Need for Faith Spaces that Affirm LGBTQ Communities
A personal experience of feeling unsafe in a childhood church due to homophobic sentiments has highlighted the need for more faith spaces that affirm the LGBTQ communities.
Born into a Mormon family that later converted to Christianity, religion played a major role in the author's upbringing. At the age of 10, the family began attending a small evangelical church where they would sing, pray, and listen to preaching for hours.
Hearing those same sentiments at a young age was what made me realize my childhood church was not a safe space and my so-called “siblings in Christ” were not safe people.
The author initially enjoyed being part of this community, developing friendships with other kids who shared similar backgrounds and interests. However, everything changed when they began to pay attention to the messages shared by the pastors.
A recent incident involving the conservative evangelical "King's Army" spewing homophobia at Londoners brought back memories of being a closeted queer teenager and feeling unsafe in their childhood church.
Author's summary: Faith spaces should be safe for all.
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