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People think it’s weird that I’m gay & celibate & don’t find celibacy toxic. They want to know how I “do it.”To begin with, I don’t start with sin. Most

POLICEINOTHERDEVELOPEDCOUNTRIESDONOTKILLPEOPLE. People responding to this tweet being like, “They do in Canada,” - “They do in the U.K.,” - “They do in ___.”Stop trivializing the issue. You wanna talk about

Did you know the word “lesbian” is falling out of practice in queer spaces? The reason has everything to do w/ “lesbian” being the ONLY word in the LGBTQ lexicon

I’m celibate. I follow historic Christian teaching on sexual ethics by default. Straight people who practice contraceptive sex don’t. A lot of ppl get angry when I make this observation.

A few thoughts on the Pope’s support for same-sex unionsFirst let’s not pretend this is more radical than it actually is. The Pope isn’t redefining marriage or departing from historic

Another Dolezal, another day that trans and/or BIPOC queers will need to explain to the world that race and gender are constructed differently.Why are trans women not the same thing

Evangelicalism formed in response to fundamentalism. It founded itself upon the belief that Christians ought to engage both politics & culture for the purpose of being salt & light in

Have you wept over the death of someone killed by the police in your immediate circle?I have. Have you stared into the haunted eyes of a child whose father/mother/family was

It hasn’t gone unnoticed by me that many who defend Christian slavemasters as “good Christian men” who were simply “blinded by the time” are the same people who condemn gays

The white feminist movement excluded the needs of women of color from the get-go. White women wanted the freedom to work outside the home. Women of color had *been* working

Abortion in America is racist. Set aside the pro-life v. pro-choice debate for a minute and sit in that reality. Abortion is racist. Let’s talk about why. [Thread] The white

Classic Christian Evasion: “Let me send you a rant about how you’re an awful person & tell you to basically sit down & shut up. But then conclude said message