an honest confession for the church’s anti-queer impacts
For prayer within the white dominant church, whose power is maintained by religious and political institutions over the centuries: We acknowledge the church’s violent history in systemic oppression against queer and trans people. We remember those who have died or...
queering psalm 23
Queer Love is my Divine Companion. In Their company, I unfurl with delight. They teach me to question the assumed and the rigid. They lure me with eros, creative and promiscuous. They fill me with the spirit of Stonewall and...
world aids day
For use while lighting a candle in a gathering space: As spirits gather in this virtual space, in the midst of another virus that brings up old pain, reveals old prejudices, and calls us again to take care of each...
on speaking queerly in public
Every time the word “gay” rolls off my tongue…when the words “queer” or “intersex” or “trans” or “nonbinary” or “bisexual” bless my lips…no matter what I’m talking about, I am also, always, sending a love letter, casting a lifeline, praying...
trans day of visibility
#1 The way it begins as a child – this right to call into question the very things they call “natural.” Or innate. Or fixed. Those stale assumptions that have been woven into every aspect of everything. We take that...
(be)coming out
(Be)coming out. Not so much an unveiling of a hidden static treasure, nor a final declaration or destination. Not so much a correction of the past, now properly amended, nor solely a discovery of a word for difference long felt....
praise be
Praise be to the creator of queer and trans wonders. Of bodies made perfect through self-love. Of love that is expansive. Of the holiness of “strange.” Of lines blurred and certainty troubled. Of the particular beauty birthed from determination to...
trans prayer of divine understanding
Creative Spirit, Holy Momentum, Ever Transitioning One, Do you hold the prayers of trans people close, like the embrace of someone who understands – a source of comfort or hope? We share this joy – you and us: Taking on...
god is queer as in
God is queer as in strange, surprising, titillating, non-conforming to norms that destroy; as in breaking open new possibilities through flesh entangled, and brave acts of collective courage; as in troubling certainties, resisting assimilation, and persisting through struggle together; as...
for trans kids
Love chases flourishing. It is not idle before violence. It stretches and expands in company of community, wisdom, knowledge, and experience. The love of God affirms trans kids protects trans kids listens to trans kids fights for trans kids delights...