Blessed Are the Binary Breakers
Religion & Spirituality
From February 23-26, 2019, the United Methodist Church is holding a special general conference specifically for the discussion of "human sexuality." The outcome will impact all members of the UMC, but particularly those within it who are LGBTQ+.
In this special episode, nonbinary Methodist Adam Richards was good enough to walk me through the various possible outcomes of this conference. While doing so, they shared their own story -- their love for Methodism and why they stay despite pain and frustation, their plans to pursue a calling to ordination, and the differences they've noticed between LGB issues and trans issues in Methodist churches.
Talking points:
- Introducing Adam and LGBT+ discussions in the UMC (0:00 - 5:14)
- M Barclay and LGBT+ resilience (5:15 - 6:34)
- Constant conflict at previous General Conferences (6:35 - 8:42)
- This February's special General Conference: 3 main plans (8:43 - 10:56)
- Possible consequences for congregations and for LGBT+ individuals (10:57 - 12:51)
- Why Adam stays (12:51 - 15:04)
- Congregations don't know; lack of knowledge and resources about trans people (15:05 - 19:46)
- The discussion is focused on the wrong thing -- property instead of actual people; allies lack resources (19:47 - 22:39)
- The consequences land on LGBTQ+ people; "live in my shoes" (22:40 - 23:50)
- Groups who want to do LGBTQ+ actual harm; what this is really about: "You hate us" (23:51 - 26:51)
- Schism will be a sad thing even if necessary (26:52 - 30:10)
- Adam's journey to ordained ministry -- "no matter what, I will be ordained"; Spirit and spite (30:11 - 38:12)
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Marginalized Bodies as Spectacle & the Good News in Jesus's Disabling Wounds
Queering the Cross, Tomb, and Resurrection
Making Space for Gethsemane: two disabled & trans theologians discuss what people in pain actually need
What's in a Name Change? — How I became Avery Arden and made it through the legal process
O Beautiful Dust — Lenten Prayers & the Gospels’ genderqueer water bearer
Coming Back to Life — Rev. Krissy is a politically queer UCC pastor
Naming Faith — Eric Sharp is a Pluralist Agnostic & Systemic Therapist
Revisiting Nativity: Was Jesus born in a barn or a house, and why does it matter?
The Binary Breaking Transness of Jesus — Clip from an interview with Joseph Peterson
Numinous Names: Stories of name changes across genders, cultures, and faiths
"His Name Is John": magnAUtism & allyship in Luke 1
The Blending of Pagan & Christian Belief: Black Book's tour of nineteenth-century Russia
The Transcendent Tale of Brigid of Ireland: Celtic Goddess, Catholic Saint, and Voodoo Lwa
Sex Work and Satanism with Azura Rose
Manlike Babies, Cuckolded Joseph, & the Sex Worker Madonna — More from Neville on Morality in Renaissance Art
"I am God and not a man" - Exploring God's gender in the Book of Hosea with Liam Hooper & Peterson Toscano
God Gets Vulnerable: A trans & autistic look at Elijah and the "still small voice"
When a trans traveler and an autistic apostle cross paths: Reading Acts 8 in community
"God's love should not be tainted by the fear of earthly hatred" - April is a proud Catholic Latina trans woman
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