Queerfully Made
Queerfully Made
Podcast Description
Queerfully Made tackles faith, gender, sexuality, and the intersection of them all. Ex-evangelical leaders Aaron Kelly and Ben Nicholson, once church insiders, host raw stories from LGBTQ+ Christians, ex-Christians, pastors, ex-pastors and sharp experts. Closeted and scared? Healing from church wounds? An ally ready to stand up but needing insight? We’re here to unpack identity, reforge spirituality, and build a fierce, inclusive community.
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The podcast explores themes surrounding faith, gender, and sexuality, with episodes focusing on personal testimonies and journeys of individuals navigating these intersections. Specific topics include the experiences of LGBTQ+ Christians, conversion practices, and the challenges of reconciling faith with queer identity, exemplified by episodes titled 'Aaron's Testimony' and 'Ben's Testimony'.
Queerfully Made tackles faith, gender, sexuality, and the intersection of them all. Ex-evangelical leaders Aaron Kelly and Ben Nicholson, once church insiders, host raw stories from LGBTQ+ Christians, ex-Christians, pastors, ex-pastors and sharp experts.
Closeted and scared? Healing from church wounds? An ally ready to stand up but needing insight? We’re here to unpack identity, reforge spirituality, and build a fierce, inclusive community.
Subscribe today!
Follow us at www.instagram.com/queerfully.made
From altar boy to Drag Race, Karen From Finance has been questioning structure his whole life.
Richard Chadwick grew up Catholic, served as an altar boy alongside Cardinal George Pell, and lost his mum to breast cancer at 14. When his school wouldn't let him ask why, he started questioning everything, and that road led him straight into drag.
Melbourne's premier corporate queen joins Aaron and Ben for a conversation that's equal parts tender and unhinged.
What we get into:
→ How being queer taught him to question structure (and why that led to drag)
→ Serving mass with Cardinal Pell, and how it felt when the news came out
→ Grief, God's plan and a Catholic school that stopped taking his questions
→ How Karen From Finance was born from an op shop prom dress
→ Why drag doesn't hide who you are, it reveals it
→ Calling out a transphobic auntie on Facebook
→ Nana, a pack of cigarettes and a certificate from Pride class
→ Internalised homophobia 20 years after coming out
→ His faith now: respect, admiration and why it's not for him
→ Mortein flamethrowers, Body Electric and Microsoft 365
You can't be what you can't see.
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