Christians who hold to traditional teaching on biblical sexuality are sometimes accused of harming the mental health of LGBT people. In this episode the team explore whether biblical sexuality really does harm LGBT people, expose some of the assumptions and missteps behind that claim and look at how churches can be better at supporting everyone with mental health difficulties.

Resources mentioned and related

• LGBT and Mental Health: What’s the Link? Andrew Bunt
• Isn’t the Christian Sexual Ethic Harmful and Repressive? The Living Out Team
• The Mental Health and Well-Being of Celibate Gay Christians Mark Yarhouse and Olya Zaporozhets
• What Does Good Pastoral Support Look Like? (Part 1) Andy Robinson
• What Does Good Pastoral Support Look Like? (Part 2) Andy Robinson
• What Does Good Pastoral Support Look Like? (Part 3) Andy Robinson
• Take Your Time Ed Shaw
• How Biblically Inclusive Is Your Church? The Living Out Church Audit The Living Out Team
• Engaging with LGBT Mental Health Andrew Bunt
• A Christian Perspective on LGBTQ+ Mental Health Andrew Bunt
• LGBTQ+ Suicide Andrew Bunt
• It’s Time to Stop Weaponising Suicide Andrew Bunt
• Mind.org.uk
• Straight Jacket Matthew Todd