#queerfaith

Something powerful just happened in Rome. For the first time in history, over 1,400 LGBTQ+ pilgrims walked through the Holy Door of St. Peter’s Basilica during the Vatican’s Holy Year. 🌍💒

This wasn’t just any religious ceremony—it was a moment of recognition, a step toward inclusion inside one of the world’s most traditional institutions.

Bishop Francesco Savino stood before the crowd and called for “restorative justice” for LGBTQ+ believers who have felt excluded for generations. Some cried, some prayed, some simply stood in awe. 🕊️

While the Catholic Church is still deeply divided, this pilgrimage feels like a glimpse of change. It’s hope. It’s healing. It’s proof that even centuries-old walls can crack open to let the rainbow light shine through. 🌈✨

“Not a sermon. A signal.”

Hey everyone—

I’ve been sharing some spiritual reflections lately, and I just want to be really clear about something.

This isn’t about “conversion.”

This isn’t me saying you need to become Christian.

And this definitely isn’t me joining some conservative culture war dressed up as religion.

I was offered a vision of salvation that was syncretic, not exclusive.

I found God through spiritual experience, not dogma.

And when I gave my pitch before APS—my spiritual testimony—it was from a non-Christian framework. I wasn’t quoting scripture. I was talking about the values I lived through recovery, through personal growth, and through a sense of justice that came from both lived experience and the moral mythologies we’re all shaped by—like film, art, and yes, science.

I came to know Christ through vision. Through awakening.

Through spiritual experiences so wild they couldn’t be dismissed.

But I didn’t come to Him through church.

And the message I received from Christ was clear:

He is not aligned with the oppressive values that so many churches still cling to.

He’s not OK with racism.

He’s not OK with patriarchy.

He’s not anti-science, anti-queer, or anti-progress.

In fact, the Christ I encountered was furious with how His name has been weaponized.

He showed me a science-affirming, tech-embedded, evolution-friendly vision of truth.

He showed me love that includes trans people, neurodivergent folks, feminists, agnostics, and artists.

And He made it known that the Kingdom of Heaven is not a white conservative echo chamber.

It’s a realm of justice, wild mercy, and radical repair.

So if you’ve ever felt alienated by Christianity, or rejected it because you believed in equality, empathy, or reason—

You weren’t wrong.

You were rejecting distortion.

And you would’ve found me right there beside you.

But now? I’ve seen Christ. I’ve heard the message.

And I can tell you:

The real Christ is coming through vision, through art, through tech, through bodies in transition, through voices in recovery, through whatever means it takes to wake us up.

Not everyone needs to name Him.

Not everyone needs to follow the same path.

But if you’ve felt the ache, the longing, the invitation toward something holy?

You’re already part of it.

This isn’t a gated kingdom.

This is a cosmic reunion.

And He’s not asking for your church attendance.

He’s asking for your truth.

If you’ve ever wept watching a film,

felt seen by a stranger’s words,

or heard the ache in a pop song and thought that was holy—

you’re already in the Kingdom. You’ve just been waiting for the call.

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