Complicit silence, fluid identities and a shift to personalized faith

LGBTQ+ experiences in conservative Christian communities

Datos Bibliográficos

ID3941808
AutoresKelsey Block (0000-0003-3725-1738, University of Victoria, autor de correspondencia)
Año2023
Volumen52
Número2
Páginas234-254
Fecha de publicación2023-06-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaStudies in Religion/Sciences Religieuses (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0008-4298 • E-ISSN: 2042-0587
EditorialSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/00084298221128883
OpenAlexW4316362632
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas4
Referencias citadas33

Using in-depth interviews with six participants, this qualitative project examines LGBTQ+ (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer and others) experiences in conservative Christian communities in British Columbia and Alberta, Canada, through the lens of queer theory. The research questions guiding this project are: (1) Does there continue to be a code of silence surrounding LGBTQ+ identities within conservative Christian communities? (2) How do LGBTQ+ individuals deal with the perceived incompatibility between their religion and their sexuality and/or gender? (3) How do LGBTQ+ individuals understand their LGBTQ+ identity when situated within a traditionally heteronormative religious community? The findings indicate that the participants view the silence surrounding LGBTQ+ issues and the subsequent lack of formal support for LGBTQ+ individuals as complicit in perpetuating rhetoric that LGBTQ+ identities are abnormal, sinful and shameful. All of the participants shifted to a more personalized faith and view Christianity as a resource instead of a requirement, and the majority of the participants frame both their gender/sexual identity and religious identity as fluid and liminal, subject to change depending on the context

Aesthetics · Context (archaeology · Geography · Homosexuality · Human sexuality · Identity (music · Lesbian · Liminality · Queer · Queer theory · Sexual identity · Silence · Sociology · Transgender · African Sexualities and LGBTQ+ Issues · Anthropology · Gender Studies · LGBTQ Health, Identity, and Policy · Religion and Society Interactions