Britt.
06-04-2006, 10:55 PM
I was keeping up w/ the Equality Ride through Advocate dot com (http://advocate.com/), & the magazines that come to my house. I think that gradually inspired sort of a spiritual re-awakening for me.
In high school, & I tried a few churches, never really felt accepted, quit going. The last one was sort of hellfire, fundamentalist place, which ended up putting me off. Feeling quilty about every little thing, etc. I didn't really have any solid spiritual beliefs for some years.
The college I where I aquired my psychology degree was actually pretty gay friendly, which was a nice surprise in Tahlequah, Oklahoma. That is actually when I told everyone about my homosexuality (minus my dad, who I came out to in 2004). Then there is the fact that I live as female sometimes, male other times. Luckily I'm pretty passable. I'm not sure if I want to go through the whole process of transition, or not. Lately I've felt comfortable essentially just being my genderqueer self as I am right now. I feel part male & part female. Maybe that's who God made me.
So that's all seemingly random info about me. I think now, I'm starting to reconcile my religious outlook w/ my sexuality. I knew soulforce existed, but following the Equality Ride & Haven's articles online eventually led me to actually stop feeling rejected by Christianity, & find this forum. So I'm glad they did the ride.
I saw the application for next year's ride. Considering applying for it, since I might as well contribute something back. Being able to take 2 months away from work if I were accepted is another matter entirely.
Anyway, hi everyone. I'll be doing more posting & reading when I can, but I'm a fairly busy person.
<3,
Britt.
In high school, & I tried a few churches, never really felt accepted, quit going. The last one was sort of hellfire, fundamentalist place, which ended up putting me off. Feeling quilty about every little thing, etc. I didn't really have any solid spiritual beliefs for some years.
The college I where I aquired my psychology degree was actually pretty gay friendly, which was a nice surprise in Tahlequah, Oklahoma. That is actually when I told everyone about my homosexuality (minus my dad, who I came out to in 2004). Then there is the fact that I live as female sometimes, male other times. Luckily I'm pretty passable. I'm not sure if I want to go through the whole process of transition, or not. Lately I've felt comfortable essentially just being my genderqueer self as I am right now. I feel part male & part female. Maybe that's who God made me.
So that's all seemingly random info about me. I think now, I'm starting to reconcile my religious outlook w/ my sexuality. I knew soulforce existed, but following the Equality Ride & Haven's articles online eventually led me to actually stop feeling rejected by Christianity, & find this forum. So I'm glad they did the ride.
I saw the application for next year's ride. Considering applying for it, since I might as well contribute something back. Being able to take 2 months away from work if I were accepted is another matter entirely.
Anyway, hi everyone. I'll be doing more posting & reading when I can, but I'm a fairly busy person.
<3,
Britt.