Coming Out Christian
Coming Out Christian
Podcast Description
Sometimes, it's as hard to come out as an LGBTQIA+ person in a Christian space as it is to come out as a Christian in an LGBTQIA+ space. Deeply faithful, critical, and sometimes a bit irreverent, "Coming Out Christian" meets that challenge head-on through the often silent and silenced narratives of Queer Christians. Join Siobhan Boyd-Nelson and the Rev. Dr. Ben Huelskamp for frank and revealing conversations at the intersection of faith, sexual orientation, gender identity, race, and other identities."Coming Out Christian" is a project of LOVEboldly, an organization working to create spaces where LGBTQIA+ people can flourish in Christianity. Learn more about LOVEboldly at www.loveboldly.net.
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Content Themes
The podcast focuses on themes of faith, identity, and acceptance, with episodes addressing topics like navigating LGBTQIA+ identities within Christian communities, the experiences of queer Christians, and critical discussions on race and gender identity in relation to faith. Specific examples include episodes that explore the challenges of coming out in both religious and LGBTQIA+ spaces.
Sometimes, it’s as hard to come out as an LGBTQIA+ person in a Christian space as it is to come out as a Christian in an LGBTQIA+ space. Deeply faithful, critical, and sometimes a bit irreverent, “Coming Out Christian” meets that challenge head-on through the often silent and silenced narratives of Queer Christians. Join Siobhan Boyd-Nelson and the Rev. Dr. Ben Huelskamp for frank and revealing conversations at the intersection of faith, sexual orientation, gender identity, race, and other identities.
“Coming Out Christian” is a project of LOVEboldly, an organization working to create spaces where LGBTQIA+ people can flourish in Christianity. Learn more about LOVEboldly at www.loveboldly.net.
Scandalous, Episode 4: Rev. Dr. Pauli Murray
Coming Out Christian’s mini-season “Scandalous” continues as Siobhan Boyd-Nelson and the Rev. Dr. Ben Huelskamp welcome back Rev. Melinda Garza Moran to discuss a barrier-breaking figure whose story deserves far wider recognition: the Reverend Dr. Pauli Murray.
A lawyer, activist, poet, and priest, Murray graduated first in her class from Howard Law School, co-founded the National Organization for Women, and helped shape the legal arguments behind landmark civil rights and gender equality cases, work that influenced both Thurgood Marshall and Ruth Bader Ginsburg. At age 63, after decades of pioneering work in law and academia, Murray entered seminary and went on to become the first African American woman ordained as an Episcopal priest.
Melinda shares what drew her to Murray’s story after watching a documentary on her life, and the group digs into what it meant for Murray to keep “causing good trouble” well into her seventies, the quiet strength of the aunt who raised her without judgment, and how Murray’s justice work continued into the life of the church itself. The conversation also touches on the ongoing scholarly debate about which pronouns best honor Murray’s gender-expansive identity (in these notes, we’ve followed the episode’s lead in using she/her).
Learn more about Rev. Melinda Garza Moran and her ministry at Good Shepherd Lutheran Church in Kenwood, Ohio, at www.goodshepherd.com. You can also follow Rev. Melinda on social media @heysaints26 (Instagram, Threads, and Facebook).
Follow along at @comingoutchristian_podcast and @loveboldly, and find more at www.loveboldly.org.
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