This image is from " 'Non-Zionary': How some queer Jews are wrestling with Israel."
(For how i crafted these quotes, see What i changed in survey-takers' responses and What i didn't change.)
Buddhism
"I am religious (Buddhist), and there is a big narrative especially in the US about how religion and transgenderism do not go together, which is a very Christian-centric narrative. Often times when speaking to younger queer people (I’m 19), they condemn religion as a whole, instead of their specific bad experiences, which is hurtful and marginalises religious queer people with positive experiences. My religion does not condemn trans people and I have never felt persecuted for being trans and religious."
Christianity
"I don't like being asked to pick a side between church and my orientation."
"Christianity as we know it today is evolving. Many of the homophobic texts have been mistranslated. What we are isn't a sin. But being in both communities and feeling like you don't really belong in either? It hurts like nothing else. On one hand, I feel like everywhere I go I'm being condemned for being queer. But when I share experiences of being religious, I feel like I'm a fraud in the community. Religious queers need to be normalized."
"I can be a Christian even as a queer person. My beliefs may differ from some other Christians' about certain topics, but I still exist within both communities—which shouldn't be mutually exclusive, even though I understand why people think they are."
"i have a great respect for Christians who actually observe the teachings of Christ rather than accepting dogmatic hate and hubris."
"Religious trauma, such as an unaccepting christian community, can cause real mental harm. Not believing in god is not necessarily an act of defiance, but finding your own way."
"As someone who went to Catholic school for a couple years but is not Catholic, I would say that it impacted me a ton. The amount of invalidation I experienced not even being out to anyone yet caused a lot of problems and made me really nervous to be myself."
"I dont care about Christian rhetoric and 'god made you this way' etc, I made myself the way I am through my choices and experiences."
"I’m not Christian, but that doesn't really impact my experience, especially because I don't live in a really religious area."
Judaism
"My Jewishness is part of my queerness and my queerness is Jewish and they are both a part of me and queer Jews have always existed."
"Jewish!!"
"I prefer being in queer trans Jewish spaces because I feel safer and it's easier to relate to queer trans Jewish adults."
Atheism & Christianity
"Being an atheist in a family of heavy Christians, I have had many bad experiences when coming out to extended family."
"Being from a fairly heavily Christian area and being atheist, a lot of times abstinence is confused with my asexuality. No. I don't want to have sex. Not now or ever."
"I don't think being a non-christian, atheist woman intersects my queerness at all to be honest. I mean, being a woman is why I'm a lesbian, but thats about it."
"I'm queer, I'm technically trans. However. I'm also religious. Sometimes I feel excluded from the community because of my religion (Christianity). We're always assumed to be atheists, but not all of us are. It's okay to be religious and queer."
Paganism & Satanism
"I am a probably satanist or pagan and maybe want to be witch as well and it helps me realize it's okay to be different from others, otherwise we wouldn't be allowed to be unique in our own ways."
