In a compelling and heartfelt discussion, the podcast explores the challenges of navigating faith alongside the complexities of queerness and personal identity. The conversation centres around Steff’s life experiences, marked by the duality of their upbringing in a conservative religious setting and their exploration of their queer identity. We unpack the societal pressures and inner conflicts that can arise when someone begins to question long-held norms, especially within faith communities. Steff shares openly about their journey of self-discovery, the importance of vulnerability, the search for belonging, and the healing power of telling your story. This episode is a reminder of how crucial it is to create spaces where people can show up fully as themselves; no masks, no shame and imagine a version of faith that makes room for everyone.

Who Is Steff?

Steff Fenton (they/them) is a genderqueer writer, speaker, educator, and advocate who empowers people to celebrate the intersections of being trans, queer, and Christian. After ten years of advocacy within the Anglican Church, Steff founded and co-pastored an independent church in Sydney, and a network for LGBTIQA+ church inclusion, called Equal Voices. As a freelance "pastor" Steff is passionate about cultivating safe spiritual spaces for trans and queer people of faith. Steff enjoys facilitating empathetic trainings, workshops, keynotes, and group sessions, as well as being a wedding celebrant and author of an upcoming book called Gender Expansive Faith.

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