Life on Side B

We are getting close to the end of season 3. Sarah is talking with Johana-Marie and Shelby about their experience of faith, sexuality, and gender as queer black women. Each of these wisdom has amazing wisdom in what they share.

Johana-Marie mentions an article called "Black is My Gender" by Hari Ziyad. Here is the link to check it out: https://afropunk.com/2017/07/my-gender-is-black/

Gregg Webb is back with us, joined as well by his long time friend Michelle. As we talked about being Side B in ministry in our last episode, it seemed only fitting to talk about what it is like being Side B outside vocational ministry. Sarah talks with Gregg and Michelle about what it is like to navigate sexuality and faith in their work environments.

The Brilliant Bee Patrons chose another episode topic and the winner was: Being Queer in Ministry. So today, Bekah is talking with Anderson McGee about his experience as an out bisexual pastor. Does being in vocational ministry make it easier or harder to be Side B? Anderson has been Co-Pastor, with his wife Sarah, of Trinity Family Midtown since December 2016 and co-Executive Director of Love Wins.:LGBT - a ministry of Trinity Family Midtown Church of the Nazarene, making Christ-like disciples in the LGBTQ+ Community by engaging the culture and equipping the Church.

Lesli Hudson-Reynolds is back as a guest cohost and talking with Lo about trans* inclusion. For this episode, we wanted to have a discussion with only trans voices and without the necessity to "cis-splain". This means we gave Lesli and Lo the freedom to talk about whatever they would like to discuss without needing to explain or define anything for cisgender listeners. If you would like an episode to listen to as an introduction to the trans conversation, we recommend going back and listening to S1E6 | Lesli on Being Genderqueer.

This is the last episode for the season on Side B globally and Bekah is talking with Adrian who lives with Hungary. Christian Johnston is also back and sharing from his experience as an American who lived in Poland. They discuss Adrian's experience as a British gay man living in Hungary, how the sexuality discussion looks in different parts of Europe compared to North America, and much more.

Greg Coles is back on the podcast and he is talking with Henry, Grant, and Josh about his new book - No Longer Strangers. This episode was delightful!

Order your copy of No Longer Strangers here:

Hear more about what Greg is up to on his website: https://www.gregorycoles.com/

In this week's episode, Josh and Ashley are talking with Lucas about his experience of being Side B in Brazil. We talk about what the conversation around faith, sexuality and gender looks like in Brazil, how Exodus looks different and/or similar than Exodus looked in the States, and Lucas' experience of coming out in Brazil.

Here are resources in Portuguese which Lucas mentioned as well as others which he put together for anyone interested:

RECURSOS SELECIONADOS EM PORTUGUÊS

Informativo

Os Lados da Questão (The Sides Framework, in Portuguese)

https://bit.ly/4Lados

Gálatas 3:28 (Instagram)

https://instagram.com/galatas328/ Exodus no Brasil e na América Latina (matérias)

https://apublica.org/especial/nega-te-a-ti-mesmo/

Ortodoxo (Lado B) Vivendo em Comunhão

https://instagram.com/vivemcomunhao/

Conflictu (podcast)

https://twitter.com/conflictucast

Documento de LoveWins.:LGBT

https://trinityfamilyonline.org/s/Documento-de-Posico-das-Testemunhas-Fieis-portugues.pdf

Conservador (Lado Y)

Andréa Vargas

https://estantedaandrea.com

Íris Projeto

https://facebook.com/irisprojetoficial Courage Brasil

https://youtube.com/c/CourageBrasil/videos

Progressista (Lado A)

Giovanni Alecrim

https://medium.com/de-casa-em-casa/entender-e-acolher-75409c7e8174

Aceitos pelo Reino

https://youtube.com/channel/UC1XyP0xqirKqIX9b-YvfOwA/videos?sort=da

Evangélicxs pela Diversidade

https://novosdialogos.com/author/evangelicxs/

PUBLICAÇÕES SELECIONADAS EM PORTUGUÊS

Ed Shaw

https://www.amazon.com.br/Atracao-Pessoas-Mesmo-Sexo-Plausibilidade-ebook/dp/B07DPW73TF/

Pedro Dulci

https://tuxdoc.com/download/identidade-e-sexualidade-pedro-dulci_pdf

Álvaro Pestana

https://www.scribd.com/document/494642611/SEMPRE-ME-PERGUNTAM-Capitulo-14-Deus-aprova-a-homossexualidade

Sam Allberry

https://www.amazon.com.br/Deus-contra-homossexuais-homossexualidade-ebook/dp/B08BRF5RG3/

Marília de Camargo César

http://lelivros.love/book/baixar-livro-entre-a-cruz-e-o-arco-iris-marilia-de-camargo-cesar-em-pdf-epub-e-mobi-ou-ler-online/

Jackie Hill Perry

https://www.amazon.com.br/Garota-gay-bom-Deus-historia-ebook/dp/B08DTDDDWB/

Wunibald Müller

https://www.estantevirtual.com.br/livros/wunibald-muller/pessoas-homossexuais/2269424382

Aelredo de Rievaulx

https://www.cultordelivros.com.br/produto/amizade-espiritual-oracao-pastoral-78391

Frederico Lourenço

https://docero.com.br/doc/nxecn8x 

You may be asking, "What is a Queer Orientation Marriage?" It is the best name we could come up with for this episode. Ashley and Sarah are talking with Aaron and Liz Munson about being in a mixed orientation marriage as two queer people. They discuss attraction within relationship, the place other friendships hold in their lives, and how they navigate talking about their sexual identities with their kids. Ashley already says this is one of her favorite episodes to date.

Mentioned Resources:

1. Book series: God’s Design for Sex https://www.christianbook.com/gods-design-books-revised-updated-edition/stan-jones/pd/53133X?kw=21904556532&mt=b&dv=m&event=PPCSRC&p=1186432&gclid=EAIaIQobChMIjpCn75nM8QIVMm1vBB3LzQSJEAAYASAAEgKqyPD_BwE

2. Christian Sexuality (for ages 12 and up) - https://christian-sexuality.com

3. Straight to Heaven: A Gay Christian Parody Musical - https://youtu.be/25AJi2H18UY 

Sporadically throughout the season we will be talking with Side B Christians around the globe outside North America looking at what it looks like to live out Side B in their context. This is the second part of a two part conversation where Henry and Grant are talking with Mwendia Steve who lives in Kenya. This is a powerful conversation especially highlighting what it looks like to have so much joy even while facing so much difficulty. You won't want to miss this so go ahead and tune in.

This is the first of a few episodes we are going to do sporadically throughout the season focusing on what it is like to hold to a Side B Christian view around the globe outside North America. This week we have a two part conversation where Henry and Grant are talking with Mwendia Steve who lives in Kenya. This is a powerful conversation especially highlighting what it looks like to have so much joy even while facing so much difficulty. You won't want to miss this so go ahead and tune in.