We Need More Faith Spaces that Affirm the LGBTQ Communities
Born into a Mormon family that later converted to Christianity, religion played a major role in my upbringing.
At the age of 10, my family and I began attending a small evangelical church where we would sing, pray and listen to preaching for hours on end.
Hearing homophobic sentiments at a young age made me realize my childhood church was not a safe space and my so-called “siblings in Christ” were not safe people.
I was transported back to being a closeted queer teenager
The conservative evangelical “King’s Army” spewed homophobia at Londoners, reminding me of the unsafe environment I experienced at my childhood church.
Author's summary: Need for safe faith spaces.
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