In this week’s episode, Jess & Jack talk about Mary, the mother of Jesus and how the Gospels portray her as a devout Jewish girl, a (mostly) supportive mother, and a Palestinian revolutionary.

We also talk about Mary’s complicated relationship to Jesus and his ministry as she discovers more about him, and how this is mirrored in queer people’s relationships with our parents.

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This Memorial Day weekend, Jack and his fiancé August are traveling to meet Jack’s very conservative family(!), so Lavender Mafia is taking it easy with our first mini-sode!

Jess shares a story from a listener from her tiny high school graduating class who is learning that queer liberation can liberate the straights, too. Jack shares a question from a listener wondering how to navigate relationships with non-affirming friends & family.

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This Memorial Day weekend, Jack and his fiancé August are traveling to meet Jack’s very conservative family(!), so Lavender Mafia is taking it easy with our first mini-sode!

This week Jess & Jack are joined by our friend Azariah Southworth, host of the queer Christian podcast “Yass, Jesus!” He talks about being a Christian TV personality before becoming “a big ho.”

We talk about the holiness of throwing away sexual shame and the differences in poly, open, and casual group sex. We also talk about how group sex can extinguish purity culture jealousy and can be particularly meaningful for the disabled.

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This week, Jack & Jess have a conversation about the doctrine of the Incarnation. What does it mean to us as Christians that God became a human? What does it mean to us as queer people?

We also talk about God taking on the experience of economic insecurity in the person of Jesus, and how his ministry was bankrolled by women and (probably) sex workers.

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This week Jess & Jack have a conversation about voyeurism & exhibitionism. We talk about the scenes we've gotten into (or want to) and the ways that indulging in both voyeurism/exhibitionism have boosted our queer confidence.

We also talk about the ways our experiences as queer Christians might have influenced the kinds of voyeuristic and exhibitionistic fantasies we're drawn to, and how they might be why we're drawn to them at all.

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This week Jess & Jack have a conversation about queering the person of Jesus. We consider the possibility that he was literally queer—non-binary or pansexual or under the ace umbrella.

We talk about how queer people being invisible minorities means that it makes it difficult to prove the queerness of many historical figures but also nearly impossible to prove someone wasn’t one of us.

We talk about what it means to “queer” a text, and we look at queer resonances in Jesus’ life, including his experiences of being rejected by his family and faith community.

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This week Jess & Jack talk about group sex: our experiences with it, how to set up and have a good group encounter, and how to love your neighbors as yourself when you’re in an orgy together.

We talk about the difference between casual group sex and committed poly group sex, how group play can be a real confidence-booster, how most three-way sex is bad, and how a lot of anti-group-sex sentiment is animated by heteronormativity.

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This week Jess & Jack have a conversation about creation: how it started (according to the Genesis accounts), how it’s going (the Fall, etc.), and what it means for queer people—especially trans youth—that God pronounced creation “very good.”

Jack links “Left Behind” theology to a lack of environmental concern among evangelicals; Jess talks about “Jurassic Park,” her wife’s favorite movie; and we talk about queer resonances in evolutionary science.

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This week we announce some changes to the format of the podcast and talk about some new directions we’re excited about, including bonus episodes with questions and stories from our listeners, as well as exclusive content for Patreon subscribers.

Stay tuned for our main episode on Thursday!

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