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Be the Bridge: Connecting the LGBTQIA+ Community and People of Faith

Mar 28, 2018

Chelsey Glassco is a teacher and therapeutic foster parent. As a kid, she attended "Jesus Camp" and was taught that homosexuality was the worst sin. When she came out to her parents at 16, she was forced into conversion therapy. But armed with her Xena journal, Chelsey was able to survive. Her tale of the mental and...


Mar 21, 2018

Mais Al-Nima was born in Baghdad, Iraq and spent her childhood there. Then she lived in Syria and Kuwait before coming to the United States for school. She grew up as a practicing Muslim, but when she came out as queer, she put aside her faith.

But she longed for that sense of community that religion provides and wanted...


Mar 14, 2018

The Kevin Garcia talks about coming out and experiencing the fullness of God.

We are at a time in history where the LGBTQIA+ people are more accepted than ever in our country, but there's still a whole community and a whole lot of Christians out there who don't feel the same way.

God loves every single person in those...


Mar 7, 2018

Robert Cottrell and his wife Susan are the co-founders of FREEDHEARTS.ORG, one of the best online resources for parents, children, and pastors connecting the LGBTQIA+ and faith communities.

He is the father of five kids, two of whom identify as queer. In 2010, his oldest daughter came out as bisexual, and in 2012,...