AFFIRMING LGBTQ+ CHRISTIAN BOOKS

AFFIRMING THEOLOGY & INTERPRETATIONS

God and the Gay Christian:

The Biblical Case in Support of Same-Sex Relationships

by Matthew Vines (2015)

UnClobber:

Rethinking Our Misuse of the Bible on Homosexuality

by Colby Martin (2022)

The Bible & LGBTQ Adventists:

A Theological Conversation about Same-sex marriage, Gender and Identity

by Alicia Johnston (2022)

Bible, Gender, Sexuality:

Reframing the Church's Debate on Same-Sex Relationships

by James V Brownson (2013)

Walking the Bridgeless Canyon:

Repairing the Breach between the Church and the LGBT community

by Kathy Baldock (2014)

Changing Our Mind:

Definitive 3rd Edition of the Landmark Call for Inclusion of LGBTQ Christians with Response to Critics

by David P. Gushee (2017)

TRANSITIONING FAITH

Questions Are the Answer:

Nakedpastor and the search for understanding

by David Hayward (2015)

The Sin of Certainty:

Why God desires our trust more than our 'correct' beliefs

by Peter Enns (2020)

Lives of Unforgetting:

What We Lose in Translation When We Read the Bible, and A Way of Reading the Bible as a Call to Adventure

by Stant Litore (2019)

Inspired:

Slaying Giants, Walking on Water, and Loving the Bible Again

by Rachel Held Evans (2018)

Accidental Saints:

Finding God in all the wrong people

by Nadia Bolz-Weber (2015)

How The Bible Actually Works:

In which I Explain how an Ancient, Ambiguous, and Diverse Book Leads us to Wisdom rather than Answers - and why that's Great News

by Peter Enns (2019)

FOR CHURCHES

A Bigger Table:

Expanded Edition with Study Guide: Building Messy, Authentic, and Hopeful Spiritual Community

by John Pavlovitz (2020)

Why Churches Need to Talk about Sexuality:

Lessons Learned from Hard Conversations about Sex, Gender, Identity, and the Bible

by Mark Wingfield (2019)

Heavy Burdens:

Seven Ways LGBTQ Christians Experience Harm in the Church

by Bridget Eileen Rivera (2021)

For The Bible Tells Me So:

the biblical-theological necessity of LGBTQ+ inclusion in the church

by Katie Hays (2020)

A Brief Guide to Ministry with LGBTQIA Youth

by Cody J. Sanders (2017)

True Inclusion:

Creating Communities of Radical Embrace

by Brandan Robertson (2018)

FAITH JOURNEYS

Undivided:

Coming Out, Becoming Whole, and Living Free From Shame

by Vicky Beeching (2018)

Un-Conditional:

Rescuing the Gospel from the Gays-vs-Christians Debate

by Justin Lee (2014)

transforming:

The Bible and the Lives of Transgender Christians (Updated and Expanded Edition with Study Guide)

by Austen Harte (2022)

Black, Gay, British, Christian, Queer:

The Church and The Famine of Grace

by Jarel Robinson-Brown (2021)

Unnatural:

Spiritual Resiliency in Queer Christian Women

by Rachel Murr (2014)

Still Stace:

My Gay Christian Coming-Of-Age Story an Illustrated Memoir

by Stacey Chomiak (2021)

Outside the Lines:

How Embracing Queerness Will Transform Your Faith

by Mihee Kim-Kort (2018)

Outlove:

A Queer Christian Survival Story

by Julie Rodgers (2021)

Affirming:

A Memoir of Faith, Sexuality, and Staying in the Church

by Sally Gary (2021)

Boy Erased:

A Memoir of Identity, Faith and Family

by Garrard Conley (2018)

Unashamed:

A Coming-Out Guide for LGBTQ Christians

by Amber Cantorna (2019)

QYF:

Personal Narratives by Queer Youth of Faith

by Beloved Arise (2020)

The Book of Queer Prophets:

24 Writers on Sexuality and Religion

by Ruth Hunt (2021)

Modern Kinship:

A Queer Guide to Christian Marriage

by David Khalaf (2018)

Tried to be Straight:

Options for Gay Christians

by Andy Wells (2021)

FOR PARENTS

"Mom, I'm Gay"

Revised and Expanded Edition: Loving Your LGBTQ Child and Strengthening Your Faith

by Susan Cottrell (2016)

Love Makes Room:

And Other Things I Learned When My Daughter Came Out

by Staci Frenes (2021)

Embracing the Journey:

A Christian Parents' Blueprint to Loving Your LGBTQ Child

by Greg McDonald (2019)