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Reaching Out
LGBTQ stories of faith lost & found
Note from the editor

This is publication is a space where beautiful LGBTQ individuals of all faiths can share honest stories under one roof, around one table. A place to witness about chosen communities and the ones we’ve had to leave behind. And the ones that left us. Here we can wrestle openly about issues regarding faith leadership and the families we love. Here we can find a path forward to reconciling the religions that so often don’t accept us and the sexual identities we know we must learn how to accept. Learning from — and leaning on — each other, we can reach out again in faith.

Editors
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Patrick Flores
Social Justice | Storyteller | Pretty Gay. Co-founder of Vine & Fig. Published on BeYourself, the Ascent, & the Writing Cooperative.
Writers
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Roan Claire
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Nathanial Totten Green
Married, queer Christian living in Nashville and working for churches. Writing on my experiences, sexuality, and faith journey. | www.nathanialtotten.com
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Esther Spurrill-Jones
Poet, lover, thinker, human. Poetry editor at Prism & Pen.
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Ryan Leen
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GabeM
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Eric Beach
Kierkegaard- and Merton-loving craft beer enthusiast, gay widower, film devourer, and Dudeist priest.
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Scott Yelvington
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James McCormack
Earl Grey’s home boy, digital nomad, writer, foreign affairs junkie.
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Bernard Callahan
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Garrett Ruble
Human. That’s about all I’ve figured out.
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Miss Clueless
Hello, you can call me C, short for clueless. I can assure you that life is pretty tough if you have no idea what to do!
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Sam McKenzie Jr.
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Patrick Derocher
Future attorney. Opinions do not represent anyone else’s, and perhaps not even my own.
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Khakan Qureshi
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Stephen Fratello
I’m Catholic-ish, gay and living with an invisible disability. I blog about these things at stephenfratello.com.
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Christopher Start
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Donald Scherschligt
Gay writer, designer and activist. Find me at www.donaldlawrence.me.
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Ryan Bravata
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Kiddissa Samaan
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Rachael Ward
Faith, Gender, Sexuality and Being Human @queerinfaith www.queerinfaith.com Host of How To Be Human: A Podcast about Belief and Healing
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Jonah Venegas
on a mission to love people wholly, recklessly, and fearlessly // also writes over at www.jonah-ven.com
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Nic J Marlatt
Queer Post-Evangelical Episcopalian
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Rob Carmack
Pastor at Collective Church in Roanoke, TX. Host of Bruce Springsteen Sings the Alphabet podcast. Twitter: @robcarmack
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Wazina Zondon
co-creator/storyteller of Coming Out Muslim: Radical Acts of Love and sexuality educator/trainer.
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Jimmy Gilbert
Just trying to inspire people and touch lives with the way I live mine
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James Finn
James Finn is an LGBTQ columnist, a former Air Force intelligence analyst, an alumnus of Act Up NY, and an agented but unpublished novelist.
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Parker J Hall
Freelancer. Communications Professor. Sporadic blogger. Trans man living in Chicago.