episode 1
- Leo Treadway
Informational Resources:
- We R Native page for LGBT/Two Spirit individuals
- Indian Health Services page on ‘Two Spirit’
- Pride Month 2020: Perspectives on LGBTQ Native Americans in Traditional Culture
Stories by Queer Indigenous peoples:
Informational Resources:
- Orthodox and Gay
- Orthodox-Catholic Church of America
- Stances of Faiths on LGBTQ Issues: Eastern Orthodox Church
Stories by Queer Orthodox Christians:
- Orthodox and Gay: Reflections
- Article by Gregory C. Pappas
- Coptic Queer Stories
Informational Resources:
Stories by Queer Sikhs:
- Sukhdeep Singh
- Kuljit Bhogal
- M. Singh
- Sonny Singh
- Prabhdeep Kehal
Stories by/about Queer people who are spiritual but not religious:
Informational Resources:
- Queer and Wicca: a contradiction?
- Ten Essential Books for the Queer Pagan
- Hermaphrodeities: The Transgender Spirituality Workbook
- Sacred Bodies, from the Pluralism Project
- GLGBTQ Archive: Wicca
Stories by/about Queer Witches:
Have you been supported by a religious resource not listed here? Do you have a recommendation? Feel free to email campus ministry (cmin@plu.edu) and ask for it to be added to the list so others can also benefit!
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