The new Encuentros Latinx Trans Visibility toolkit is now live! You can download it and our other toolkits here: https://www.ucc.org/what-we-do/justice-local-church-ministries/justice/health-and-wholeness-advocacy-ministries/proyecto-encuentros-de-gracia-y-bienvenida-toolkits/
This new toolkit features stories from trans folks who you’ve heard on the podcast before–Ilán Carlos, Adora, and Yadi. This is an opportunity for you and your churches to open yourselves to the experiences of trans people, to learn, to grow, and to heal communities.
My guest today is another colleague of mine from the Latine anthology Where Monsters Lurk and Magic Hides, which comes out November 10th. Jarrard Raju is a fantasy author and proud witch. We have a great interfaith chat about their practice and experience of witchcraft, including how it’s represented in fantasy media and how its trendiness makes people inclined to hate it or ask practicing witches to show them something cool right off the bat without understanding the harm it can do in untrained hands. Stay tuned for the end of the episode where Jarrard shares an excerpt from their story “Under a Sea of Stars” about an afrolatino mermaid boy who falls in love with a human. Let’s get right into this encuentro.
Jarrard's social media
ig: @jarrardraju
Twt: @jarrardwrites
Podcast recorded by Taylor Ramage and edited by Storm Miguel Florez
Email the podcast at encuentroslatinxs@gmail.com
Encuentros Latinx Presents: Queer Survival in Tennessee
Encuentro 30: Nico Vazquez–Existing in Plain Sight
Encuentro 29: Linda Raquel Nieves Pérez–When They Come
Encuentro 27: Adora Xannifer Ysaguirre–How you were born isn’t who you are
Encuentro 26: M.G. Doherty–Borders Where Their Bodies Used to Be
Encuentro 25: Ilán Carlos–Bearing Fruit is the Priority
Encuentro 24: Sana DelCorazón–Church is About Discomfort
Encuentro 23: RJ Robles–Trans People Are Divine
Encuentro 22: Lauren Davila the Anthology Queen
Encuentro 21: Álvaro Durán ”We live in a spectrum”
Encuentro 20: Marcelino Rivera ”Again, my message will be: live your authentic life.”
Encuentro 19: Lisbeth Rivera ”The religion I believe in is explicit about the role of justice”
Encuentro 18: Storm Miguel Florez ”Collective liberation became my spirituality”
Encuentro 17: Unlearning Racism and Homophobia Using Storytelling Toolkits
Encuentro 16: Josue Perea ”We need terminology that unites us”
Encuentro 15: La Muna "Christ was in my dream"
Tostones con Taylor 3: Encuentros Latinx at General Synod
Encuentro 14: Amparo Ortiz "Language always comes back to identity"
Encuentro 13: Kristina Lizardy-Hajbi "Comunidad is what sustains us"
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