Posts by pwsbuilder
A Multi-Faith Theology On Moving Beyond Intimate Partner Violence
As a Black transman, I get a lot of messages about who I am supposed to be, what I am supposed to look like and what my life should manifest as. Sometimes I fit those ideas, but largely I don’t. When I found myself in a violent relationship with another trans person of color, I…
Read MoreHe Didn’t Know The Kind Of Baptists He Called
Yesterday, I received a message from someone at the Massachusetts Family Institute asking for my church’s help in repealing the new transgender public accommodations law that Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker signed earlier this summer. This law protects transgender people from discrimination in public places, including restrooms. The call followed two days after a letter. The…
Read MoreCatholic Ministry Supports Gay Priest Removed From Ministry
Statement of Francis DeBernardo, Executive Director, New Ways Ministry MOUNT RAINIER, Maryland—By all accounts, Fr. Warren Hall has been a caring, compassionate, and faithful Catholic priest. But there’s one more important adjective to describe him: courageous. He has courageously stood by the LGBT community, taking personal risks to let them know that God loves them…
Read MoreFired Lesbian Educator Sues New Jersey Catholic High School
A lesbian educator is suing a Catholic high school because earlier this year the school fired her for entering a same-gender marriage. In January, Kate Drumgoole was fired by Paramus Catholic High School, New Jersey, reported ABC 7, where she headed the guidance department and coached women’s basketball. She was a longtime employee and graduated…
Read MoreQueering The Song Of Songs: Painting The Shulamite
Return, return, the Shulamite. Return, return, and let us gaze on you. How will you gaze on Shulamite in the dance of the two camps? How beautiful are your sandaled feet, O prince’s daughter. The curves of your (quivering) thighs are like jewels crafted by artist hands. Your vulva a rounded bowl; may it never…
Read MoreQueering Racial Justice Institute In Philadelphia Features Workshops Hosted By NAACP
The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) has always been on the front lines of Civil Rights since its inception, and this time is no different. The Queering Racial Justice Institute is the perfect space to learn and engage around the pressing issues of our time. Set to take place on Saturday,…
Read MoreBack To School For Trans Kids
The back-to-school season can bring a mixture of emotions for parents and kids alike. For some it’s all excitement. For others, it’s nervousness and trepidation. For transgender children and their parents, it can be a time of sheer terror. While some schools (and the communities they are in) are great, others are so anti-trans that…
Read MoreGrowing In My Faith & My Marriage
Who am I? I know the answer that is normally given would be; name, age, hometown, college, work, children, pets. Those answers are available, but before I list the things you can find out with a quick search I will define myself. I am a lover, free spirit, one who is easy to laugh, but…
Read MoreWhen Revolution Comes
I realized how much I hated myself the day I admitted to myself that I’m trans. I’d never noticed before then the nauseated feeling in my stomach each time I looked in a mirror, or how I never could take compliment without some type of rebuttal, or how much I clamored for attention while looking…
Read MoreDiscovering Bisexuality As A Spiritual Calling
Last year, I ordered the book Blessed Bi Spirit: Bisexual People of Faith because I realized I still had some things to come to terms with in regards to my sexuality and my faith. I wanted to continue writing and speaking about the intersection of queerness and Christianity in my life, but I couldn’t keep…
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