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LGBTQ+ Resources

This document is intended to serve as a resource to parents, friends, and loved ones who wish to learn more about the LGBTQ+ community. Feel free to share this document on social media and with your friends, family, and colleagues, etc. This list is not exhaustive, but it’s a great place to start your LGBTQ+ educational journey. I will continue to add to this document as I become aware of more resources. I take allyship very seriously and I’m always learning. I am a safe place to land.

Confused about LGBTQ+ terminology? Visit this comprehensive Glossary of Terms

Organizations to follow and support:

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Non-Fiction Books:
*Transgender specific

*He’s Always Been My Son by Janna Barkin

*The Transgender Child: A Handbook for Families and Professionals by Stephanie A. Brill and Rachel Pepper

*The Transgender Teen by Stephanie A. Brill and Lisa Kenney 

*Becoming Nicole: The inspiring story of transgender actor-activist Nicole Maines and her extraordinary family by Amy Ellis Nutt 

*Transparently:  Behind the Scenes of a Good Life by Lisa Salazar, a Christian trans woman

*Phoenix Goes to School: A Story to Support Transgender and Gender Diverse Children by Michelle Finch and Phoenix Finch

Torn:  Rescuing the Gospel from the Gays vs. Christians Debate  by Justin Lee

Mom, I’m Gay:  Loving your LGBTQ Child Without Sacrificing Your Faith  by Susan Cottrell

Jesus, the Bible & Homosexuality by Jack Rogers

Stranger at the Gate:  To Be Gay and Christian in America by Mel White

The ABC's of LGBT+ by Ashley Mardell

Bible, Gender, Sexuality:  Reframing the Church’s Debate on Same-Sex Relationships by James V. Brownson

What the Bible Really Says About Homosexuality by David A. Helminiak

The Bible’s Yes to Same Sex Marriage:  An Evangelical’s Change of Heart by Mark Achtemeier

God and the Gay Christian by Matthew Vines

Walking the Bridgeless Canyon:  Repairing the Breach Between the Church    and the LGBT Community by Kathy Baldock

Does Jesus Really Love Me?  A Gay Christian’s Pilgrimage in Search of God in America by Jeff Chu

Going Gay:  My Journey from Evangelical Christian Minister to Self-Acceptance, Love, Life, and Meaning by Tim Rymel

Gay, Straight, and the Reason Why:  The Science of Sexual Orientation by Simon LeVay

A Time to Embrace:  Same-Gender Relationships in Religion, Law, and Politics by William Stacy Johnson

Love Is an Orientation: Elevating the Conversation With the Gay Community by Andrew Marin

Changing Our Mind by David Gushee

A Letter to My Congregation:  An Evangelical Pastor’s Path to Embracing    People Who Are Gay, Lesbian and Transgender by Ken Wilson

The Bible Now by Richard Elliott Friedman & Shawna Dolansky (written by two Jewish Bible scholars, this book examines the Hebrew Bible’s perspectives on the issues of homosexuality, abortion, women, death penalty and care of the earth)

How We Sleep At Night:  A Mother’s Memoir by Sara Cunningham

Risking Grace:  Loving Our Gay Family and Friends Like Jesus (A Father’s Story) by Dave Jackson

Where’s My Book?  A Guide for Transgender and Gender Non-Conforming Youth, Their Parents, & Everyone Else  by Linda Gromko, MD

Radically Included:  The Biblical Case for Radical Love and Inslusion by Susan Cottrell (49 Bible verses that will change your life, change your love, and set your heart free.  7 verses are used to wound and reject LGBTQ people, Susan has found 7 X 7 verses that show us the way to love.)

This I Know:  A Simple Biblical Defense for LGBTQ Christians by Jim Dant

Scripture, Ethics, and the Possibility of Same-Sex Relationships by Karen R. Keen

A Bigger Table, Expanding Edition with Study Guide: Building Messy, Authentic, and Hopeful Spiritual Community by John Pavlovitz

It Feels Good to Be Yourself: A Book About Gender Identity by Theresa Thorn and Noah Grigni

The Gender Creative Child: Pathways for Nurturing and Supporting Children Who Live Outside Gender Boxes by Diane Ehrensaft PhD and Norman Spack MD

Hearts and Minds: Talking to Christians about Homosexuality by Darren Main

Queerfully and Wonderfully Made: A Guide for LGBTQ+ Christian Teens by Leigh Finke

Welcoming and Affirming: A Guide to Supporting and Working with LGBTQ+ Christian Youth by Leigh Finke


Fiction Books:

Of Heart and Wings by Debbie McQueen

The NightRunner Series by by Lynn Flewelling

Red, White and Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston


Podcasts:

Freedhearts

Sisters of Thunder

Colby Martin: “The Clobber Series”  Three video presentations dealing with the seven Bible verses said to condemn homosexuality.

Websites & Blogs:

Freed Hearts:  www.freedhearts.org  

Just Because He Breathes:  www.justbecausehebreathes.com

Queer Christian Fellowship:  www.qchristian.org

Canyonwalker Connections:  www.canyonwalkerconnections.com

John Pavlovitz “Stuff That Needs to Be Said”:  johnpavlovitz.com

Julie Rodgers (a young Christian lesbian who had chosen celibacy, but who has recently changed her position and is now affirming of committed same sex relationships):  julie-rodgers.com

NALT Christians Project:  www.notalllikethat.org

The Evangelical Network:  www.t-e-n.org

The Reformation Project (a Bible-based, Christian non-profit organization that seeks to reform church teaching on sexual orientation and gender identity.):  www.reformationproject.org

Serendipitydodah: a Place of Unexpected Discoveries and Fortuitous Happenstance:  www. serendipitydodah.wordpress.com

The Marin Foundation:  An organization that seeks to promote dialogue and understanding between the two warring sides within the church on issues of homosexuality and same sex relationships, through engagement, conversation, education and mutual respect.  http://www.themarinfoundation.org/