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blienky27 in gsa_lj

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Oct 13, 2011 15:50

So I've recently become interested in the subject of how the LGBT community views different religions (stereotypes, avoidance, etc), but I am having a hard time finding anything about it. Most of the problem is that most sources are talking about the opposite issue - how religions feel about the LGBT community - so I don't really know how to get ( Read more... )

religion, stereotypes

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little_missmimi October 13 2011, 20:28:30 UTC

Honestly, a lot of it probably has to do with how the religion views the LGBT community.

blienky27 October 13 2011, 20:50:37 UTC

Oh, I understand that connection, I was just wondering if there had actually been any studies done on LGBT opinions of religions as a whole, or how many people changed religions after coming out/realizing they were queer, etc.

viridescence October 13 2011, 21:27:05 UTC

I don't know if there has been any systematic study of religion from the queer perspective, actually. I do know that there are some gay religious groups, though. I don't know the names of them and I don't have links at the moment (I'm on my phone), but I know for a fact that there is a gay Mormon group and some gay Christian groups. I suggest searching for those, and also looking at some of the materials put out by the various gay rights orgs that are designed for helping people come out. Stuff like "how to reconcile my sexual orientation with my faith." And look into the gay-accepting churches, like the Universalist Unitarians ( ... )

keito_f October 25 2011, 00:51:02 UTC

Those are some good suggestions. Definitely one can find some good info with the Universalist Unitarians

Dignity USA is a gay Catholic group

Whosoever is an online LGBT Christian site that might be handy http://whosoever.org/index.shtml

rosehelene October 13 2011, 22:30:04 UTC

Probably because the LGBT "community" is really a bunch of overlapping communities, with relatively little holding it together. I don't know of anything, but I doubt there's a cohesive view. I think it would be highly individual

tko_ak October 14 2011, 05:12:00 UTC

It certainly isn't scientific, and the sample is small, but this community's demographics polls have shown a very high level of atheism/agnosticism. Which makes sense, when you're used to the dominant religion (Christianity) being hostile.

It seems like I remember a fair number of Wiccans/Pagans, too.