Out of the Closet and Into the Pews en This podcast aims to mark and celebrate an emerging theological and religious scholarship among religious people who self-identify as “queer”. Out of the Closet and into the pews aims to get us to understand that Queer Power is not inherently a secular movement, but rather many queer folk understand faith to be associated with their queerness.  https://megaphone.imgix.net/podcasts/20260620-d34b-11eb-b2f9-6b72b5fc1941/image/Screen_Shot_2021-06-01_at_4.09.09_PM.png?ixlib=rails-4.3.1&max-w=3000&max-h=3000&fit=crop&auto=format,compress Out of the Closet and Into the Pews episodic Rachael Borthwick This podcast aims to mark and celebrate an emerging theological and religious scholarship among religious people who self-identify as “queer”. Out of the Closet and into the pews aims to get us to understand that Queer Power is not inherently a secular movement, but rather many queer folk understand faith to be associated with their queerness.  This podcast aims to mark and celebrate an emerging theological and religious scholarship among religious people who self-identify as “queer”. Out of the Closet and into the pews aims to get us to understand that Queer Power is not inherently a secular movement, but rather many queer folk understand faith to be associated with their queerness. 

]]> Rachael Borthwick rborthw@upenn.edu Stories Set Love and Fury Loose ‘Stories Set Love and Fury Loose’ is an audio and written series that focuses on what it means to think of pausing as part of a storytelling process: breaking stories, breaking silences, making new stories. Whether I was aware of it at the time, COVID-19 gave me an escape and chance to pause to save my existence. A chance to leave an abusive partner. Having my identity dismantled, marginalized, and regulated by experiencing intimate partner violence led me to critically engage in audio and writing, and ultimately grapple with love as a point of radical openness. I want to invite you in and set forth in you love and fury as I express my feelings and let my story loose. In this ongoing project series, I reflect on how COVID-19 gave me the opportunity to pause and separate myself from an abusive partner. While language isn’t always sufficient to convey our experiences of trauma, this project utilizes both audio and written work to convey to notions of self, existence and violence. In this audio and writing, while I put forward only a fraction of myself into your view, I draw upon imagined community - how community is always in some part imagined - to show how the safety of this imagined community is integral to our journey of healing and love. Wading through my work, you must understand multiple layers and meanings of what it means to be queer and experience violence with someone who makes up part of your identity while simultaneously being able to destroy it. Having experienced intimate partner violence influenced the ways I viewed myself and the imagined queer community, which led me to investigate the ways our identities have been imagined and shaped by queer experiences of violence.  This project utilized both audio, visual, and written art to unpack moments of our lives that have necessitated pausing. Whether aware of it or not, this work addresses how moments of pause have been doors to radical openness that allow us to explore the impact of systems upon our bodies and love. In acting in dialogue with each other, Malchijah and I unpack what it means to have our identities dismantled, marginalized and regulated and how to refine love at our center of that journey.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Fri, 11 Feb 2022 22:37:21 -0000 full Rachael Borthwick ‘Stories Set Love and Fury Loose’ is an audio and written series that focuses on what it means to think of pausing as part of a storytelling process: breaking stories, breaking silences, making new stories. Whether I was aware of it at the time, COVID-19 gave me an escape and chance to pause to save my existence. A chance to leave an abusive partner. Having my identity dismantled, marginalized, and regulated by experiencing intimate partner violence led me to critically engage in audio and writing, and ultimately grapple with love as a point of radical openness. I want to invite you in and set forth in you love and fury as I express my feelings and let my story loose. In this ongoing project series, I reflect on how COVID-19 gave me the opportunity to pause and separate myself from an abusive partner. While language isn’t always sufficient to convey our experiences of trauma, this project utilizes both audio and written work to convey to notions of self, existence and violence. In this audio and writing, while I put forward only a fraction of myself into your view, I draw upon imagined community - how community is always in some part imagined - to show how the safety of this imagined community is integral to our journey of healing and love. Wading through my work, you must understand multiple layers and meanings of what it means to be queer and experience violence with someone who makes up part of your identity while simultaneously being able to destroy it. Having experienced intimate partner violence influenced the ways I viewed myself and the imagined queer community, which led me to investigate the ways our identities have been imagined and shaped by queer experiences of violence.  This project utilized both audio, visual, and written art to unpack moments of our lives that have necessitated pausing. Whether aware of it or not, this work addresses how moments of pause have been doors to radical openness that allow us to explore the impact of systems upon our bodies and love. In acting in dialogue with each other, Malchijah and I unpack what it means to have our identities dismantled, marginalized and regulated and how to refine love at our center of that journey.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices ‘Stories Set Love and Fury Loose’ is an audio and written series that focuses on what it means to think of pausing as part of a storytelling process: breaking stories, breaking silences, making new stories. Whether I was aware of it at the time, COVID-19 gave me an escape and chance to pause to save my existence. A chance to leave an abusive partner. Having my identity dismantled, marginalized, and regulated by experiencing intimate partner violence led me to critically engage in audio and writing, and ultimately grapple with love as a point of radical openness. I want to invite you in and set forth in you love and fury as I express my feelings and let my story loose. In this ongoing project series, I reflect on how COVID-19 gave me the opportunity to pause and separate myself from an abusive partner. While language isn’t always sufficient to convey our experiences of trauma, this project utilizes both audio and written work to convey to notions of self, existence and violence. In this audio and writing, while I put forward only a fraction of myself into your view, I draw upon imagined community - how community is always in some part imagined - to show how the safety of this imagined community is integral to our journey of healing and love. Wading through my work, you must understand multiple layers and meanings of what it means to be queer and experience violence with someone who makes up part of your identity while simultaneously being able to destroy it. Having experienced intimate partner violence influenced the ways I viewed myself and the imagined queer community, which led me to investigate the ways our identities have been imagined and shaped by queer experiences of violence. 


This project utilized both audio, visual, and written art to unpack moments of our lives that have necessitated pausing. Whether aware of it or not, this work addresses how moments of pause have been doors to radical openness that allow us to explore the impact of systems upon our bodies and love. In acting in dialogue with each other, Malchijah and I unpack what it means to have our identities dismantled, marginalized and regulated and how to refine love at our center of that journey. 


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]]> 702 Friends, Spirituality, Love and Resistance Malchijah Hoskins is a Senior at Skidmore College, a close friend of Rachael and an artist and activist that has completed projects that unpack embodied experiences of joy and trauma, more specifically how our bodies ritualize and habitualize them. Malchijah's work explores the undeniable threads in stories and embodiment as it relates to trauma and joy. In today's episode Rachael and Malchijah explore the intersections of spirituality, queerness and activism as a form of resistance. More than this, Rachael and Malchijah discuss where we find the sacred in relation to our activism, and how we navigate institutions that have been historically oppressive to queer folk. This work focuses on what it means for queer spiritual folk to be in dialogue with each other and bear witness to our testimonies of spirituality, queerness and activism. Listen to Rachael and Malchijah's conversation today where they talk what it means to be a queer spiritual person navigating the world, values and our relationships with ourselves and each other. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Fri, 05 Nov 2021 17:03:20 -0000 full Rachael Borthwick Malchijah Hoskins is a Senior at Skidmore College, a close friend of Rachael and an artist and activist that has completed projects that unpack embodied experiences of joy and trauma, more specifically how our bodies ritualize and habitualize them. Malchijah's work explores the undeniable threads in stories and embodiment as it relates to trauma and joy. In today's episode Rachael and Malchijah explore the intersections of spirituality, queerness and activism as a form of resistance. More than this, Rachael and Malchijah discuss where we find the sacred in relation to our activism, and how we navigate institutions that have been historically oppressive to queer folk. This work focuses on what it means for queer spiritual folk to be in dialogue with each other and bear witness to our testimonies of spirituality, queerness and activism. Listen to Rachael and Malchijah's conversation today where they talk what it means to be a queer spiritual person navigating the world, values and our relationships with ourselves and each other. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Malchijah Hoskins is a Senior at Skidmore College, a close friend of Rachael and an artist and activist that has completed projects that unpack embodied experiences of joy and trauma, more specifically how our bodies ritualize and habitualize them. Malchijah's work explores the undeniable threads in stories and embodiment as it relates to trauma and joy.

In today's episode Rachael and Malchijah explore the intersections of spirituality, queerness and activism as a form of resistance. More than this, Rachael and Malchijah discuss where we find the sacred in relation to our activism, and how we navigate institutions that have been historically oppressive to queer folk. This work focuses on what it means for queer spiritual folk to be in dialogue with each other and bear witness to our testimonies of spirituality, queerness and activism.

Listen to Rachael and Malchijah's conversation today where they talk what it means to be a queer spiritual person navigating the world, values and our relationships with ourselves and each other.


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]]> 2396 Abortion as Religious Freedom and Liberty Rev. Katey Zeh is an ordained Baptist minister and the co-host of the podcast Kindreds, a show about faith, feminism and friendship. She is the CEO of the Religious Coalition for Reproductive Choice and the author of Women Rise Up: Ancient Stories of Resistance for Today's Revolution. In today's episode Rachael and Katey explore what it means to talk about abortion as a religious freedom and liberty, the bible as a facilitator to discuss oppression and the work of the Religious Coalition for Reproductive Choice. This work focuses on the significant intersection of religion and activism, revealing that progressive religious practitioners are a driving force in American public life. Listen to Rachael and Katey's conversation today where they discuss the power in framing abortion as religious liberty and freedom and the flipping of the Evangelical abortion argument on its head. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Fri, 01 Oct 2021 21:48:00 -0000 full Rachael Borthwick Rev. Katey Zeh is an ordained Baptist minister and the co-host of the podcast Kindreds, a show about faith, feminism and friendship. She is the CEO of the Religious Coalition for Reproductive Choice and the author of Women Rise Up: Ancient Stories of Resistance for Today's Revolution. In today's episode Rachael and Katey explore what it means to talk about abortion as a religious freedom and liberty, the bible as a facilitator to discuss oppression and the work of the Religious Coalition for Reproductive Choice. This work focuses on the significant intersection of religion and activism, revealing that progressive religious practitioners are a driving force in American public life. Listen to Rachael and Katey's conversation today where they discuss the power in framing abortion as religious liberty and freedom and the flipping of the Evangelical abortion argument on its head. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Rev. Katey Zeh is an ordained Baptist minister and the co-host of the podcast Kindreds, a show about faith, feminism and friendship. She is the CEO of the Religious Coalition for Reproductive Choice and the author of Women Rise Up: Ancient Stories of Resistance for Today's Revolution.

In today's episode Rachael and Katey explore what it means to talk about abortion as a religious freedom and liberty, the bible as a facilitator to discuss oppression and the work of the Religious Coalition for Reproductive Choice. This work focuses on the significant intersection of religion and activism, revealing that progressive religious practitioners are a driving force in American public life.

Listen to Rachael and Katey's conversation today where they discuss the power in framing abortion as religious liberty and freedom and the flipping of the Evangelical abortion argument on its head.

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]]> 1677 The Bible as Queer Facilitation Ian McPherson is a graduate of Campbell University, Saint Louis University, and Union Theological Seminary in the City of New York. They are a passionate advocate for youth leadership both in the church and in the human witness to the world. In today's episode Rachael and Ian explore the intersections of religion and queerness to show how religious institutions are able to blur the boundaries between the religious and the political, but also how queer people of faith navigate institutions that have been and are historically oppressive. Building upon Ian's article Seeking the Common Good in Uncommon Time, today's episode shows how the Bible can act as a facilitator. This work focuses on the significant intersection of religion and activism, revealing that progressive religious practitioners are a driving force in American public life. Listen to Rachael and Ian's conversation today where they talk about what it means to be a queer person of faith navigating civic values, and how the Bible has also provided a common place where queer folk can gather around and see themselves in scripture. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Thu, 19 Aug 2021 17:45:00 -0000 full Rachael Borthwick Ian McPherson is a graduate of Campbell University, Saint Louis University, and Union Theological Seminary in the City of New York. They are a passionate advocate for youth leadership both in the church and in the human witness to the world. In today's episode Rachael and Ian explore the intersections of religion and queerness to show how religious institutions are able to blur the boundaries between the religious and the political, but also how queer people of faith navigate institutions that have been and are historically oppressive. Building upon Ian's article Seeking the Common Good in Uncommon Time, today's episode shows how the Bible can act as a facilitator. This work focuses on the significant intersection of religion and activism, revealing that progressive religious practitioners are a driving force in American public life. Listen to Rachael and Ian's conversation today where they talk about what it means to be a queer person of faith navigating civic values, and how the Bible has also provided a common place where queer folk can gather around and see themselves in scripture. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Ian McPherson is a graduate of Campbell University, Saint Louis University, and Union Theological Seminary in the City of New York. They are a passionate advocate for youth leadership both in the church and in the human witness to the world.

In today's episode Rachael and Ian explore the intersections of religion and queerness to show how religious institutions are able to blur the boundaries between the religious and the political, but also how queer people of faith navigate institutions that have been and are historically oppressive. Building upon Ian's article Seeking the Common Good in Uncommon Time, today's episode shows how the Bible can act as a facilitator. This work focuses on the significant intersection of religion and activism, revealing that progressive religious practitioners are a driving force in American public life.

Listen to Rachael and Ian's conversation today where they talk about what it means to be a queer person of faith navigating civic values, and how the Bible has also provided a common place where queer folk can gather around and see themselves in scripture.

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]]> 3467 Religious Activism: A New Perspective of the American Political Landscape Dr. Todd Nicholas Fuist is an Assistant Professor of Sociology at Illinois Wesleyan University. His research interests include religion, politics, identity, and sexuality, with a focus on how culture serves to motivate socio-moral action. His latest work with Dr. Ruth Braunstein and Dr. Rhys H. Williams, titled Religion and Progressive Activism: New Stories about Faith and Politics examines how terms such as "progressive" and "religious" may not seem to go hand-in-hand. This work focuses on the significant intersection of religion and activism, revealing that progressive religious activists are a driving force in American public life. Listen to Rachael and Dr. Fuist's conversation today where they talk common perceptions of religion, and offer a more grounded and nuanced understanding of religion and the American political landscape. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 21 Jul 2021 09:39:00 -0000 full Rachael Borthwick Dr. Todd Nicholas Fuist is an Assistant Professor of Sociology at Illinois Wesleyan University. His research interests include religion, politics, identity, and sexuality, with a focus on how culture serves to motivate socio-moral action. His latest work with Dr. Ruth Braunstein and Dr. Rhys H. Williams, titled Religion and Progressive Activism: New Stories about Faith and Politics examines how terms such as "progressive" and "religious" may not seem to go hand-in-hand. This work focuses on the significant intersection of religion and activism, revealing that progressive religious activists are a driving force in American public life. Listen to Rachael and Dr. Fuist's conversation today where they talk common perceptions of religion, and offer a more grounded and nuanced understanding of religion and the American political landscape. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Dr. Todd Nicholas Fuist is an Assistant Professor of Sociology at Illinois Wesleyan University. His research interests include religion, politics, identity, and sexuality, with a focus on how culture serves to motivate socio-moral action. His latest work with Dr. Ruth Braunstein and Dr. Rhys H. Williams, titled Religion and Progressive Activism: New Stories about Faith and Politics examines how terms such as "progressive" and "religious" may not seem to go hand-in-hand. This work focuses on the significant intersection of religion and activism, revealing that progressive religious activists are a driving force in American public life.

Listen to Rachael and Dr. Fuist's conversation today where they talk common perceptions of religion, and offer a more grounded and nuanced understanding of religion and the American political landscape.

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]]> 2729 Janet Jakobsen: Love the Sin & The Sex Obsession Dr. Janet R. Jakobsen is a world renowned scholar and Chair and Claire Tow Professor of Women's Gender and Sexuality Studies at Barnard College. Her academic focuses include feminist theory, queer theory, religion and politics, ethics, activism, and public policy. Her newest book The Sex Obsession: Perversity and Possibility in American Politics offers a way to undo the inextricable American knot of sex, politics, religion and power. Dr. Jakobsen speaks to Rachael today about how American politics are obsessed with sex. Rachael and Dr. Jakobsen also cover her book with Dr. Ann Pellegrini Love the Sin. Dr. Jakobsen shares her exploration of why secular institutions habitually use religion to regulate sexual life. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 14 Jul 2021 21:10:46 -0000 full Rachael Borthwick Dr. Janet R. Jakobsen is a world renowned scholar and Chair and Claire Tow Professor of Women's Gender and Sexuality Studies at Barnard College. Her academic focuses include feminist theory, queer theory, religion and politics, ethics, activism, and public policy. Her newest book The Sex Obsession: Perversity and Possibility in American Politics offers a way to undo the inextricable American knot of sex, politics, religion and power. Dr. Jakobsen speaks to Rachael today about how American politics are obsessed with sex. Rachael and Dr. Jakobsen also cover her book with Dr. Ann Pellegrini Love the Sin. Dr. Jakobsen shares her exploration of why secular institutions habitually use religion to regulate sexual life. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Dr. Janet R. Jakobsen is a world renowned scholar and Chair and Claire Tow Professor of Women's Gender and Sexuality Studies at Barnard College. Her academic focuses include feminist theory, queer theory, religion and politics, ethics, activism, and public policy. Her newest book The Sex Obsession: Perversity and Possibility in American Politics offers a way to undo the inextricable American knot of sex, politics, religion and power.

Dr. Jakobsen speaks to Rachael today about how American politics are obsessed with sex. Rachael and Dr. Jakobsen also cover her book with Dr. Ann Pellegrini Love the Sin. Dr. Jakobsen shares her exploration of why secular institutions habitually use religion to regulate sexual life.

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]]> 2116 Natural Enemies: The Short History of a Bad Assumption Dr. Heather R. White is a visiting assistant professor in religion and queer and gender studies at the University of Puget Sound. Their first book, Reforming Sodom: Protestants and the Rise of Gay Rights investigates how religion and LGBTQ+ activism can to be perceived as natural enemies. It also tells about the surprising ways that progressive Christianity shaped the early movement for gay rights. Dr. White speaks to Rachael today about the hidden histories of both sexuality and religion and points to the ruse in the 1970s of the predominantly gay Metropolitan Community Church movement as evidence that we can no longer assume that the histories of queer people and religion separate when the former becomes open and out of the closet. In doing so, Dr. White shares how this assumption has kept queer studies, and religious studies white. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Tue, 06 Jul 2021 14:25:00 -0000 full Rachael Borthwick Dr. Heather R. White is a visiting assistant professor in religion and queer and gender studies at the University of Puget Sound. Their first book, Reforming Sodom: Protestants and the Rise of Gay Rights investigates how religion and LGBTQ+ activism can to be perceived as natural enemies. It also tells about the surprising ways that progressive Christianity shaped the early movement for gay rights. Dr. White speaks to Rachael today about the hidden histories of both sexuality and religion and points to the ruse in the 1970s of the predominantly gay Metropolitan Community Church movement as evidence that we can no longer assume that the histories of queer people and religion separate when the former becomes open and out of the closet. In doing so, Dr. White shares how this assumption has kept queer studies, and religious studies white. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Dr. Heather R. White is a visiting assistant professor in religion and queer and gender studies at the University of Puget Sound. Their first book, Reforming Sodom: Protestants and the Rise of Gay Rights investigates how religion and LGBTQ+ activism can to be perceived as natural enemies. It also tells about the surprising ways that progressive Christianity shaped the early movement for gay rights.

Dr. White speaks to Rachael today about the hidden histories of both sexuality and religion and points to the ruse in the 1970s of the predominantly gay Metropolitan Community Church movement as evidence that we can no longer assume that the histories of queer people and religion separate when the former becomes open and out of the closet. In doing so, Dr. White shares how this assumption has kept queer studies, and religious studies white.

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]]> 2461 A New World of Queer Activism: A Congregation Blessed by a Dildo, Yoghurt-Filled Condoms and Condom Savior Masses During the Aids Crisis In todays episode Rachael speaks with Dr. Melissa Wilcox about her scholarship on the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence. In asking questions in and about the often rough-terrain at the intersections of sexuality, gender, and religion, Rachael and Dr. Wilcox discuss narratives of sexual freedom, spirituality and safety. Dr. Wilcox's book Queer Nuns follows the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence's through their longstanding activism, including sexual education, public manifestations and protests, and charitable fundraising. Wilcox defines this performative activism as “a form of cultural protest in which a disempowered group parodies an oppressive cultural institution while simultaneously claiming for itself what it believes to be an equally good or superior enactment of one or more culturally respective aspects of that same institution.” Rachael and Dr. Wilcox discuss how the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence draws attention to a new world of religion and activism, one which charts how religious studies and queer studies can intersect in profound ways and more in this episode. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Tue, 29 Jun 2021 10:36:00 -0000 full Rachael Borthwick In todays episode Rachael speaks with Dr. Melissa Wilcox about her scholarship on the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence. In asking questions in and about the often rough-terrain at the intersections of sexuality, gender, and religion, Rachael and Dr. Wilcox discuss narratives of sexual freedom, spirituality and safety. Dr. Wilcox's book Queer Nuns follows the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence's through their longstanding activism, including sexual education, public manifestations and protests, and charitable fundraising. Wilcox defines this performative activism as “a form of cultural protest in which a disempowered group parodies an oppressive cultural institution while simultaneously claiming for itself what it believes to be an equally good or superior enactment of one or more culturally respective aspects of that same institution.” Rachael and Dr. Wilcox discuss how the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence draws attention to a new world of religion and activism, one which charts how religious studies and queer studies can intersect in profound ways and more in this episode. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices In todays episode Rachael speaks with Dr. Melissa Wilcox about her scholarship on the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence. In asking questions in and about the often rough-terrain at the intersections of sexuality, gender, and religion, Rachael and Dr. Wilcox discuss narratives of sexual freedom, spirituality and safety.

Dr. Wilcox's book Queer Nuns follows the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence's through their longstanding activism, including sexual education, public manifestations and protests, and charitable fundraising. Wilcox defines this performative activism as “a form of cultural protest in which a disempowered group parodies an oppressive cultural institution while simultaneously claiming for itself what it believes to be an equally good or superior enactment of one or more culturally respective aspects of that same institution.”

Rachael and Dr. Wilcox discuss how the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence draws attention to a new world of religion and activism, one which charts how religious studies and queer studies can intersect in profound ways and more in this episode.

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]]> 2919 Putting the Sin Back in Religion: Queerness, Secularism and Religion In this episode Rachael underscores the ways in which religion has been constructed as an oppressive vehicle to overcome. In doing so Rachael depicts the difficult and unarticulated relationships among secularism, religion, and queer liberation to ask why the secular does not guarantee a tolerant state alongside LGBTQ+ rights, but also how it can be possible for LGBTQ+ rights to thrive primarily in secular environments. This episode aims to make clear that while secularity may be compatible with progress in some forms, it is not a linear process, and therefore, it does not lead to emancipation for all. Rachael shows us that stories that focus on queer religion challenge us to rethink the relationship between LGBTQ+ emancipation, queer rights, and religious forms and thereby provide an approach for analyzing the establishment of queer identities when navigating enactments of religious resistance and negotiation. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Tue, 22 Jun 2021 11:28:00 -0000 full Rachael Borthwick In this episode Rachael underscores the ways in which religion has been constructed as an oppressive vehicle to overcome. In doing so Rachael depicts the difficult and unarticulated relationships among secularism, religion, and queer liberation to ask why the secular does not guarantee a tolerant state alongside LGBTQ+ rights, but also how it can be possible for LGBTQ+ rights to thrive primarily in secular environments. This episode aims to make clear that while secularity may be compatible with progress in some forms, it is not a linear process, and therefore, it does not lead to emancipation for all. Rachael shows us that stories that focus on queer religion challenge us to rethink the relationship between LGBTQ+ emancipation, queer rights, and religious forms and thereby provide an approach for analyzing the establishment of queer identities when navigating enactments of religious resistance and negotiation. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices In this episode Rachael underscores the ways in which religion has been constructed as an oppressive vehicle to overcome. In doing so Rachael depicts the difficult and unarticulated relationships among secularism, religion, and queer liberation to ask why the secular does not guarantee a tolerant state alongside LGBTQ+ rights, but also how it can be possible for LGBTQ+ rights to thrive primarily in secular environments. This episode aims to make clear that while secularity may be compatible with progress in some forms, it is not a linear process, and therefore, it does not lead to emancipation for all. Rachael shows us that stories that focus on queer religion challenge us to rethink the relationship between LGBTQ+ emancipation, queer rights, and religious forms and thereby provide an approach for analyzing the establishment of queer identities when navigating enactments of religious resistance and negotiation.

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]]> 1708 Racism at the Inn: the Myth of Stonewall as the Birth of Queer Rights For LGBTQ+ folk, history is of particular importance. For too long queer history and existence has been denied and erased. In this podcast Rachael asks, who does Stonewall give legitimacy to in the queer community? In doing so Rachael states that not everyone has the same privileges that give them the tells of story telling or history making, or the power to amplify their preferred story if they do. She speaks with Dr. Heather White and Dr. Melissa Wilcox to ask whose interests are served by the prevailing history of Stonewall, and who gets to decide that Stonewall is the origin story for the LGBTQ+ community. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Tue, 22 Jun 2021 11:16:00 -0000 full Rachael Borthwick For LGBTQ+ folk, history is of particular importance. For too long queer history and existence has been denied and erased. In this podcast Rachael asks, who does Stonewall give legitimacy to in the queer community? In doing so Rachael states that not everyone has the same privileges that give them the tells of story telling or history making, or the power to amplify their preferred story if they do. She speaks with Dr. Heather White and Dr. Melissa Wilcox to ask whose interests are served by the prevailing history of Stonewall, and who gets to decide that Stonewall is the origin story for the LGBTQ+ community. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices For LGBTQ+ folk, history is of particular importance. For too long queer history and existence has been denied and erased. In this podcast Rachael asks, who does Stonewall give legitimacy to in the queer community? In doing so Rachael states that not everyone has the same privileges that give them the tells of story telling or history making, or the power to amplify their preferred story if they do. She speaks with Dr. Heather White and Dr. Melissa Wilcox to ask whose interests are served by the prevailing history of Stonewall, and who gets to decide that Stonewall is the origin story for the LGBTQ+ community.

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