Next time on The State of Belief:

R. G. Cravens, author of the new book Yes Gawd!: How Faith Shapes LGBT Identity and Politics in the United States. We’ll talk about the ways religious affiliation – or no affiliation – informs the way members of this community see themselves, as well as the nation in which we all live.

Dr. Cravens is Senior Research Analyst at the Southern Poverty Law Center. We’ll dig into several important recent reports that bear R. G.’s name, including the toxic feedback loop of anti-Trans pseudoscience being amplified by prominent religious right voices, and the very real attack on religious freedom manifest by attacks on LGBT-inclusive houses of worship.