READING RESOURCES
Note
This page is provided as a resource only and is not intended as an endorsement of any individual or book. There’s a continually growing number of resources available for seeking help and support, as well as researching issues relevant to gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, queer, and intersex people of faith. I have listed just a few of them here to get you started on this journey.
LGBTQ Faith Memoirs
Refocusing My Family, by Amber Cantorna
Undivided, by Vicky Beeching
Transforming,
by Austen Hartke
She’s My Dad,
by Jonathan Williams
Unseen, by Meredith Jade
Given Up for You,
by Erin O. White
Facing the Music,
by Jennifer Knapp
One Coin Found,
by Emmy Kegler
Becoming Eve,
by Abby Chava Stein
Still Stace, by Stacey Chomiak
Other LGBTQ Memoirs
I Have Something to Tell You, by Chasten Buttigieg
Found in Transition,
by Paria Hassouri, MD
Redefining Realness,
by Janet Mock
Native, by Kaitlin B. Curtice
Untamed, by Glennon Doyle
Post-Traumatic Church Syndrome,
by Reba Riley
Coming Out
Unashamed, by Amber Cantorna
Sex, Purity Culture, and LGBTQ Marriage
Beyond Shame, by Matthias Roberts
Pure, by Linda Kay Klein
Shameless, by Nadia Bolz-Weber
Modern Kinship, by David and Constantino Khalaf
Sex, God, and the Conservative Church, by Tina Schermer Sellers
The ABC's of LGBT+,
by Ashley Mardell
Life Isn't Binary,
by Meg-John Barker
and Alex Iantaffi
Reconciling Faith and Sexuality
(In order left to right from least to most academic)
Unclobber, by Colby Martin
Changing Our Mind, by David P. Gushee
Why Churches Need to Talk About Sexuality, by Mark Wingfield
Walking the Bridgeless Canyon, by Kathy Baldock
Bible, Gender, Sexuality, by James V. Brownson
Other Recommended Reading
Braving the Wilderness, by Brene Brown
Accidental Saints,
by Nadia Bolz-Weber
What is the Bible?
by Rob Bell
Sacred Wounds,
by Teresa B. Pasquale
Practicing, by Kathy Escobar
A Bigger Table,
by John Pavlovitz
The Gifts of Imperfection,
by Brene Brown
Does Jesus Really Love Me? by Jeff Chu
After Evangelicalism,
by David Gushee
Love Wins,
by Rob Bell
