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Sep 30, 2022

Love the Sinner, Hate the Sin: Five Things Every Christian and LGBTQ Person Should Know

Five things every Christian and LGBTQ person should know Many LGBTQ-identifying people are familiar with these words — as with the Christians who use them. Whether you use this statement, or you’re the sinner who’s being “loved” through it, there are a few important things to consider in getting the…

LGBTQ

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Love the Sinner, Hate the Sin: Five Things Every Christian and LGBTQ Person Should Know
Love the Sinner, Hate the Sin: Five Things Every Christian and LGBTQ Person Should Know
LGBTQ

7 min read


Nov 13, 2021

Evangelical Sodomites

How lots of us — even straight people — commit sodomy every day “False Prophet!” “Abomination!” “Sodomite!” Reading insult after insult on my Facebook ads, I realized I may have made a mistake. Marketing my new book giving hope to gay Christians, I targeted conservatives. After all, liberals didn’t have much of a problem to solve — they’d mostly accepted LGBTQ people as they were…

LGBTQ

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Evangelical Sodomites
Evangelical Sodomites
LGBTQ

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Jul 30, 2021

Why Franklin Graham’s Homophobic Rant is Comforting to This Gay Guy

Many proponents of LGBTQ+ rights are concerned when right-wing leaders make anti-gay remarks. Here’s why Franklin Graham’s recent example needn’t cause alarm, but contentment. Capping off Pride Month, Franklin Graham posted on Facebook about how horrible such a celebration is. His comment included, It’s like setting a month aside to…

Gay Christian

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Why Franklin Graham’s Homophobic Rant is Comforting to This Gay Guy
Why Franklin Graham’s Homophobic Rant is Comforting to This Gay Guy
Gay Christian

5 min read


Jul 10, 2021

Court Finds Conversion Therapy “Unconscionable”

This week, a New Jersey court fined a conversion therapy organization a penalty of up to 3.5 million dollars and ordered it to stop practicing conversion therapy. Its leaders were banned from leadership positions in non-profit organizations. …

LGBTQ

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Court Finds Conversion Therapy “Unconscionable”
Court Finds Conversion Therapy “Unconscionable”
LGBTQ

6 min read


Jun 27, 2021

Ask Me Anything

Should Straight Allies Remain at Non-Affirming Churches? A friend asked me to participate in his company’s Pride Month “Ask Me Anything: I’m Queer” event. The program was an open period for people to ask questions giving the LGBTQ+ members of the company to respond. The question I was asked centered around straight people attending churches that speak…

LGBTQ

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Ask Me Anything
Ask Me Anything
LGBTQ

4 min read


Nov 30, 2020

A Message to Christian Parents Whose Kids Come Out

Understanding Pascal’s Wager Helps Us Respond to Gay Christians I read an email from a father to his son about being gay. The father implored him to choose a life of celibacy and faith over what he was sure a life of sin and separation from God. Stan Mitchell, pastor…

Gay Christian

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A Message to Christian Parents Whose Kids Come Out
A Message to Christian Parents Whose Kids Come Out
Gay Christian

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Nov 13, 2020

Gays, Cancel Culture and the Christian Right

A Christian Scholar’s Changing Views Toward Inclusion. — “I wouldn’t have said this 20 years ago, but now I know a lot of people who are gay and lesbian and they seem to have as good a spiritual life as I do.” It’s not every day you hear that from a conservative evangelical Christian author, scholar, or pastor…

Church

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Gays, Cancel Culture and the Christian Right
Gays, Cancel Culture and the Christian Right
Church

4 min read


Nov 1, 2020

How Catholic Criticism of Pope Francis Can Help Gay Protestants

Catholic Response to Pope Frances’ Statement on Gay Unions Shines a Light on How Protestants Treat Their Churches LGBT+ people around the world struggling with integrating faith and sexuality can learn a lot from recent responses from Catholic leaders concerning the pope. Pope Francis made news and history with his…

Christianity

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How Catholic Criticism of Pope Francis Can Help Gay Protestants
How Catholic Criticism of Pope Francis Can Help Gay Protestants
Christianity

4 min read

Andy Wells

Andy Wells

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Andy’s is the author of, “Tried to be Straight: Options for Gay Christians.” Find out more at www.triedtobestraight.com.

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