#every queer religious person i've talked with has had incredibly interesting things to say and i wish that queer religious people were

[queerorthodoxy]

I love queer religious people, the world needs our perspective and experiences. The world needs you.

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2, 8, 20 for book asks!

2. top 5 books of all time?

rating this by "books i love or that had a significant impact on me as a person" and not necessarily by "best books of all time"

1: The Broken Earth Trilogy by N.K. Jemesin. yes I know this is 3 books but it's just SO good i love nk jemesin she's a queen an icon a legend

2: Piranesi by Susanna Clarke. i can't say why i love this book because it's a spoiler for the book but it's just. so good. so incredible.

3: Same Sex Marriages in Premodern Europe by John Boswell. i talked about this in my lexi ask but this book made my little high school brain Explode when i first read it! it was a super early work that talked positively and academically about queer people in history and it's so excellent

4: Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien. see broken earth trilogy for my defense of this being 3 books in one but i love LOTR i first read them when i was 9 (yeah. i was a freak) and it's just so special to me

5: The Once and Future King by T.H. White. i am aware this is a controversial one re: being a good arthurian adaption but also it has a special place in my heart <33 i've read it religiously every year since i was 11 because i'm a weird little autism man

8. what is the first book you remember reading yourself?

hmm this is a good question! I think it was probably an amelia bedlia book but I honestly don't remember 😭 technically i think the first book i "read" myself was a one fish two fish red fish blue fish bath book adaption but i just memorized it from my parents reading it to me

20. what are things you look for in a book?

quality queer representation, an engaging and complex plot, and really good worldbuilding!! i have a really hard time finding books on my own these days because i'm always scared that books that look interesting to me will have some sort of weird homophobic moment or like. gratuitous sex. but i'm always happy to accept reccs >;)