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Queer
Once a pejorative term for gay, lesbian, bisexual, and trans folks, queer has been reclaimed as an umbrella term, a political orientation, and a subversive exercise.
Queer is now frequently used as an umbrella term for folks with marginalized gender and sexuality identities. It should be noted that the use of this term as a replacement for acronyms like LGBT, QUILTBAG, or LGBTQQIA2S is not something that all folks in the community agree upon. Many people with non-normative gender identities or sexualities reject the term queer either because they remember a time when or live in a place where queer is still used as a derogatory term and they find the word triggering, they find other terms used for their sexuality or gender identity more fitting, or they do not want to be associated with the queer politic.
Many people who identify as queer are not only referencing their gender identities or sexualities but are also setting themselves apart from the larger "gay rights movement." People who identify as queer politically tend to reject social assimilation, campaigns for state and federal rights (marriage, repeal of DADT, and hate crimes legislation) and acknowledge that the gay movement has failed to be intersectional, becoming a movement that is fronted by and largely concerned with issues affecting white middle or upper class gay men.
Queer can also be used as a verb. To queer something, means to deconstruct it or question the way that thing has usually been understood. Though this usage is most common within fields like queer theology, gender studies, and feminist theory, queer as a verb is gaining widespread usage.
Queer is now frequently used as an umbrella term for folks with marginalized gender and sexuality identities. It should be noted that the use of this term as a replacement for acronyms like LGBT, QUILTBAG, or LGBTQQIA2S is not something that all folks in the community agree upon. Many people with non-normative gender identities or sexualities reject the term queer either because they remember a time when or live in a place where queer is still used as a derogatory term and they find the word triggering, they find other terms used for their sexuality or gender identity more fitting, or they do not want to be associated with the queer politic.
Many people who identify as queer are not only referencing their gender identities or sexualities but are also setting themselves apart from the larger "gay rights movement." People who identify as queer politically tend to reject social assimilation, campaigns for state and federal rights (marriage, repeal of DADT, and hate crimes legislation) and acknowledge that the gay movement has failed to be intersectional, becoming a movement that is fronted by and largely concerned with issues affecting white middle or upper class gay men.
Queer can also be used as a verb. To queer something, means to deconstruct it or question the way that thing has usually been understood. Though this usage is most common within fields like queer theology, gender studies, and feminist theory, queer as a verb is gaining widespread usage.
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The Gay Debate: A study of Bible passages that are used to oppress LGBTQ individuals and communities, and a call to pursue inclusion.
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Peterson Toscano delivers the Bible Half-hour at the 2012 Friends General Conference in Rhode Island. He discusses gender transgressions in the Bible, among other things.
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Althaeus-Reid, Marcella. The Queer God. Routledge, October, 2003. Print.
The Queer God introduces a new theology from the margins of sexual deviance and economic exclusion. Its chapters on Bisexual Theology, Sadean holiness, gay worship in Brazil and Queer sainthood mark the search for a different face of God—the Queer God who challenges the oppressive powers of heterosexual orthodoxy, whiteness and global capitalism. Inspired by the transgressive spaces of Latin American spirituality, where the experiences of slum children merge with Queer interpretations of grace and holiness, The Queer God seeks to liberate God from the closet of traditional Christian thought, and to embrace God's part in the lives of gays, lesbians and the poor.
Only a theology that dares to be radical can show us the presence of God in our times. The Queer God creates a concept of holiness that overcomes sexual and colonial prejudices and shows how Queer Theology is ultimately the search for God's own deliverance. Using Liberation Theology and Queer Theory, it exposes the sexual roots that underlie all theology, and takes the search for God to new depths of social and sexual exclusion
Cheng, Patrick S. Radical Love: An Introduction to Queer Theology. Seabury Books, 2011. Print.
Radical Love is the first introductory textbook on the subject of queer theology. Queer theology is concerned with questions about the meaning of existence, as posed by lesbian, gay, transgender, bisexual, and other queer seekers. The classic problems of theology apply: the problems of both natural and human evil; the problem of God, or the ultimate source of the universe; the problem of the purpose of human life; the problem of ethical conduct; and the problem of human desire for eternal life.
Part One of this new book provides a historical survey of how queer theology has developed from the 1950's to today. Part Two is a substantive, but highly readable introduction to the themes of queer theology using the ecumenical creeds as a general framework. Topics include revelation, God, Trinity, creation, Jesus Christ, atonement, sin, grace, Holy Spirit, church, sacraments, and last things, as seen through the lenses of LGBT
theologians.
Goes, Robert E. Queering Christ: Beyond Jesus Acted Up. Pilgrim Press, November, 2002. Print.
In his latest book, Goss compiles a decade of his writing as a queer Christian theologian and shares his queering of four areas: sexuality, the Christ, the Bible, and theology, which form the quadrants of his own spirituality that aim at the queer reconstruction of Christianity and reflect a life that aims to integrate the depths of spirituality and sexuality with a practice of justice. Many aspects of the work are guaranteed to be highly controversial in both the LGBT and straight communities.
The Queer God introduces a new theology from the margins of sexual deviance and economic exclusion. Its chapters on Bisexual Theology, Sadean holiness, gay worship in Brazil and Queer sainthood mark the search for a different face of God—the Queer God who challenges the oppressive powers of heterosexual orthodoxy, whiteness and global capitalism. Inspired by the transgressive spaces of Latin American spirituality, where the experiences of slum children merge with Queer interpretations of grace and holiness, The Queer God seeks to liberate God from the closet of traditional Christian thought, and to embrace God's part in the lives of gays, lesbians and the poor.
Only a theology that dares to be radical can show us the presence of God in our times. The Queer God creates a concept of holiness that overcomes sexual and colonial prejudices and shows how Queer Theology is ultimately the search for God's own deliverance. Using Liberation Theology and Queer Theory, it exposes the sexual roots that underlie all theology, and takes the search for God to new depths of social and sexual exclusion
Cheng, Patrick S. Radical Love: An Introduction to Queer Theology. Seabury Books, 2011. Print.
Radical Love is the first introductory textbook on the subject of queer theology. Queer theology is concerned with questions about the meaning of existence, as posed by lesbian, gay, transgender, bisexual, and other queer seekers. The classic problems of theology apply: the problems of both natural and human evil; the problem of God, or the ultimate source of the universe; the problem of the purpose of human life; the problem of ethical conduct; and the problem of human desire for eternal life.
Part One of this new book provides a historical survey of how queer theology has developed from the 1950's to today. Part Two is a substantive, but highly readable introduction to the themes of queer theology using the ecumenical creeds as a general framework. Topics include revelation, God, Trinity, creation, Jesus Christ, atonement, sin, grace, Holy Spirit, church, sacraments, and last things, as seen through the lenses of LGBT
theologians.
Goes, Robert E. Queering Christ: Beyond Jesus Acted Up. Pilgrim Press, November, 2002. Print.
In his latest book, Goss compiles a decade of his writing as a queer Christian theologian and shares his queering of four areas: sexuality, the Christ, the Bible, and theology, which form the quadrants of his own spirituality that aim at the queer reconstruction of Christianity and reflect a life that aims to integrate the depths of spirituality and sexuality with a practice of justice. Many aspects of the work are guaranteed to be highly controversial in both the LGBT and straight communities.