11 Tweets That Show What It's Like Being a Queer Christian

The Christian versus LGBT narrative is a false dichotomy. For many people, myself included, we are people of faith AND LGBT. Being an LGBT Christian isn't always the easiest life — not with the loudest Christians being aggressively anti-LGBT. Yet many of us have reconciled our various identities of faith, gender, and sexuality.

Here's what it's like to be an LGBT Christian in 11 tweets:

First of all, we exist:

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To reconcile our faith and our sexuality is a process:

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Many of us go to seminary with no hope of getting ordained:

\u201cAs much as I love pastoral ministry, this is a reminder that many Friends churches would never hire me. #Quakers #faithfullyLGBT\u201d
— Ashley M. Wilcox (@Ashley M. Wilcox) 1437909511

Too often our churches don't include LGBT people in their conversations:

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— \ud83c\udf3b Maria Unfiltered, Reserve \ud83c\udf3b (@\ud83c\udf3b Maria Unfiltered, Reserve \ud83c\udf3b) 1437622428

While everyone else in the church focuses on one thing, we just want to be acknowledged:

\u201cSo many people fighting for political candidates and I'm over here fighting for my personhood. #faithfullyLGBT\u201d
— Amy Grace (@Amy Grace) 1437699819

Conversations that exclude LGBT Christians only further marginalize us:

\u201c"I love when people talk about/around me like I'm not even here and don't have a voice." Said no one ever. #faithfullyLGBT\u201d
— Sarah Kessler (@Sarah Kessler) 1437072266

When we come out, the reactions aren't always the best:

\u201cSometimes I wonder what would happen if they knew that I was present. Would they let me sing and help lead worship? #faithfullyLGBT\u201d
— Clark (@Clark) 1435506358

But we stick around and point out crappy theology:

\u201cYour theology sucks if everything you know about Christ is threatened by same-sex relationships. #FaithfullyLGBT\u201d
— Eliel Cruz (@Eliel Cruz) 1437094216

And to live our truth:

\u201cA pastor asked me tonight if I ever wished I wasn't bi. I said how much of a relief it was for me when I finally came out. #faithfullyLGBT\u201d
— Ashley M. Wilcox (@Ashley M. Wilcox) 1434764354

Because we worship a God who transcends gender and sexuality: