Pride Month Readings

June is Pride Month. Which is the perfect opportunity to highlight some of some of the important LGBTQ+ theological writings followers of the Way of Jesus the Christ are researching, writing, and reading to help us love God, love neighbor, and love self. The following list is only scratching the surface of growing body of vital theological work furthering this conversation. It feels important to acknowledge that not all the authors or contributors listed below would self-identify as followers of Christ, but these works are helping shape my imagination so I list them. Nor am I suggesting that anyone person should try to read a book each day. Rather, I’m simply using the 30 days of June to highlight 30 books. By-the-way, the order of books is entirely random.

June 1	books	A Church for All by Gayle Pitman GaylePitman.com
June 2		Queer Theology: Beyond Apologetics by Linn Marie Tonstad Divinity.Yale.edu
June 3		Our Strangely Warmed Hearts: Coming Out into God’s Call by Karen P. Oliveto KarenOliveto.blogspot.com
June 4		Transfaith: A Transgender Pastoral Care Handbook by Chris Dowd & Christina Beardsley with Justin Tanis GoodReads.com (Chris), & Twitter (Christina), with Twitter (Justin)
June 5		Outside the Lines: How Embracing Queerness Will Transform Your Faith by Mihee Kim-Kort MKimKort.com
June 6		Being Called, Being Gay: Discernment for Ministry in the Episcopal Church by Gregory Millikin Grace Episcopal Church
June 7		Surrendering My Ordination: Standing Up for Gay and Lesbian Inclusivity in The United Methodist Church by J. Philip Wogaman Wikipedia
June 8		One Coin Found: How God’s Love Stretches to the Margins by Emmy Kegler EmmyKegler.com
June 9		Filled with the Spirit: Sexuality, Gender, and Radical Inclusivity in a Black Pentecostal Church Coalition by Ellen Lewin Wikipedia
June 10		Queer Theologies: The Basics by Chris Greenough Twitter
June 11		A Rabbi and a Preacher Go to a Pride Parade: And Other Musings, Sermons, and Such by Bert Montgomery BertMontgomery.com
June 12		We Love You, But You’re Going to Hell: Christians and Homosexuality Agree, Disagree, Take a Look by Kim O’Reilly Twitter
June 13		Queerfully and Wonderfully Made: A Guide for LGBTQ+ Christian Teens by Leigh Finke (editor) Facebook
June 14		Kenyan, Christian, Queer: Religion, LGBT Activism, and Arts of Resistance in Africa by Adriaan van Klinken AdriaanVanKlinken.wordpress.com
June 15		True Inclusion: Creating Communities of Radical Embrace by Brandan Robertson BrandanRobertson.com
June 16		Activist Theology by Robyn Henderson-Espinoza iRobyn.com
June 17		The Erotic Contemplative: Reflections on the Spiritual Journey of the Gay/Lesbian Christian by Michael Bernard Kelly Amazon.com
June 18		The Book of Queer Prophets: 24 Writers on Sexuality and Religion by Ruth Hunt (editor) Wikipedia
June 19		The Name: A History of the Dual-Gendered Hebrew Name for God by Mark Sameth RabbiMarkSameth.com
June 20		Proclaim! Sharing Words, Living Examples, Changing Lives: An Exploration of Episcopal Liturgy from a Black, Queer, Millennial Perspective by Marcus George Halley EpiscopalCT.org
June 21		Beyond Shame: Creating a Healthy Sex Life on Your Own Terms by Matthias Roberts MatthiasRoberts.com
June 22		Queer Religiosities: An Introduction to Queer and Transgender Studies in Religion by Melissa M. Wilcox Twitter
June 23		Clobber the Passages: Seven Deadly Verses  by Mel White MelWhite.org
June 24		Nomad for God by Dusty Pruitt DustyPruitt.com
June 25		Generous Spaciousness: Responding To Gay Christians In The Church by Wendy VanderWal-Gritter   GenerousSpace.ca
June 26		The Bloomsbury Reader in Religion, Sexuality and Gender by Donald Boisvert & Carly Daniel-Hughes (editors) Concordia (Donald) & Facebook (Carly)
June 27		Letters to a Young Gay Christian by Aaron Walsh LinkedIn
June 28		The Gospel of Inclusion: A Christian Case for LGBT+ Inclusion in the Church by Brandan J. Robertson BrandanRobertson.com
June 29		God’s Beloved Queer: Identity, Spirituality, and Practice by Rolf Nolasco Facebook
June 30		Bi the Way: Pastoring Bisexual Christians in Europe by Carol Shepherd CarolShepherdBooks.info

Peace, dwight