by Kali Cawthon-Freels | May 20, 2025 | Faithful Pride Initiative, Opinion
From the opening lyrics of singer-songwriter Derek Webb’s most recent album, “Survival Songs,” I could tell he’s a modern-day bard, using melody and rhythm to tell a story. The story he tells in this album is a love letter to the LGBTQ+ community—one that genuinely...
by Kali Cawthon-Freels | Apr 22, 2025 | Faithful Pride Initiative, Opinion
There are few people capable of using religious academic training in a way that is accessible for the typical layperson. Brandan Robertson is one of those individuals. He masterfully demonstrates this in his forthcoming book “Queer & Christian: Reclaiming the...
by Kali Cawthon-Freels | Mar 20, 2025 | Faithful Pride Initiative, Feature
I had the opportunity to hear Rev. Dr. Naomi Washington-Leapheart give a powerful keynote sermon at the Q Christian Fellowship Annual Conference earlier this year. I am certain that if I filled this entire column with only quotes from that powerful sermon, you would...
by Kali Cawthon-Freels | Feb 26, 2025 | Faithful Pride Initiative, LGBTQ+, Opinion
It’s hard not to write reactionary pieces right now as we are inundated with bad news after worse news. I hope that you won’t view the words below as a reaction to recent attacks on the trans and nonbinary community, but rather as cautionary examples providing...
by Kali Cawthon-Freels | Jan 29, 2025 | Faithful Pride Initiative, Feature|News, LGBTQ+
On January 20th, President Trump signed an executive order declaring that there are only two genders. In the days that followed, LGBTQ+ people across the US expressed fear and concern for what this means for their rights, particularly as Christian Nationalists showed...
