bones-and-tomes:

profanityandprophecy:

wickedkhaleesi:

spacevinci:

fuckyeahsexpositivity:

peppermintfeminist:

katodown:

agnellina:

grantaire-put-that-bottle-down:

hey there LGBTQ kids who are also Christian/Jewish! If you feel like you’re disobeying God, questioning your faith, or feel wrong and dirty for loving who you love, there’s this fantastic site I found today called hoperemains that accurately and thoroughly combs through scripture and its (many) mistranslations, validates your orientation, and basically let’s you know that you’re not pissing off God. It’s insanely thorough and after reading through every page on the entire site it’s super helpful. Go check it out!

No no no! Jewish LGBTQ kinderlach! Go to Keshet! 

hoperemains is completely from a Christian perspective, and not pluralistic or interfaith at all.

If you reblogged the first post from me please reblog this amendment so the Jewish peeps can access this resource too! 

Trans Jewish kids, you can go to TransTorah as well!

Muslim LGBTQ kids, you can go to iamnotharaam! It’s run by a mod squad of different genders and orientations, and they take submissions from everybody!

–BB

MAY ANYONE WHO REBLOGS THIS BE ELEVATED TO THE EQUIVALENT OF SAINTHOOD IN THEIR RELIGION BLESS ALL OF YOU OH MY GOD.

REBLOGGING THIS AGAIN BECAUSE IT’S SO FREAKING IMPORTANT TO ME AND ALL MY FOLLOWERS TO READ THAT DEAL WITH GRIEF AND GUILT WHILE BEING LGBTQ AND RELIGIOUS

I created a masterdoc once of various religions and denominations of christianity and their LGBTQ affirming groups therein, esp. in the DC area (because that’s where I’m from). Lemme see if I can dig it up and post the info here.

In short, I don’t care WHAT you are, how conservative your denomination is, there’s 99.9% a group for LGBTQ& Allies for you. Yes, even THOSE groups.

Sorry there’s not many URLs. The list was for print.

Soulforce: organization for ending spiritual violence against GLBTQ people http://www.soulforce.org/

Gathered from http://www.hrc.org/resources/entry/faith-positions pages & http://jesusinlove.org/links.php

AME, Church of God in Christ, & other Black churches: Operation Rebirth (Washington DC area local churches: Unity Fellowship Church, Inner Light Ministries, Greater Hope Christian Church, Freedom Fellowship Christian Church, National City Christian Church)

Baha’i: GayBahai.net

Baptist: The Association of Welcoming & Affirming Baptists, Alliance of Baptists, Rainbow Baptists, Cooperative Baptist Fellowship

Church of the Brethren/Mennonite: Brethren Mennonite Council for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Interests

Buddhism: (no bans against GLBTQ people) lots of local organizations. In DC, Mintwood Zendo & Vajrayogini Buddhist Center

General Christian: ChristianGays.com, GayChurch.org, CLOUT (Christian Lesbians Out Together),

Disciples of Christ: Open & Affirming Ministries/GLAD Alliance

LDS: Affirmation, The Family Fellowship (LDSFamilyFellowship.org), MormonsForMarriage (straight LDS against Prop 8)

Episcopal church: (allows SS marriage, ordain GLBTQ ministers & hierarchy) Integrity, TransEpiscopal, Claiming the Blessing

General Evangelical Christian: ChristianGay.com, Evangelicals Concerned, The Evangelical Network

Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA): Lutherans Concerned, Extraordinary Lutheran Ministries, Goodsoil.org

Hinduism: (long history of accepting homosexuality & MtF trans people) The Gay & Lesbian Vaishnava Association

Islam: Muslims for Progressive Values & Al-Fatiha (local to DC!)

Jehovah’s Witnesses: A Common Bond

Judaism: (reform & reconstructionist have full acceptance, some conservative and even a few orthodox are somewhat ok) so many orgs that there’s a World Congress of Gay, Lesbian, and Bisexual Jewish Organizations. Local: Bet Mishpachah & GLOE (@ the DCJCC)

Metropolitan Community Church: full rights & intentional outreach to GLBTQ people

Old Catholic/Independent Catholic: (some [the larger ones] have full rights… they are as follows) The Old Catholic Church Province of the United States (TOCCUSA), American National Catholic Church, Catholic Apostolic Church of North America (CACINA), Ecumenical Catholic Communion, the American Catholic Church, the American Apostolic Communion, the Independent Catholic Church of the West, the Catholic Apostolic Church in North America, the National Catholic Church of America, Hispanic Catholic Church

Orthodox Catholic: Axios

Pagan: most forms of pagans, heathens, and the like give full rights to GLBTQ people, Radical Faeries (GLBTQ Earth-based spirituality group)

Pentecostal: Fellowship of Reconciling Pentecostals International & Freedom 2 Be

Presbyterian: More Light Presbyterians, That All May Freely Serve, The Covenant Network of Presbyterians, The Shower of Stoles Project

Religious Society of Friends (Quakers): Friends for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer Concerns, The Quaker Lesbian Conference, The American Friends Service Committee

Roman Catholic: Dignity, New Ways Ministry, The National Association of Catholic Diocesan Lesbian and Gay Ministries, Catholic Association for Lesbian and Gay Ministries, Fortunate Families

Seventh-Day Adventist: Seventh-day Adventist Kinship International, Someone to Talk To

Sihkism: SARBAT: LGBT Sihks

Unitarian Universalist: full rights & outreach to GLBTQ people. Interweave: UUs for LGBT Concerns

United Church of Christ: full rights & outreach to GLBTQ people. The United Church of Christ LGBT Ministry, The United Church of Christ Coalition for LGBT Concerns

United Methodist: The Reconciling Ministries Network, Affirmation: United Methodists for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Concerns, The Methodist Federation for Social Action, United Methodists of Color for a Fully Inclusive Church

Also for reading:

http://www.hrc.org/resources/entry/what-does-the-bible-say-about-homosexuality

http://www.hrc.org/resources/entry/religion-and-coming-out-issues-for-african-americans

http://www.hrc.org/resources/entry/perspectives-on-the-bible-and-lgbt-people

http://www.gaychurch.org/Gay_and_Christian_YES/gay_and_christian_yes.htm

Okay this is cool. Thank you. And I just really love seeing us all come together to lend each other a hand like that.

spacedogprincess:

jerseyfiredragon20:

thewhaleridingvulcan:

crystalsoulslayer:

I always hate it when people are all “so do you go to school, or are
you working, or” and I either have to

  • make up some lie, or
  • eventually get
    around to “I am not working because of depression/anxiety,” and
    subsequently have to deal with whatever bullshit-riddled and completely
    unsolicited opinions on mental illness this stranger feels obligated to
    share with me.

So my therapist was like, “You don’t have to do either.
You can just say you haven’t worked in a while because you’re recovering
from an illness.”

I tried it when the home inspector was here today, and it fucking worked.
He was like, “oh, I’m sorry, are you doing better now,” and I’m like
yeah, and don’t worry, it’s not contagious, awkward laugh, and we moved
on.

MY THERAPIST. IS A GENIUS. Because it is an
illness, so it’s not a lie to say that, and it’s also none of his
business to know specifically what it is, and I clearly don’t want to
give more details, so we should move on from this topic. MY THERAPIST IS A GODDAMN GENIUS.

Dude I needed this. I never know what to say when people ask if I work because I’m severely disabled and don’t work.

REBLOG TO SAVE A LIFE HOLY SHIT

To add, this works on job interviews too.  I once had to answer the ‘so whats up with this gap of 8 months in your resume where you were unemployed?” and I just said I had suffered an illness and I needed time to recover.

It’s easy enough, not a lie, and puts them on edge enough that they usually don’t go digging.

sir-keaton:

sludgefriend:

God is a massive pile of writhing flesh that comes together in a throat that is just small enough for you to be able to strangle it with just the hands you were born with. Atop that neck sits a mound that adorns three golden, smirking masks.

worms out here writing Bible 2

potatos-chips:

PSA to everyone in Europe

If you don’t know already, the European Parliament is planning on restricting content we can post. If you live in Europe, GET A VPN. They’re not illegal, but could help you get around the filter. Don’t just do this though, as prevention is better than treatment. Go to change.org, send a letter to your local MEP, we need to keep the internet as we know it. Please reblog even if you don’t live in Europe so that any of your European followers know this!