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Faith Formation: Sexuality & Gender Identity

Resources including: Children & Family Curricula & Storytime; Confirmation/Affirmation of Baptism; Denominational Resources; Tween & Teen Mental and Spiritual Health; Sexuality & Identity; and Online/At-Home Tech

Books

Ace     Athena to Barbie: Bodies, Archetypes, and Women's Search for Self     Authentic Selves     Awakened: A 52-Week Progressive Christian Devotional     Before We Were Trans     The Bible and Homosexuality for Progressive Christians     The Biblical World of Gender     Body Becoming: A Path to Our Liberation     The Book of Non-Binary Joy          Called Out     Cover Image     Colors of Hope: A Devotional Journal from LGBTQ+ Christians     Desire     The Economic Case for LGBT Equality     Embracing Queer Family: Learning to Live Authentically in Our Families and Communities          Fine     Free to Be     Gender Euphoria          Heavenly Homos by Jan Haen     Hidden Histories cover image     Hola Papi     John Pavlovitz; Pavlovitz; palvovitz; plavlovitz; jon Pavlovitz; john Pavlovitz book; Pavlovitz book; john Pavlovitz books; Pavlovitz books; new Pavlovitz; new john Pavlovitz; new Pavlovitz book; new Pavlovitz books; new john Pavlovitz book; new john Pavlovitz books; stuff that needs to be said; stuff that needs to be said blog; stuff that needs to be said book; spiritual none; spiritual nones; religious none; religious nones; if god is love; If god is love book; if god is love Pavlovitz; if god is love john Pavlovitz; if god is love Pavlovitz book; if god is love john Pavlovitz book; if god is love don’t be a jerk; if god is love, don’t be a jerk; if god is love dont be a jerk; if god is love, don’t be a jerk; finding faith that makes us better; finding a faith that makes us better humans; Christian living book; Christian living books; progressive Christian; progressive Christians; progressive Christianity; progressive Christian book; progressive Christianity book; progressive Christianity books; the church of not being horrible; how to be a better Christian; being a better Christian; Christian left; the Christian left; progressive Christian author, progressive Christian authors; john Pavlovitz twitter; john Pavlovitz facebook; Pavlovitz twitter; john Pavlovitz facebook; john Pavlovitz trump; john Pavlovitz Wikipedia; who is john Pavlovitz; john Pavlovitz author; john Pavlovitz blog; john Pavlovitz quotes; johnpavlovitz.com; john Pavlovitz bio; pastor john Pavlovitz youtube; liberal christian; liberal christianity; liberal christian book; liberal christianiy books; progressive religion; progressive religion books; F2021          In the Shelter: Finding a Home in the World     In Transit: Being Non-Binary in a World of Dichotomies     Incompatible     Hardback cover of The LGBTQ + History Book     Love Makes Room: And Other Things I Learned When My Daughter Came Out:  Frenes, Staci: 9781506468631: Amazon.com: Books     Made, Known, Loved: Developing LGBTQ-Inclusive Youth Ministry     Making Room by Carl Siciliano     The Me I Was Made to Be     The Mystics Would Like a Word by Shannon K. Evans     One Coin Found: How God's Love Stretches to the Margins     Open: Unorthodox Thoughts on God and Community     Book - Paperback     Outlove: A Queer Christian Survival Story     Outside the Lines: How Embracing Queerness Will Transform Your Faith          Raising Kids beyond the Binary: Celebrating God’s Transgender and Gender-Diverse Children     Raising Them: Our Adventure in Gender Creative Parenting Cover Image     Read This to Get Smarter     Book - Paperback          Sensual Faith          Picture of Signs of Hope     Swinging on the Garden Gate     True Inclusion          When Kids Ask Hard Questions, Volume 2: More Faith-Filled Responses for Tough Topics     Who Told You That You Were Naked? | Meditations on the Sexual Body (Dale)     Who's Afraid of Gender

A Nonfiction Reading List for LGBTQ History Month” by Hal Schrieve, New York Public Library website (Sept. 25, 2024) – A reading list for adults

Websites

ReclaimRECLAIM increases access to mental health support so that queer and trans youth ages 13-25 may reclaim their lives from oppression in all its forms.

Toxic Masculinity

Democrats Embrace the Power of Nontoxic Masculinity

BY KARRIN VASBY ANDERSON / 4 MIN READ / SEP 6, 2024

Second gentleman Doug Emhoff, left, and Democratic vice presidential nominee Gov. Tim Walz, share a moment at the Democratic National Convention, where the Party threw its full support behind Vice President Kamala Harris' presidential bid. 

PHOTO BY KEVIN DIETSCH/GETTY IMAGES

To show their support of a future Madame President, Gov. Tim Walz and others in the party are publicly relinquishing male power and privilege.

In Our Library

Arm in Arm with Adolescent Girls  -     By: Emily A. Peck-McClain     Becoming Nicole by Amy Ellis Nutt          The Bible and the Transgender Experience | How Scripture Supports Gender Variance (Herzer)     A Brief Guide to Ministry with LGBTQIA Youth     35482569. sy475      15818238                    Good Christian Sex     10283787     Liberating Sexuality: Justice Between The Sheets          Ministry Among God's Queer Folk | LGBT Pastoral Care (Kundtz and Schlager)     Mom, I'm Gay, Revised and Expanded Edition: Loving Your LGBTQ Child and Keeping Your Faith  -     By: Susan Cottrell, Justin Lee     Outside the Lines: How Embracing Queerness Will Transform Your Faith          Reclaiming Two-Spirits     The Sacred Selves of Adolescent Girls  -     Edited By: Evelyn L. Parker          Sex and the Spirit | The Romance of Heaven and Earth (Copeland and Rosenberger)     Sex God: Exploring the Endless Connections Between Sexuality and  Spirituality by Rob Bell          Amazon.com: Struggling in Good Faith: LGBTQI Inclusion from 13 American  Religious Perspectives: 9781594736025: Copeland MTS, Mychal, Rose BCC,  D'vorah, Zonneveld, Ani, Robinson, Bishop Gene: Books     13529091          29452445. sy475      When Kids Ask Hard Questions: Faith-filled Responses for Tough Topics