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READING RESOURCES
Note
This page is provided as a resource only and is not intended as an endorsement of any individual or book. There’s a continually growing number of resources available for seeking help and support, as well as researching issues relevant to gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, queer, and intersex people of faith. I have listed just a few of them here to get you started on this journey.
LGBTQ Faith Memoirs
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Refocusing My Family, by Amber Cantorna
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Undivided, by Vicky Beeching
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Transforming,
by Austen Hartke
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She’s My Dad,
by Jonathan Williams
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Unseen, by Meredith Jade
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Given Up for You,
by Erin O. White
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Facing the Music,
by Jennifer Knapp
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One Coin Found,
by Emmy Kegler
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Becoming Eve,
by Abby Chava Stein
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Still Stace, by Stacey Chomiak
Other LGBTQ Memoirs
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I Have Something to Tell You, by Chasten Buttigieg
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Found in Transition,
by Paria Hassouri, MD
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Redefining Realness,
by Janet Mock
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Native, by Kaitlin B. Curtice
Untamed, by Glennon Doyle
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Post-Traumatic Church Syndrome,
by Reba Riley
Coming Out
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Unashamed, by Amber Cantorna
Sex, Purity Culture, and LGBTQ Marriage
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Beyond Shame, by Matthias Roberts
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Pure, by Linda Kay Klein
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Shameless, by Nadia Bolz-Weber
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Modern Kinship, by David and Constantino Khalaf
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Sex, God, and the Conservative Church, by Tina Schermer Sellers
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The ABC's of LGBT+,
by Ashley Mardell
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Life Isn't Binary,
by Meg-John Barker
and Alex Iantaffi
Reconciling Faith and Sexuality
(In order left to right from least to most academic)
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Unclobber, by Colby Martin
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Changing Our Mind, by David P. Gushee
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Why Churches Need to Talk About Sexuality, by Mark Wingfield
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Walking the Bridgeless Canyon, by Kathy Baldock
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Bible, Gender, Sexuality, by James V. Brownson
Other Recommended Reading
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Braving the Wilderness, by Brene Brown
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Accidental Saints,
by Nadia Bolz-Weber
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What is the Bible?
by Rob Bell
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Sacred Wounds,
by Teresa B. Pasquale
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Practicing, by Kathy Escobar
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A Bigger Table,
by John Pavlovitz
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The Gifts of Imperfection,
by Brene Brown
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Does Jesus Really Love Me? by Jeff Chu
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After Evangelicalism,
by David Gushee
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Love Wins,
by Rob Bell
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