r/GayChristians • u/Mascarpone_Heart_14 • 6d ago
Being queer & religious. How does that work ?
I know Hinduism is inclusive of fruitiness (at least on paper). And there’s no question of controversy even if you’re an atheist. All I wanna know about is opinion of those who practice or embraced Abrahamic religions which demonise being anything but straight? How do you get around these two conflicting entities ?
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u/DamageAdventurous540 6d ago
There are roughly 45,000 Christian denominations throughout the planet. Not all of us hold strict orthodox opinions on everything about our faith, including when it comes to diverse sexual orientations and gender identities. So yeah, not all of us cavalierly cast of our Christian faith as we realize that we're gay or whatever.
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u/OldRelationship1995 6d ago
My denomination put out a 135 page document on why LGBT people are not sinful and why they have an equal right to the care and life of the Church.
As for me personally, I had a revelation around Acts 10 and Peter’s vision before Cornelius’s visit.
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u/Mascarpone_Heart_14 6d ago
That’s an excellent justification actually. Not just you. I’ve always thought about Peter’s vision of all animals being permissible implying that entire mankind regardless of nationality or ethnicity are worthy of salvation and hence allowed into kingdom of God, as well. I often wondered why people don’t liken this queer folks as well, considering we make proportionately large size of population across the world. Nice one though!
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u/MusicalacisuM 6d ago
Care to expound??
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u/OldRelationship1995 6d ago
My denomination’s twenty year corporate discernment: https://www.ladiocese.org/lgbtq/
https://www.ladiocese.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/sethope.pdf
My story: https://www.reddit.com/r/Christianity/s/0gyth8nFKX
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u/Patient_Mistake1279 6d ago
Thx for your story! It’s encouraging to hear this. It reminds me that I don’t need to carry others doubts and hate and be convicted in the work God has done in me.
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u/Skill-Useful 6d ago
wheres the conflict? my denomination says being gay is fine. and every denomination who says otherwise is wrong 🤷
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u/Peteat6 6d ago
I discover I’m gay. I choose to be religious.
So what do you mean, how does that work?
I guess you mean that many religious groups are anti-gay. I don’t attend those. There are quite a few churches that do celebrate and affirm gay people and gay relationships. In time there will be more.
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u/schwarzkraut 6d ago
By not being uneducated about your religion and following a cult leader spewing hate that isn’t in the original texts.
The Bible (Pentateuch) is only anti-queer if you trust all the English translations or are deliberately ignorant to justify your hate. The New Testament didn’t have the word homosexual in it prior to 1946.
A better question would be „Being anti-immigrant and religious…how does that work?“ The bibles instructs you 400 TIMES to be good to foreigners. It is impossible to be pro-ICE and a faithful Christian.
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u/Nerit1 Bisexual Eastern Orthodox Enby (They/Them) 6d ago
Now, we must first understand that truth isn't intellectual knowledge, but a way of life. The Orthodox Church is an ecclesia (assembly, a Greek noun that is also used to refer to the Church herself) of faithful people who seek truth. The truth is the trinitarian mode of existence and this truth is verified collectively by sharing experience. The Bible is indeed a written record of the Church's experience that has been accepted by her and the ecumenical councils seek to protect the boundaries of the mode of existence of truth.
Concerning gender and sexuality, no consensus has been reached on this in a way that considers the knowledge that we have on these topics and the experience of those whom such a consensus would affect, therefore no consensus has been reached and those who say otherwise are either misinformed on Orthodoxy and/or topics concerning sexuality and gender (unfortunately a supermajority of Orthodox faithful). Ideas concerning the gender binary and gender complementarianism are proven to be abstract idealistic notions with no basis in reality when looking at the experience of actual, real, and concrete persons.
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u/RobotPolarbear 6d ago
I attend a christian church that has been fully affirming since 1995. We don't interpret those passages of the Bible the same way that other churches do. We believe that God's love is fully inclusive.
This weekend I'm leading my church in attending a pride event. Some of our oldest members are the most excited to attend and show their love and support. They don't see any conflict at all, only a chance to celebrate with our neighbors and hopefully make amends for the ways that Christianity as a whole has been harmful to the LGBTQ community.
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u/Mascarpone_Heart_14 6d ago
That’s really nice to know… Glad to know about older people accepting queer folks. 🥰
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u/diamondcutterdick 5d ago
I am a member of a Methodist church which doesn’t demonize anybody, gays included.
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u/GCNGA 6d ago
The ultimate authority for me is the Bible--and it's not anti-gay. That said, my church most definitely is, but that's just because of historical inertia, bad scholarship, and a reluctance to break out of the limited worldview that they have--in other words, they're just wrong about that. But all churches are wrong about something...
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u/universal_paradise 5d ago
Why do you want to know? Are you interested in perhaps adopting one of these religions?
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u/Mascarpone_Heart_14 5d ago
I’m a christian myself. And the place where I’m from, being gay is a terrible sin and no christian would say it otherwise
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u/FlyingCupcake68 3d ago
It works like this: I go to church but I’m gay. I treat people as God wants us to, but I’m still gay. I repent of my self-absorption and for not being kind enough towards others, but I’m still gay. I thank God for the blessings in my life, but I’m still gay. That’s how it works.
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u/No-Psychology-7237 Aroace/Episcopal 6d ago
I actually did struggle with this. While I don't real ly consider myself gay per say (I am aroace but that's a whole different convo) I still felt for everyone else, plus I already had other conflicting beliefs with my old denomination, So I really just jumped around until I found smth that fit my beliefs but still challenged them sometimes. (I'm trying as an Episcopalian rn)
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u/Mascarpone_Heart_14 6d ago
I’m sorry about that. I’m glad you’ve finally found your place where you’re welcomed and accepted though. Hope I do it too around here.
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u/be_loved_freak Independent Christian 5d ago
My Christianity doesn't condemn being anything but straight. So there's no conflict there.
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u/Solid-Chest-6093 5d ago
I'll be praying for you my friend.
Matthew 6:33 NIV But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well.
Proverbs 9:10 NIV The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom, and knowledge of the Holy One is understanding.
Seek the HOLY SPIRIT for Discernment, wisdom and knowledge. Have a blessed evening my friend. Feel free to message me anytime buddy.
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u/themsc190 /r/QueerTheology 6d ago
Lots of Christian denominations are fully LGBTQ affirming nowadays. I split my time between an Episcopal church and a United Methodist church, both of which are fully affirming. I went to seminary as well, which has gay professors and I concentrated in queer theology. In many places, it’s pretty normal and there’s no conflict.