Come Out, Queer Prophets!

By Believe Out Loud | October 9, 2013 |
A rainbow flag flies over a house in san francisco.

Coming out just doesn’t hold the same intrigue for me anymore. The act is neither filled with the trepidation of earlier years or the sense of boldness it carried in the years after the trepidation subsided. Coming out sometimes serves as a tool for liberation—oftentimes quite successfully. Resisting the shackles of silence and the imposition…

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A Queer Church In Texas

By Believe Out Loud | August 8, 2013 |
A painting of a group of yellow people.

The Church at Mable Peabody’s is a queer church in Denton, Texas. While we are queer because of our various sexualities, expressions, and identities, we are also often considered queer due to our choice of love in a Texas culture dominated by hatred and vengeance. This is where that queer Jesus comes in. One of…

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