Pride as Glory

The TV show Pose tells the story of queer people of colour living in NYC in the 80s and 90s by exploring one of the most culture-defining chapters of LGBTQIA+ history: ‘House culture’ or the Ballroom scene. Ballroom houses were alternative family structures or ‘chosen family’ units usually led by a ‘house mother’ who would … Continue reading Pride as Glory →

Juneteenth and Pride as Liberation

This is a sacred day. While in my time zone it's already June 20th, right now my siblings in the US are currently celebrating Juneteenth. June 19th marks the day formerly enslaved Black Texans learned of their liberation. "The formerly enslaved immediately began to celebrate with prayer, feasting, song, and dance.”

Pride as Diversity

As I mentioned in my last post, this Pride month, I want to offer some devotional reflections on key themes of Pride and share how they've helped me connect freshly with different aspects of the gospel story. The first theme is Celebration—or more specifically, Celebration of Diversity. Putting aside for a moment Christian concerns about … Continue reading Pride as Diversity →

Pridemas Season

Today, I'm excited for the first day of the new month. Today marks the beginning of [Australian] winter and more importantly the day my mobile data finally resets after I depleted all my data last month. It also marks the beginning of Pridemas Season starting June 1. In the words of my friend Reuben: Pridemas … Continue reading Pridemas Season →

How Conservative Christians Can Support Queer People

This week I’ve been thinking about how there’s so much more space for middle ground than we sometimes acknowledge. I don’t mean to say that being in the center or remaining neutral on important issues is superior, but I think even while different communities hold opposing views strongly, there’s still a lot of room to … Continue reading How Conservative Christians Can Support Queer People →

Trans Day of Visibility – Stealing Easter?

Conservative feathers were ruffled by Trans Day of Visibility falling on the same day as Easter, but for me, it was a plus.

Trans Day of Visibility

As well as being Easter Sunday, today is International Trans Day of Visibility. To celebrate this, I wanted to honour a number of trans people whose lives have impacted me in a personal way (whether they’re aware of it or not).

Creating Safe Churches

After the last few posts exploring the harm trauma survivors experience in the church, I wanted to start painting a positive vision for what cultivating trauma-safe churches might look like. This is likely to be one of those topics that perpetually has more to be said about it, so I suspect it’ll be a topic … Continue reading Creating Safe Churches →

Presumption of Safety

In my last post I used the phrase ‘presumption of safety’ and promised to say more about it soon. This is a phrase that (to my knowledge) I’ve coined in order to finally put into words an experience that has caused me such extensive isolation and pain. The phenomenon it describes came to my awareness … Continue reading Presumption of Safety →

Heavy Burdens: Book Review

Dear readers, It's been a few months! A number of you have been quietly nagging me to do some more writing, and while I can't make any promises for the future, I do hope I'll be in a position to share more of my writing soon. I have a lot of things I'd like to put into words and many feelings I'd like to share, but the truth is, I can't. Not right now. There are a few reasons for this, but most of all I'm just so emotionally depleted.