All are made in the image and likeness of God. If this is what we believe, then trans people, like all people, reflect something of God, and not just in the ways that they share in common with others, but also in the ways that they are different. They remind us that God is beyond all of our categories, even gender. In this book, Tara Soughers explores theology from the position of a trans ally―a parent of a trans young adult as well as priest.

This book is the quintessential fast, funny, and ready resource for educating yourself and others about the LGBTQ+ community. With wit and wisdom woven throughout, it's a goldmine for individuals who have questions but don't know whom to ask. This book celebrates YOU for being willing to learn more and create an inclusionary workplace or school.

Members and Allies of the LGBTQIA+ community share their personal reflections surrounding their faith and reconciling their sexuality or gender expressions, via art, prayers, sermons, poetry, and prose. All faith and belief systems are represented and reflected. This anthology is for anyone struggling to reconcile their gender identity or sexuality with a faith that tells them they are not loved or condemns them and their allies to hell.

The Savvy Ally is a vital resource for teachers, mental health professionals, healthcare providers, college professors, faith leaders, family members, and friends who want to support and advocate for the LGBTQ+ people in their lives and help make the world a safer, more inclusive place. This informative, encouraging, and easy-to-understand guidebook will jump-start even the most tentative ally.

In these pages you'll discover all the terminology you need to know. This book will help point you in the right direction and learn how to be a supportive ally. By the time you finish this book, you will know how to best help your LGBT loved ones. So grab YOUR copy today. You'll be glad you did.

Out & Allied Anthology (Volume 1) - The Out & Allied Project, focuses on youth-written and performed pieces on queer and allied issues. Add Verb Productions has published The Out & Allied Anthology which includes short plays, spoken word, and poetry that address issues of cultivating allies among queer and questioning youth. Additionally, find a youth activism handbook with production guidance and resources.

By showing readers the importance of having open and authentic conversations with children at a young age, Chris Tompkins walks parents through the many ways they can prevent new generations from adopting homophobic and transphobic beliefs, while helping them explore their own subconscious biases.

A Christian mother comes to terms with her son being gay through a personal journey that starts with the Church and ends at the Pride Parade. SARA CUNNINGHAM is not only the proud, loving Mom of an LGBTQ child, but she has become a leading voice for faith parents of LGBTQ children. She is a moving speaker, powerful advocate and ally, and the author of the book, "How We Sleep At Night",

LGBTQ Christians read, love, scrutinize, become absorbed with, and find deep spiritual meaning in the Bible. As these testimonies show, lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and other queer Christians are inaugurating a fresh, exciting, new era in biblical interpretation. It is they whose rare insights into particular Bible stories and characters, told with poignancy and clarity, reveal a gay-friendly Bible and a gay-friendly God who cherishes and needs them just as they are.

If the world is to "know that we are Christians by our love," the church needs to discover better ways to live out the deep unity we share in Christ as we engage with politics and our world. Tim Otto tells the story of his struggle with being gay and what that taught him about the gospel. With an authentic and compelling personal voice, Tim invites us to explore how God is at work in the world, even amidst the most difficult circumstances, redeeming and transforming the church through this difficult debate.

Gushee offers a powerfully inspiring message of hope, humility, and healing for those desiring a solid yet readable starting place, creating a vision for a more inclusive church community. Gushee takes us along a conversational theological journey through careful research and prayer. He marks significant components of historic Christian sexual morality and covers all of the relevant biblical passages and theological positions.

In this learned and beautifully written book, Richard and Christopher Hays explore a more expansive way of listening to the overarching story that scripture tells. They remind us of a dynamic and gracious God who is willing to change his mind, consistently broadening his grace to include more and more people. Those who were once outsiders find themselves surprisingly embraced within the people of God, while those who sought to enforce exclusive boundaries are challenged to rethink their understanding of God’s ways.

Anthropologist Jenell Williams Paris offers a Christian framework for sexual holiness that accounts for complex postmodern realities. The End of Sexual Identity moves beyond culture-war impasses to open up new space for conversations in diverse communities inside and outside the church.' There is so much we are yet to learn - and Christian anthropology has so much to offer our Shift. Practical and informative, there will be many "aha' moments.

Out & Allied Project is an anthology featuring 46 plays, monologues, poems and songs as well as tools for social change. This collection celebrates the strength and resiliency of youth, and especially LGBTQ youth and their allies.