“I thought I was all alone, and then I found your podcast”
“I’m here because recently my daughter came out as gay. She’s 15. I have been a born again Christian for 20+ years. I’m here to learn more and to be completely there for my daughter and to feed and deepen my newfound understanding of scripture”
“Your work saved my life”
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Hi Friend!
Every day we get messages from LGBTQ people and the parents and pastors of LGBTQ people. From listeners and readers in over 200 countries.
Each one these messages is a blessing and a responsibility. They are daily reminders of why we started this work: to connect our head and our heart, to spread the gospel message of justice and freedom, and to live into God’s abundant love for us. We love being on this journey with you.
We’re at a critical moment in that journey, though, and we need your help. This work that has touched and transformed so many lives is not sustainable.
QueerTheology.com turned six this year, and we recently published our 300th episode of the podcast. Since we started all those years ago with a one-page website that Brian designed while in the middle of a move to Queens, we’ve produced a lot.
QueerTheology.com’s library now includes
- dozens of LGBTQ Christian videos that have been viewed hundreds of thousands of times.
- hundreds of LGBTQ Christian articles that have been read nearly 1 million times
- an LGBTQ Christian take on 300 Bible passages, shared as a weekly Bible podcast with thousands of weekly listeners
We’ve done all of this at significant personal cost. We can’t keep going like we have. We need your help.
Will you become a monthly support to help sustain and grow the work of QueerTheology.com?
Here’s what we hope to do with the funding going forward:
- Take care of ourselves a little bit. We’re making less than $2/hour right now, have significant student loan debt. Brian recently lost his job, and neither of us have employer-provided health insurance.
- Produce extended episodes. We hit our podcast hosting limit just about every month. With this funding, we’ll be able to produce longer episodes featuring community stories, interviews with experts, and spotlights on partners doing important work.
- Record an original theme song. We’ve asked Jess Garcia, an amazingly talented queer Christian singer, songwriter, and worship leader to produce an original theme song for us.
- Hire a queer podcast editor & producer. Jess is also an audio producer who will take the audio reigns to make the podcast sound silky sweet.
- Produce a bunch of podcast mini-series. We’ve heard so many of your stories and we want to share them with the world. We’re planning a Musician Series, an Activist Series, a Parent Series, a Sex & Relationship Series, and more.
We can only do this if we have the funding in place to support it.
If the podcast and other resources at QueerTheology.com have been meaningful to you, will you support us monthly so that we can continue this work?
Together, we got this.
If you prefer, you can make a one-time donation
We’re honored to serve in this way, we’re thankful for your support, and we’re excited for what’s to come.
– Brian G. Murphy & Fr. Shannon TL Kearns
P.S. Here’s just a sampling of the messages we’ve received:
Some days y’all really keep me going. – Dan
I want you to know that it’s been a powerful relief to discover Queer Theology. One of the hardest parts about discovering in midlife that I am not so straight is that it has left me feeling cut off from my faith and the community of Christians. At least here, in this corner of the internet, I’m not alone. – Laura
Thanks to you, I’ve understood that faith and sexuality are not separate and distinct, but rather intertwined into our human experience of God and the world. – Max
THANK YOU for the work, the mails and everything you’re doing at Queer Theology. You’ve helped me a lot since I joined you. – Anthony-Mario, Kenya
Queer Theology is a way for me to reconcile my love for Christ and identity as a transgender Christian. – Kathryn, Washington
Queer Theology has been a place where I can explore deeply without ever having to apologize for my either my queerness or my Christianity or even for my doubts. My whole self is welcome. – Mandie, Illinois
As I explored my transition from female to male, I grew distant from my faith. I came to Queer Theology after I transitioned to regain that connection between spirituality and my transness. – Brandon, Texas