Reaching Out

LGBTQ stories of faith lost & found. Created by @pgothman. #FaithfullyLGBT

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Check out dozens of LGBTQ stories of faith lost and found on Reaching Out!

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“To be Catholic is to learn how to love your gay brothers and sisters.” - @pgothman on how homophobia is real and has no place in the Catholic Church.

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This week, featuring:
@bencoakley317
@thekevingarcia_
@decolonialqueer
@laurajeantruman
@word_made_fresh
@mxbarclay
@wmstell
@shannontlkearns
@mahdialynn
@nathanialtotten
@matthiasroberts
@deborahjianlee
¡ 🏳️‍🌈 !

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Check out THAT WAS GAY, a new weekly recap of all the beautiful things queer people of faith are doing every day!
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I wanted nothing whatsoever to do with a religion that condemned me and worked relentlessly to stop HIV education and safer sex education.
Then one day, something changed. I met somebody. I met a Christian man. #faithfullyLGBT https://t.co/MsUuHAlxRj

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“I grew up thinking being gay was a white thing. When I was close to coming out, before I’d started meeting other... https://t.co/vRTV6rxZgS

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Imagine all our queer ancestors and the ferocious love they had inside them that they were told they had to smother because it was no love at all. And remember millions are told that same thing today. Living your life proudly is the most powerful antidote to that message.

[It Gets Better @ItGetsBetter]

What better way to kick off #BlackHistoryMonth than by honoring these #lgbtq trail blazers? 🙌🙌 @janetmock @Lavernecox https://t.co/fkGnRl1A7t

[DJ Sir Lean @xSirLean]

When the pastor starts preaching about disobedient children and your mom looks at you like

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I would pray to God every night that he would make me a boy. I bargained with him, saying he could make me blind or in a wheelchair. As long as I was a boy, I didn’t care. #FaithfullyLGBT by @Lars_Bars47 https://t.co/girnqvyS8T

[Anthony Oliveira @meakoopa]

CATHOLICS DO NOT RAPTURE KEEP YOUR TACKY HILLYBILLY THEOLOGY OUT OF OUR BEAUTIFUL NONSENSE https://t.co/F8VXrgZTfl

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@palestine_lgbt
@leblgbtmonitor
@makhay
@hidayahlgbt
@josamuelaoun
@prideturkey
@ilgaworld
@lgbtjordan
@lgarabt
@waladshami
@lgbtqarabic
@egy_gay
@noh8egy
@arabgaydiary
@kamalfizazi
@mutsaween
@assemaltawdi

[Wazina Zondon @wazinazondon]

Haven't written in forever but here's smthg https://t.co/GYdVFeOlrd #queermuslim @ComingOutMuslim

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So proud to be able to share this piece by @wazinazondon. We have to remember that the intersections of religion and sexuality is not a Christian issue. It is a universal one and the more we lean on one another the stronger we become. Check out @ComingOutMuslim!

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This is the dismissal and erasure of my existence: that as a queer person there is no space for me within Islam, that as a muslim there is no space for me within queer spaces, that as both, there is no safety or place for me within the United States. https://t.co/2FjgfPtVtp

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Gorgeous and powerful spoken word poem by @warrierprncss on the Reaching Out IG story right now. Go check it out!

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Reaching Out does it’s best Buzzfeed impression today courtesy of @njmarlatt #FaithfullyLGBT https://t.co/mL7ZBmIMr7

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My clan, people I grew up with — the Catholic Church — were some of the most combative on Facebook. It seemed like lines were being drawn in the sand. Either you were with us or you were against us, outside us, apart from us. #faithfullyLGBT https://t.co/PmPHaPAw71 @JamesMartinSJ

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‘You see, LGBTQ people aren’t “the world”—we aren’t outsiders that the Church needs to protect itself from. We are you.’ https://t.co/XaZfycBBOi

[Josh Weed @The_Weed]

Response to news of our divorce has been so heartfelt and loving. Thank you. And to those hurting: we see you; we love you; we understand the anger; we’re sorry; we know that’s not enough. ❤️❤️

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It’s funny, how you find those small sacred things that have a way of needling their way into your soul and so drastically changing you that you’re not even fully aware of it until months have passed. New post by @jonah_ven #FaithfullyLGBT https://t.co/v5gC6pyWOp

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Hey everyone at the QCF Conference, if you’re looking for some amazing stories by LGBTQ people of faith, follow us and check out https://t.co/AJmRsD4YeG #GCNConf #QCFConf #weExistIBelong #faithfullylgbt