A personal reflection on faith, LGBTQ+ rights, and living together in a free society. From Bible verses to bathrooms, sports, conversion therapy, and kids, this post looks at what it really means to love your neighbor and let adults live their lives.
Tag: LGBTQ+
One Tragedy Doesn’t Define the Trans Community
After the Minneapolis Catholic school shooting, some politicians and pundits tried to scapegoat the entire trans community. But one tragedy doesn’t define a whole group. The facts show most mass shooters are white cisgender men—not transgender people. Blame the shooter, not the community.
Erasing ‘Woke’ Isn’t Leadership — It’s Authoritarianism
Trump’s push to “get rid of woke” isn’t about a buzzword—it’s about controlling which histories and which people count. From pressuring museums to sanitize slavery to treating dissent as pathology, that’s authority talking, not democracy. We need the full, uncomfortable truth—and space to disagree—because erasing it endangers disabled people, Black Americans, LGBTQ+ folks, immigrants, women, and ultimately all of us.
From Judgment to Compassion: My Faith Journey on LGBTQ+ Inclusion
Raised with traditional beliefs, I spent years struggling with what the Bible says about LGBTQ+ people. This is the story of how I moved from judgment to compassion—and why I believe love is at the heart of faith.
Notes from the edge of the system 