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Queer Voices: The Role Of The Outsider

By Believe Out Loud | September 9, 2013

A woman wearing glasses is looking at an ornate cathedral.

I am reminded several times a week that both a sizeable and vocal portion of the Christian world considers the coexistence of homosexuality and Christianity within the same person to be at best an interesting conversation piece, and at worst, an aberrant abomination. I think this largely has to do with any number of stereotypes…

This Is Not The Progress We Deserve

By Believe Out Loud | August 28, 2013 |

The LGBT movement has made a strong case that gays are just the same as everyone else, and furthermore, our same love deserves equal rights. In the meantime, we are watching the clock unwind on racial justice. The same week the Supreme Court ruled in favor of marriage equality, they struck down Section 4 of…