#intersectional christianity

[loveenduresall]

nobody really talks about how isolating it can be to be both Christian and Queer :(

both communities can be Loving & Accepting but also sometimes people from either side can spew Hate on the other .. not that Christians are Oppressed in the (Western) Queer Community or that Queer people making Anti-Christian jokes amounts to any Violence that “Christians” may carry out against Queer people - but it can be very Isolating to know that sometimes you are seen as an Enemy to your Queer Family and as a Degenerate to your Christian Siblings..

To those Loving & Accepting Christians.. you are doing the Lord’s Work and He looks fondly upon you. To The Welcoming Non-Christian Queer Community towards Us… Thank you. ❤️

#this is primarily about my own experience growing up in the American South #this is not Universal - there is so much nuance ! #mostly just feeling isolated among my friends from jokes they make… it is no big deal in the end and i can understand why .. but it does -> #make me feel a bit isolated around a group that usually makes me feel welcomed #normal tags -> #christianity #lgbt christians #lgbt christianity #queer christians #intersectional christianity

[queerism1969]

#abortion access #abortion #reproductive rights #roe v wade #reproductive health #bodily autonomy #reproductive justice #catholic church #catholicism #catholic #christianity #lent #prayer life #orthodox #liberal feminism #radical feminism #intersectional feminism #feminism #patriarchy #misandry #intersectionality #womens rights

[quietwingsinthesky]

see my brain just doesn’t register the idea of anyone having a ‘one true love’ which is why the common fandom tropes of making canonical love interests terrible in order to justify why your ship is better always bugs the shit out of me. it feels like the only reason you would do that is if the idea of the characters in your ship having any other sort of romantic relationship that was important to them, even in the past, is a threat to their current one, therefore all their past relationships need to be demonized in order to make them ‘not real love’ so that they remain pure and chaste and ready for the True Love of the endgame ship.

#im not crazy right like other people notice that trope ajd get annoyed by it right #its a very weird trope to be so common from my perspective because like. why not just. break up the couple you dont want. #for reasons that arent ‘i made this person into a charicature of themselves to justify why my blorbo would have never actually loved them’ #you know? its weird. its weird right? #and then of course there’s the offshoot of this that intersect with fandom misogyny where that demonized person is usually the female love #interest. or sometimes not even that. sometimes she was just standing there a little too close to one of the guys and that made people feel #insecure about their ship so they make her a bitch. gwen cooper. im. im talking about gwen cooper. people do this to gwen cooper and ill #never know peace about that. #anyway. is there a word for like. heteronormativity for monogomous people. because thats what i think this falls under. #because it is a very. like its a very conservatively monogomous idea. i feel like it is not unrelated to christian values of not having sex #before you’re married. that maybe someone in fandom might manage to ditch that particular ruleset to make their blorbos fuck nasty but NOT #the underlying idea of it that you can only ever have One Person you share that love and intimacy with. so you still end up perpetuating the #same toxic beliefs. you know? sorry im rambling it just annoys me

[racheldi]

#jews and judaism #jew stuff #jewish people #jewblr #jewish things #antisemitism #Jesus #jesus of nazareth #christianity #religion #sjw #intersectional social justice #social justice #intersectionality #intersectionalfeminism #allyship

[snailcat69]

thinking alot ab queer spaces in religion 4 tonite.

not sure why but a vision of like. queer churches popped into my head. like for example a church sunday but its all queer people praying and singing and being thankful and sharing life moments and organizing community support. augh. man

if this is real i want in but i like havent been invested in christianity any more than when i was taken to church semi-regularly up to my tweens. but now after taking a bunch of queer studies and intro level anthropology im like damnnnn being in a religious ceremony centered around queerness would do so much for me

i feel like queer community bonding would be so strong too with the structure of support involved in churches tbh !!!! like from what i remember and what i hear from my grandparents it just sounds so. togetherly

#i wrote this last night and woke up with it on my app so postig it ig. i think i cooked? #queer religion #< ​??? if thats the correct term #for context also as a kid my family went to. methodist church i think? #this isnt just abt christianity tho ofc im talkig like any religious or spiritual identity as it intersects with queerness #text

[number-one-shadisper-shipper]

King Solomon talking about his seven hundred wives:

#lol #memes #love a meme that requires the intersect of two niche pieces of knowledge #sonic boom #boom knuckles #king solomon #bible #christian memes

[heresylog]

You might want to visit the Virtual Chapel, and simply sit in silence for a few minutes.

#catholic #christianity #religion #virtual chapel #intersection of technology and religion

[agnesandhilda]

just left my medieval literature class and I think I accidentally made myself look like a real big weirdo by knowing too much about vaginal/queer readings of the side wound of christ and being way too eager to discuss them

#bolo speaks #look it's not MY fault that I recently discovered where my university library stores the books at the intersection of #christian theology and queer studies and it immediately ate my brain #god forbid women do anything!

[spookyradluka]

Christians be like "worship God or be punished" as if that doesn't sound exactly like an abusive boyfriend

#radfem #radblr #radical feminists please interact #radical feminist community #radical feminism #intersectional feminism #feminism #ex catholic #ex cath #ex christian #religious trauma #religion critical

[thepeopleinpower]

Stone me to death if I’m wrong I guess but I really feel like any privilege comes with the responsibility to distribute that privilege downward any way you can and not hoard it exclusively for your own benefit. but idk who am I to say

#intersectional social justice #social responsibility #accountability #intersectionality #privilege #economic justice #wealth inequality #wealth redistribution #systemic violence #systemic injustice #systemic oppression #social equity #racial justice #christian privilege #male privilege #straight privilege #white privelage #grassroots activism #intersectional activism #equitability

[mirrorofliterature]

y’all got to stop isolating potential allies by making fun of their religion

also

remember that as religion and queerness is not mutually exclusive, there are religious queer people and - yes, there are queer Christian people who probably would like to not be mocked about one core facet of their identity in either community.

maybe I’m just being facetious, but tumblr seems to treat queerness and being religious - particularly being Christian - as mutually exclusive, and that’s not accurate.

also, american evangelical christians are a small minority of christians.

‘oh, but christianity is the dominant religion in [xyz], so it’s okay to poke fun at it!’ I mean yeah, but you are being kind of a dick.

christians should stop imposing their religious beliefs onto everyone can coexist with random everyday christians shouldn’t be mocked for their religion.

anyway mocking people’s faith is not an effective recruitment strategy! that just people’s barriers up.

#rambles #christianity #queerness #religion #and the intersection thereof #that people conveniently likes to forget exists #idk maybe being generally hostile to people just because they're part of one of the world's largest religions isn't a great position?

[loveenduresall]

Happy Transgender Day of Visibility!

The Lord loves you as much as all of His other Children; your Life is a precious Gift. God gave us wheat to make bread and grapes to make wine - being able to Create and Change is one of the most wonderful Gifts given to us. You are Loved. God bless you all!

#tdov #trans christian #transgender day of visibility #christianity #lgbt christians #intersectional christianity #queer christians #sorry for the many tags…never sure how to tag these!

[queerism1969]

#radical feminism #liberal feminism #intersectional feminism #feminism #patriarchy #misandry #male violence #violence against women #christofascism #christanity #christians #christianity #jesus christ #faith #yeshua

[smoking-witch]

Realized this morning:

As a beautiful but unapologetically brilliant woman, the spot for me at Burning Man is, in every meaningful way, exactly the same as the spot for me in the Mormon Church

Signed, was a fixture in both, and left both for the same reasons

#burning man #black rock city #brc #exmormon #burner #my ex misses me #exmo stuff #ex fundie #ex fundamentalist #ex christian #deconstructing religion #deconstructing christianity #deconstruction #deconversion #deconvert #ex jw #intersectionality #intersectional social justice #intersectionalfeminist #antifascist #womens rights #blm #pinay #pinoy #biracial #2nd gen

[give-soup-please]

(me, preparing an important presentation on queer issues): ah, yes, doing this will make my favorite fictional characters so proud of me >:)

Me, cont: yes, they will indeed be proud of me for standing in front of an audience and talking, despite the fact that they do not exist, cannot see me, and do not know of my existence. making fictional characters proud of me is something that is both normal to want and possible to achieve...

(does anyone else do this?)

#personal #like... i'm doing something difficult #and pretending that they're going to be proud of me if i pull it off helps #if i manage to pull off what i'm trying to pull off it will be huge #even if the audience is limited #i'm half debating advertising it to get some extra publicity #sending the zoom link by which people would be able to watch me #but... hmm... #my topic is a little controversial #it's about the intersection of the queer and christian community #and how christians should learn to be more chill with LGBT+ folk #and... how christians and LGBT+ people shouldn't be enemies #but instead focus on the real villains of the world- white supremacists and nazis #this will be incredibly difficult to handle with sensitivity and grace #and i'm really scared of doing it for a lot of reasons #putting a few different kinds of potential targets on my back to deliver an important message #but if i do it..... and do it well... #i'm sure the fictional characters i adore would be so proud of me despite the fact that they don't exist #and cannot see me or know who i am

[bookwyrminspiration]

I've been sharing 50 shades quotes and moments hand selected to be humorous and ridiculous, but I believe I've given you all a false impression of the book as bad in just silly ways, just funny quips. What I haven't shared are the subtly homophobic and stereotypical characters of color and inaccurate mental health portrayals (including suicide), among other issues:

the one hispanic character smokes weed illegally (this is used to paint him negatively) and tries to force himself on ana, saying the most basic spanish phrases to remind you he's hispanic; there are only three other characters of color I can think of, all black, one is a black kickboxer and christian's trainer (always making quips and antagonizing him while they fight), one is the kickboxers brother, and the other is a personal security guard christian fires and whom ana says she doesn't really like (when she's never had that kinda problem with any other security personnel); one character is introduced as "small, dark, and gay. I loved him immediately" and is an overdramatic hairdresser; the most "normal" queer character doesn't have the fact she's dating a woman revealed until her very last appearance in the series, and she's already very infrequent (ana also happily notes that this means Ros won't be ogling her husband); Christian's mother is described as looking "relieved" when she finds out he isn't gay like she assumed; the author conflates Multiple Personality Disorder (an outdated term for Dissociative Identity Disorder, but that's what they use) with schizophrenia as if DID is someone experiencing schizophrenia; when a character attempts suicide christian asks and I quote "why would she do this to me?"

I'm making jokes at the expense of the books, but I've been generally not sharing the genuinely unpleasant aspects. they're all fairly small, but they are numerous. I'm sure there's details I'm forgetting at the moment as well. so if you wanted to read it ironically with me, there's also all this to contend with

#50 shades trilogy #tw suicide #tw racism #tw homophobia #i'm focusing on the silly lines because the humor is a light in the dark #but like. everything generally sucks #there are so many little moments that add up #christian has a line about fantasizing about ana with another woman. and its like. thought crime isn't real #but with the rest of the book's context and vibe...that doesn't mean it's nice to hear about you fantasizing about queerness #as if its for your own pleasure christian #anyway. i've been just keeping the ickier parts to myself because I'm reading the book ironically #but I fear I've mischaracterized it #so. alerting you #book sucks beyond uninteresting smut scenes #AND i'm only one person so someone else with a different intersectional identity would probably notice things #i've unintentionally overlooked #i have noticed christian's 'philanthropy' in his business. unsure what to make of it quite yet #if I'm making problems where there aren't any #i would've included mrs. lincoln on the list but since christian does eventually come around (after 3 entire books) #and stop defending her pedophilic actions. i omitted it #anyway. wish me luck y'all