Queerology: A Podcast on Belief and Being

2022 Q Christian Fellowship Conference

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Intersectional Justice with Rev. Dr. Yvette Flunder (Encore) Sep 07, 2021

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This episode first aired Sep 10, 2019. Rev. Dr. Yvette Flunder (she, her), a San Francisco native, has served her call through prophetic action and ministry for justice for over thirty years. This call to “blend proclamation, worship, service and advocacy on behalf of those most marginalized in church and in society” led to the founding of the City of Refuge United Church of Christ in 1991. In 2003, Rev. Dr. Flunder was consecrated Presiding Bishop of The Fellowship of Affirming Ministries, a multi-denominational coalition of over 100 primarily African American Christian leaders and laity.

Rev. Dr. Flunder is on the Board of Starr King School for the Ministry and DEMOS and has taught at many theological schools. She is a graduate of the Certificate of Ministry and Master of Arts programs at PSR, and received her Doctor of Ministry from San Francisco Theological Seminary. She is also an award-winning gospel music artist and author of Where the Edge Gathers: A Theology of Homiletic and Radical Inclusion.

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Where the Edge Gathers: A Theology of Homiletic and Radical Inclusion

City of Refuge United Church of Christ

Masterclass: 4 Practices You Can Start Now to Move Beyond Shame

Your Body is a Person Course

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You're A Person! with Jamie Lee Finch Aug 24, 2021

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Jamie Lee Finch is a sexuality and embodiment coach, speaker, poet, and author of "You Are Your Own: A Reckoning with the Religious Trauma of Evangelical Christianity".

She's coached over 400 people in the past 5 years and sees her role in her work as that of a conflict mediator between human beings and their bodies.

She's just released her very first online course called "Your Body is a Person" that walks you through her entire methodology and practice of Personified Embodiment

Links and Resources:

Jamie Lee Finch Website

Jamie's free 10-day Course

You Are Your Own Book

Masterclass: 4 Practices You Can Start Now to Move Beyond Shame

Masterclass: 4 Practices You Can Start Now to Move Beyond Shame

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Fighting for Wellbeing in Uganda with Samson Turinawe Aug 10, 2021

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Samson Turinawe is the Executive Director of Universal Love Alliance (ULA), a Ugandan humanitarian, educator and human rights defender. He believes that "every human being should be respected simply for being who they are, a part of Life's creation." Tolerance, inclusiveness, love, compassion, dialogue and reconciliation are all central themes in his work.

Through his teaching and activism, Samson is working for a new generation -- one that is open-minded, open-hearted, diversity-embracing, and committed to serving all of humanity.

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Universal Love Alliance

Emily Regenstreif on Twitter

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Emily Regenstreif has Supportive Parents Jul 20, 2021

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Emily Regenstreif has supportive parents. The best thing that they could do and ever did was to listen and then wanting to learn and know more by asking questions.

Emily grew up queer in Portland, Oregon, in a Jewish faith community. She had a lovely and lucky experience — very different from the traumatic backgrounds of others who grew up queer in faith communities. That’s not Emily’s story.

Emily is a 31-year-old receptionist who spends most of her free time playing Dungeons and Dragons as well as writing her first novel, which she has been working on since she was 18 years old.

Topics Discussed:

Faith Forms Identity: Emily’s supportive journey with queerness being Jewish
Jonas Brothers to Julia Stiles: Emily’s evolution of queerness started with a girl
Coming out to friends, family, and faith community was easy for Emily
Attraction vs. Asexuality: There’s far more to being a person than sex
Exploration: Be comfortable with who and what you are to feel free, not shameful
Religious Trauma: Luckily, Emily’s challenges weren’t related to queerness, faith
Choosing My Religion: Converting to Judaism was Emily’s choice over church
Proud Every Day: Emily never felt need to project or celebrate Pride Month

Links and Resources:

Queer Youth Faith (QYF) Day

Queerology - QYF Day: Don’t Give Up Everything You Believe In and Everyone You Love (rerelease)

Boy Erased

Masterclass: 4 Practices You Can Start Now to Move Beyond Shame

The Faith and Justice Network

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Julie Rodgers Survived Jul 06, 2021

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Julie Rodgers is a writer, speaker, and leader in the movement working for full inclusion for LGBTQ people in Christian communities. She played a significant role in shutting down Exodus International, the largest conversion therapy organization in the world, and she was also the first openly gay person to be hired by an evangelical Christian college. She is featured in Pray Away (2020), a documentary about the movement to pray the gay away. Her writing has been featured in Sojourners, The New York Times, The Washington Post, and Time. She lives with her wife in Washington, DC.

Her new book, Outlove: A Queer Christian Survival Story, is a memoir of her experience growing up evangelical, while knowing she was gay. It’s about love and losses, political and religious power-plays, and the cost to those who sought to stay in a faith community that wouldn’t accept them.

For more queer reflections on faith, public life, and chosen family, join Julie’s substack, Reimagining Belonging.

Topics Discussed:

Faith & Identity: Lesbian, queer, Christian, cat mom with conflicting, complex faith
Coming Out, Conversion, Coping: Julie didn’t want to change, but initially gave in
Don’t be a part of something that makes you hate and harm yourself or others
Who to trust? Choose to question or follow religious leaders or your own truth
Breaking Point: Reality behind closed doors vs. belief that things are changing
Pray the Gay Away: Story that is still present reality in today’s world
Reasons for Disconnect: Lack of nuance and understanding in liberal spaces
Save Yourself, Not Everyone: Don’t stay rooted in trauma; live and thrive

Links and Resources:

Julie Rodgers

Outlove

Pray Away

Reimagining Belonging

The Trevor Project

Masterclass: 4 Practices You Can Start Now to Move Beyond Shame

Masterclass: 4 Practices You Can Start Now to Move Beyond Shame

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QYF Day: Don’t Give Up Everything You Believe In and Everyone You Love Jun 29, 2021

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How are you celebrating national Queer Youth of Faith (QYF) Day on June 30, 2021?

On this episode of Queerology, a panel celebrates the life, creativity, and gifts of queer youth of faith.

The panel includes Ameera, a trans-Svengolie American Muslim; Taline, a bisexual Armenian Christian; Daniel, a gay Jew; and Sebastian, a trans-Christian.

Happy QYF Day!

Topics Discussed:

QYF Panel: How each identifies and how faith formed their identity
Honor, Celebrate, Center: Importance and meaning of QYF Day to each panelist
Affirming Theology: Spread awareness that God doesn’t hate you
Queer Realization: Born this way and the continual struggle to find hope and support
Advice: Nobody’s perfect, don’t change, you’re not alone, find your people

Links and Resources:

QYF Day

Beloved Arise

Rebel Youth Group

Kevin Garcia on YouTube