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This is a program by the Queer Theology Academy. We will delve into the connections between faith and gender justice, from queer theology and queer biblical interpretation to queer experiences. We don't rely on dichotomies to understand the world, but are willing to step into the complex, contradictory, profound, and possibility-filled field of faith, seeking new perspectives and new paths.

Each episode will be uploaded simultaneously to YouTube and the official QTA website, updated every two weeks. Stay tuned.

Queer A Bit

Refusing "Gentle Sympathy": From "Disability Sympathy" to "Diversity in Creation"

By Mau Kwok Lam

Introduction: When Being Pitied Becomes a Slow Spiritual Suffocation

"We know you are hurting. This is not your sin; it is simply a physical manifestation of a broken world, a 'disability' in your body. We will not condemn you, but we will walk with you to 'bear' this cross, and we encourage you to remain celibate, or live in accordance with your biological sex."

This new pastoral rhetoric is rising in some conservative churches attempting to project "progressiveness and inclusion." Instead of crudely accusing queer believers of "willful sin," they look upon them with gentle eyes and use the language above to define queer and transgender

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Taking a Deep Breath Before Entering: When Self-Defense Becomes the Spiritual Routine of Queer Believers

By Mau Kwok Lam

Introduction: The "Safety Assessment" at the Church Door

"Do they even let… people like you… in?"

This was the first question asked by Madelyn, the highly supportive sister of transgender theologian Austen Hartke[^1], when he was preparing to apply to seminary. The question carried no malice, yet it laid bare a brutal reality: for LGBTQ+ and gender-diverse Christians

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Does God Create "Flawed Products"? The Pain of Conversion Therapy Survivors and the Theological Liberation of "Reasonable as Natural"

By Mau Kwok Lam

Introduction: When "Repair" Becomes the Deepest Destruction

"You are unnatural. You need to be corrected to return to God's original design."

In many conservative churches and families, this phrase is heralded as the starting point of pastoral care. In order to remain within their faith communities and regain the acceptance of their parents

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Preface: A "Heretical" Essay that Shook the Church's Foundations?

If there is a contemporary theological article that makes conservatives uneasy while providing profound spiritual solace to queer believers, it is surely Rowan Williams' "The Body's Grace."

Written in 1989, before Williams became the Archbishop of Canterbury, he was then the Lady Margaret Professor of Divinity at Oxford University. The essay was originally written for a lecture for the Gay and Lesbian Christian Movement. In an

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Prison of the Soul or Temple of God?: Deconstructing the "Sarcophobia" in the Church's DNA

Have you ever had this experience: as you step into the sanctuary to worship God, you subconsciously adjust your posture, shut down your senses, and feel that "feeling your own body" is somehow unspiritual? In church, we learn how to pray, how to read scripture, and how to uplift our souls, but regarding this "flesh and blood" that accompanies us every day, the church's teaching is often limited to