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Gattison is Not #OnceGay Apr 30, 2019

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Born and raised in the San Francisco Bay Area, pop artist Gattison began playing the piano and singing at the young-age of ten years old and composed his first song at the age of twelve. He successfully worked as a worship leader for years, until he came out, which ended his marriage with his wife and left him searching and deconstructing his faith.

Jump forward a few years and Gattison is the founder of the Innovative Love Coalition a group of queer and affirming Christian creatives who are reintroducing God’s love through creative experiences, justice initiatives and acts of service. They just launched a kickstarter for a brand new worship album created by LGBTQ+ people of faith an allies, supported by grammy award winning artists and producers

Gattison’s new single, Picture Perfect debuted on the Billboard Breakout charts and he lives in LA, coparenting his two kids and making music.

Innovative Love Coalition is on Instagram: @innovativelovecoalition
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Gattison is on Instagram: @gattisonofficial and Twitter: @iamgattison
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Marco Spaumer is a Soap Opera Star - Episode 76 Apr 23, 2019

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Marco Spaumer is a South African actor, best known for his work in the South African soap opera Suidooster. He studied Musical Theatre and has been on South African screens since late 2012. In this episode, Marco and Matthias talk about spiritual abuse, LGBTQ+ faith in South Africa, and Marco's faith journey.

Marco is part of Life Choices, a Cape Town-based youth organization aiming to invest in the local youth to tackle inequality and has been actively serving on the board as secretary. He is also part of Simunye, an initiative to feed and serve those living on the streets in Cape Town. He is passionate about social justice and using his profile and platform to create awareness for those who are marginalized.

Follow Marco across social media: @marcospaumer.

For the list of books Marco mentions, visit this episode's blog post: www.matthiasroberts.com/queerology/e76-marco-spaumer

To help out with the GoFundMe for Rachel Held Evans' medical bills visit: www.gofundme.com/supporting-rachel-held-evans

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Abi Robins is Queering the Enneagram - Episode 75 Apr 16, 2019

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Abi Robins (they/them) is a trained Enneagram Teacher who studied with Helen Palmer, Marion Gilbert, Peter O’Hanrahan and others through The Narrative Enneagram in Menlo Park, CA. Robins is also a CIAYT Yoga Therapist (intern) with the International Association of Yoga Therapists and studied at Yoga Yoga in Austin, TX.

Abi’s teaching combines the deep and transformative insight of the Enneagram with the holistic and down to earth practices of Yoga Therapy. Robins seeks to share these two powerful systems to help people better understand themselves and those around them and live more fulfilling and meaningful lives.

As a queer, non-binary Enneagram teacher and Yoga Therapist, Robins is also working tirelessly to bring quality teaching in both areas to the queer community. Abi seeks to empower sexual and gender minorities with self-understanding, self-compassion and embodied practices to heal from the trauma inherent in existing on the margins. Robins also hopes to educate other Yoga and Enneagram teachers on how to best serve the queer community through their own teaching.

Connect with Abi here:

www.consciousenneagram.com

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twitter.com/consciousennea

Facebook.com/consciousenneagram

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Kevin Garcia Served Communion (Encore) Mar 26, 2019

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(Matthias is working on finishing his book this week, so another encore episode, this is an encore of Episode 41 with Kevin Garcia)

Kevin and Matthias sit down for Queerology's first ever live recording. Find out what happened when Nadia Bolz-Weber pulled Kevin aside and asked "will you serve communion with me?"

Kevin Garcia is a speaker, creative, musician, content creator, and worship artist based in Atlanta. After coming out in 2015, Kevin has reached thousands through his blog (thekevingarcia.com), his podcast (A Tiny Revolution), and his YouTube channel where he unpacks theology and addresses life as a queer person of faith.

Kevin works with The Reformation Project and is currently working on his M.Div at Columbia Theological Seminary. He believes that by telling our stories, we set others free to tell theirs.

Kevin is on Twitter @theKevinGarcia_ and on Instagram @thekevingarcia.

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Julien Baker is Uncertain (Encore) Mar 19, 2019

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(This is an encore of Episode 47) Julien Baker is a Tennessee based singer/songwriter with a knack for finding the shaky ground between heart-wrenching and cathartic. Her solo debut album, Sprained Ankle, was one of the most widely acclaimed works of 2015. In this episode she talks about uncertainty, church hopping, anxiety, and identity.

Julien has performed on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, was one of Out magazine’s Out100 in 2017, and has been featured by The New York Times, Paste, The New Yorker, GQ Magazine, Vice, NPR’s Tiny Desk Concerts, and so many more.

Be sure to pick up a copy of Julien's new album Turn Out the Lights wherever music is sold. She can be found across the internet, @julienrbaker.

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On Coming Out with Amber Cantorna Mar 12, 2019

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Join Matthias and Amber as they celebrate the launch of her new book Unashamed: A Coming Out Guide for LGBTQ Christians, which is out everywhere today! Amber Cantorna is an author, speaker, blogger, musician, and leader in the movement of acceptance and inclusion for LGBTQ+ Christians.

Her first book, Refocusing My Family: Coming Out, Being Cast Out, and Discovering the True Love of God (featured in Episode 20 of Queerology) released in 2017 and detailed her coming out journey after growing up the daughter of a Focus on the Family executive. Amber resides in Denver with her wife Clara and their dogs.

Pick up a copy of Unashamed wherever you buy books. Follow Amber on her website, www.ambercantorna.com and across social media @amberncantorna.

Find out more about the Tell Your Pastor #imaffirming campaign: https://www.generousspace.ca/tell-your-pastor-imaffirming/

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On Second Adolescence with Sarah Kessler - E73 Mar 05, 2019

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Sarah Kessler is a life coach (CPC, ELI-MP), speaker, and writer who is passionate about connecting with individuals and empowering them to live a life marked by radical self-love, freedom, and endless possibility. In this episode, she sits down with Matthias to discuss the phenomenon of "second adolescence" which many people experience after coming out.

Sarah resides in Denver, CO, with her wife, Stacey, and their new puppy, Kamari. She can be found at coachkessler.com and also over at The Christian Closet. She's on Twitter and Instagram, @thecoachkessler

Join the Tell Your Pastor #imaffirming campaign for Lent:https://www.generousspace.ca/lent-2019-tell-your-pastor-imaffirming/

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(Encore) Candice Czubernat is a Therapist Feb 26, 2019

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In this encore of Episode 38, therapist and founder of The Christian Closet, Candice Czubernat discusses the complexities of mental health while living as a queer people of faith. Candice was named one of the "10 Pro-LGBT Religious Women You Should Know" by The Advocate and is an active blogger and speaker around issues of LGBTQ Christianity and mental health.

Her practice can be found at thechristiancloset.com, she blogs at candiceczubernat.com. She's on Twitter: @TheChristianCL and Facebook: facebook.com/thechristiancloset.

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Donald Scherschligt is Positive - Episode 72 Feb 19, 2019

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Donald Scherschligt is a 24-year-old gay HIV+ activist, writer and graphic designer. In this episode we talk about his Christianity, HIV/AIDS, stigma, and what we can each do to help fight this disease.

After coming out at age 19, Donald led an underground LGBTQ community at the Christian college he attended. He is the creator of Campus Pride's Shame List, the nation's most comprehensive list of anti-LGBTQ religious colleges and universities. He's also one half of the team behind Queerly Beloved Tees, an apparel company for LGBTQ people of faith.

You can find Donald at www.donaldlawrence.me, and on Twitter and Instagram, @donnysurelegit.

Everything you could ever want to know and more about HIV: http://www.thebody.com/

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Kashif Andrew Graham is a Librarian - Episode 71 Feb 12, 2019

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Kashif Andrew Graham is a queer Jamaican American man. He's the Outreach Librarian for Religion and Theology at the Vanderbilt Divinity Library in Nashville, TN. In this episode Kashif shares his coming out journey and the need for more diversity within our theological libraries.

Kashif holds a Bachelor of Arts in English Literature and Spanish from CUNY Lehman College. He received his Master of Arts in Church Ministry from the Pentecostal Theological Seminary in Cleveland, TN. And will graduate this May from the University of Tennessee at Knoxville with a Master of Science in Information Sciences.

He blogs at kashifandrewgraham.com and is on Instagram @kashifandrewgraham.

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