A Queer Theology

It’s not what you think it is.

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The word “queer” is itself a bit queer. Using queer to mean “a bit strange” had fallen out of fashion, and has become synonymous with with any gender identity or sexual identity that isn’t cisnormative or heteronormative. It has a history of being used both as a self-identifier by and a slur against anyone who isn’t heterosexual and cisgender. However, the queer theology I want to address here is only…