Confessions of the Queer Believer

Confessions of the Queer Believer episodes:

• 07.23.2020

  Exploring Bisexuality and Spirituality

  Bisexual advocate, writer and speaker , Angélique  "Angel" Gravely joins Kwame to share her  experience as a bisexual woman navigating complex social institutions  and her experience in an affirming Black church. She also shares about her work with GLSEN Philadelphia...

  
• 07.16.2020

  The fallacy of conversion therapy

  Pennsylvania based  singer and recent Wharton Business School graduate , Evan Thomas joins Kwame to discuss his experience  enduring conversion therapy . We also explore how his music has been inspired by his own journey towards complete self -acceptance. Listen...

  
• 07.06.2020

  Sexuality and religion in the Workplace

  Married and Bisexual California native, Christiana Cobb-Dozier joins Kwame to discuss her early life growing up in a Christian home and her experience attending a Christian private school.   She shares how she had to step away from her job as...

  
• 06.21.2020

  Embracing faith : The Black Lesbian Experience

  Former member of the conservative Baptist church and Los Angeles  native, Jade Cobb-Dozier joins Kwame in this episode to discuss her personal journey and her research conducted in 2018.   Jade received her Master's degree from San Jose State University, after writing...

  
• 06.14.2020

  Decolonizing the mind : reclaiming my Queer identity.

  Our host confronts his own socialization and the role the church played in "colonizing" his sexual identity. 

  
• 06.06.2020

  Did God “make” me gay ? is queerness compatible with my faith?

  This episode  examines some of the issues we face as Black Queer people in religious spaces.  Joty Allison, a  gay  African American Pastor from the Powerhouse Church of Boston joins us to explore some of the challenges queer people of faith...