Queer Spiritual Spaces: Sexuality and Sacred Places by
Queer spiritual spaces -- Coming home from the wilderness: an overview of recent scholarly research on LGBTQI religiosity/spirituality -- Quakers: post-Christian selfhoods within the liberal sphere -- Looking for Allah: spiritual quests of queer Muslims -- Queerness and Sangha: exploring Buddhist lives -- Dyke spiritualities at Michigan Womyn's Music Festival -- New age spiritualities: Findhorn and the sexual self -- Virtual believers: queer spiritual practice online -- Queer spiritual spaces: conclusion.
Contemporary Christianity and LGBT Sexualities by
The gift (?) that dare not speak its name: exploring the influence of sexuality on the professional performances of gay male Anglican clergy / Michael Keenan -- Between subordination and sympathy: evangelical Christians, masculinity and gay sexuality / Kristin Aune -- Common pathways, different lives: the 'coming out' narratives of Catholic nuns and lesbians in Poland / Marta Trzebiatowska -- Bisexual Christians: the life-stories of a marginalised community / Alex Toft -- Transgendering Christianity: gender-variant Christians as visionaries / Andrew Kam-Tuck Yip ; Michael Keenan -- Human rights and moral wrongs: the Christian 'gay debate' in the secular sphere / Stephen Hunt -- Christians and gays in Northern Ireland: how the ethno-religious context has shaped Christian anti-gay and pro-gay activism / Richard O'Leary -- Is it meaningful to speak of 'queer spirituality'? : an examination of queer and LGBT imagery and themes in contemporary paganism and Christianity / Yvonne Aburrow -- Trends in the spiritual direction for LGBT people / Derek Jay.
Living Out Islam: Voices of Gay, Lesbian, and Transgender Muslims by
2015 Israel Fishman Non-Fiction Award presented by the Stonewall Books Awards of the American Library Association Muhsin is one of the organizers of Al-Fitra Foundation, a South African support group for lesbian, transgender, and gay Muslims. Islam and homosexuality are seen by many as deeply incompatible. This, according to Muhsin, is why he had to act. "I realized that I'm not alone--these people are going through the very same things that I'm going through. But I've managed, because of my in-depth relationship with God, to reconcile the two. I was completely comfortable saying to the world that I'm gay and I'm Muslim. I wanted to help other people to get there. So that's how I became an activist." Living Out Islam documents the rarely-heard voices of Muslims who live in secular democratic countries and who are gay, lesbian, and transgender. It weaves original interviews with Muslim activists into a compelling composite picture which showcases the importance of the solidarity of support groups in the effort to change social relationships and achieve justice. This nascent movement is not about being "out" as opposed to being "in the closet." Rather, as the voices of these activists demonstrate, it is about finding ways to live out Islam with dignity and integrity, reconciling their sexuality and gender with their faith and reclaiming Islam as their own.
Unspeakable Love: Gay and Lesbian Life in the Middle East by 
Slouching Towards Gaytheism: Christianity and Queer Survival in America by
"Slouching towards Gaytheism brings together two intellectual traditions--the New Atheism and queer theory--and moves beyond them to offer a new voice for gay Americans and atheists alike. Examining the continued vehemence of homophobia in cultural and political debate regarding queer equality, this unabashed polemic insists that the needs met by religion might be met--more safely and less toxically--by forms of community that do not harass and malign gay and lesbian Americans or impede collective social progress. W. C. Harris argues that compromises with traditional religion, no matter how enlightened or well intentioned, will ultimately leave heteronormativity alive and well. He explores a range of recent movements, such as Dan Savage's "It Gets Better" project, reparative "ex-gay" therapy, Christian purity culture, and attempts by liberal Christians to reconcile religion with homosexuality, and shows how these proposed solutions are either inadequate or positively dangerous. According to the author, the time has come for "gaytheism": leaving religion behind in order to preserve queer dignity, rights, and lives."
Queering Creole Spiritual Traditions
Inside out (DVD)
Homosexuality and Religion by Click the links below to find books and DVDs. Also, use these terms in databases to find articles.
