#queerness in religion

[lasttree-garsennon]

So there was this old time king called Raja Drupad. (He was also the father of Draupadi!!!) He was growing old and yet he had no sons, so he was in constant stress of who will manage his kingdom after his death. He prayed to Lord Shiva for a child. Impressed by his dedication, Lord Shiva granted him a boon and he asked for a child. Shiva told him that in 9 months, a fierce daughter would be born in his house. Drupad retreated, saying, "No, Bhagwan, I want a son! I have no sons and a daughter would not be able to inherit my kingdom!"

To which Lord Shiva replied that his word was a God's word, and could not be taken back. However, he did promise Drupad that despite being born a girl, his daughter would become a son before his death so he can inherit his kingdom.

As the god had instructed, Drupad raised the daughter as a boy. Taught her the skills and knowledge they would teach to princes. Dressed her in princely attire for her entire adolescence.

When time came for her to marry, no one except the Raja and his wife knew that she was a girl. So they married her to the daughter of Hiranyaverma, the king of a nearby kingdom.

When the princess came to live with her in-laws in their kingdom, she was heartbroken to find that her husband was not a man. She wrote a letter to her father telling him about this. Enraged, her father sent back a letter informing the king that he was coming to take his daughter back from their web of lies.

Drupad was in visible distress. Shikhandi was ridden with guilt for being the cause of her father's suffering and set out into the night to kill herself.

But before she did, she met a strange man. Pardon me, i forgot the word, but he was non-human. The man listened to her worries and said, "I could give you my masculinity for a price. See, I am cursed that one day I would become a woman. I would have to spend my entire life as a woman, but if you take my masculinity for a few days, and give it back to me when you've proved to your in-laws that you're a man, I will have fulfilled my curse of being a woman and we would both be content!"

Shikhandi agreed and took his masculinity. I don't know how one can do that, but these are religious texts so anything is possible. He came back to the palace and proved to his in-laws that he was indeed a man. When they had taken the situation to be a mistake and went back to their nation, Shikhandi came back to that forest to give the man his masculinity back. But the man was nowhere to be found, no matter how long he searched.

So in the end, Shikhandi returned to his kingdom as a man and continued to live his life as one. When the war of Mahabharata took place, he fought on the Pandava's side. He was the one to defeat Pitamah Bheeshm, one of the most educated, skilled, fierce, yet kind, donating and tranquil of the warriors from the Kaurava's side.

I'm just!!!! Oh my god!!!!!!!!!!! I didn't know that I'd see that in the first lesson!!!!

Oh yes our history and religion is much more queer than people believe.

Most laws against queerness exist because people as usual misinterpret the texts

[alienbycomics]

Content Warning: religion and transphobia⚠️

Happy Trans Day of Visibility 🏳️‍⚧️ I made a comic reflecting on my church upbringing as an eXvangelical trans person. The Jesus conservative Christians claim to represent looked lot more like many of the LGBTQ+ friends I know and love. Just some food for thought 💖

Here’s a link to a supplementary post: Jesus and Gender Non-Conformity in Christian Art

[comikbook]

Violent Dog, 2023, Digital Painting by myself, Liz Pence

[great-art-and-a-purple-tongue]

I just gave a sermon at my church today about asexuality and how to be an ally. Not only did I get a lot of comments about how much people liked it (and how it was easy to understand for so many old folks), but one old lady came up to me afterwards with tears in her eyes and she said, "I'm 77 years old and I finally know what I am. Thank you." And that just made everything I've done worth it.

(also, thank you @onbearfeet for letting me use one of your blog posts. It resonated with a lot of people)

[cncbite]

the thought of gagging on someone’s cock as a form of worship. having your face fucked like you’re an offering to a god. letting them hold you down and cum down your throat as reward for your devotion

[idolomantises]

I’ve said this before, but I always found stories that frame heaven as “evil” and hell as “good” (or less bad) to be genuinely boring. I like more nuanced approaches to each realm.

I understand that for a lot of people, Christianity is a religion they like to criticize and mock, but I feel like if you don’t even understand the fundamentals of the religion, why even attempt to critique it?

[moonmoonthecrabking]

happy pride month to religious queer people, who feel like they’re contradictions, or told that they’re contradictions, but stay true to these important parts of themselves anyway. happy pride to the queer religious people who have to explain their identities, and who have to defend their faith or their queerness in either circle.

i love you, i am one of you, thank you for being in this community with me.

[howlingtothevoid]

Begging God to fix you!

(And other tales about religious trauma)

[genderqueerdykes]

i hope you know that if you tell trans men and mascs they have to "earn" their manhood/masculinity, to be "real men" and never dress feminine ever, or "PROVE" that they're men/mascs in some fashion, you go straight to hell. straight to hell with you. do better.

[chelledoggo]

i want to print these screenshots out en masse and post them onto evangelical church doors like they're the 95 theses

[loganhowlet4t]

Transsexuals are closer to God than any others. We partake in the creation of man, just as he.

We are gods, self made gods who deserve to be worshipped.

Cis people hate us because they envy us. We're something they can never be. A state of being they can never reach, but they want for it, and their want turns to hatred. They want to be close to God, and they envy us for our proximity.

[alienbycomics]

How come there were no signs? 🤔 The conversation with my 13 year old self continues. CW: Religion

[comikbook]

Momento Mori (Working Title), 2024, digital painting by myself, Liz Pence

[waambles]

Art inspired by the song “JUDAS” by The Reverent Marigold. Because I love queerness mixed with religious imagery it scratches my brain in such a perfect way <33 trans people are divine 🏳️‍⚧️

[depressionanddeconstruction]

Queer Christians are on a whole other level. Queer Christians have faith you can't even understand. Queer Christians know God in such a deep and special way. Someone who realizes they're queer and STAYS a Christian has such a powerful belief in God and such an intimate acquaintance with His goodness. I wish homophobic, transphobic, conservative fundamentalist evangelicals could grasp even a tiny bit of the joy and peace and love that I experience through my QUEER relationship with God.

[queerism1969]