While your utterly tone deaf (and honestly dickish) choice to come onto a post talking about someone being actively hated and abused seems far from done from a place of Godly love, I'm hoping that, provided resources, you are the kind of person to at least take the chance to learn about the deadly things that come from the refusal of lgbt & queer inclusion in the Church, as well as the current thoughts surrounding affirming Christianity.
None of these are academic 'queer theology' books; they are all pretty easy, accessible reads, and many focus on the debate between 'Is God Liberation' vs 'Is God the Bible', which is the heart of most of the modern affirmation movement.
Outing the Church: 40 Years in the Queer Christian Movement / Outing the Bible: Queer Folks, God, Jesus, and the Christian Scriptures by Rev. Dr. Nancy Wilson.
The two books go together, with the first, Outing the Church, documenting Rev. Wilson's work in Metropolitan Community Churches, specifically ministering to lesbians, gays, trans people, sex workers (both male and female), prisoners, and HIV/AIDS patients, while the second, Outing the Bible, explores how she taught scripture to these groups.
The Widening of God's Mercy: Sexuality Within the Biblical Story by Christopher B. Hays and Richard B. Hays.
Father and son academics, Christopher and Richard, document their conversations and theological debates on their differing views regarding God's nature and how sexuality relates.
Transgender Christians In Chains by Bobbie Lang
This autobiography explores Lang's faith, family, time in the military, and gender. It is funny, heartfelt, and even a tear-jerker at times.
Reasonable and Holy: Engaging Same-Sexuality by Tobias Stanislas Haller
Anglican-centered, but breaks down the primary responses to same-gender relationships while utilizing my favorite particular discussion: how important is creating 'good spiritual fruit' when discussing the effects of our lives vs following all scripture perfectly?
The Gay Catechism: Explaining the LGBT Christian by Rev. Nick De Leon
Focuses specifically on scripture & the identity politics involved in asking if someone can be both Christian and queer.
God and the Gay Christian: The Biblical Case in Support of Same-Sex Relationships by Matthew Vines
Addresses the many potential answers to the following questions when scripture is placed in the historical and anthropological contexts in which it was written or influenced.
Do biblical teachings on the marriage covenant preclude same-sex marriage or not?
How should we apply the teachings of Jesus to the gay debate?
What does the story of Sodom and Gomorrah really say about human relationships?
Can celibacy be a calling when it is mandated, not chosen?
What did Paul have in mind when he warned against same-sex relations?
Basically-- I and MANY other lgbt & queer people have spent practically every other day of our lives learning about the different arguments unaffering Christians have against our place in God's Love. It follows queer Christians everywhere. I see str8 people complain about 'lifestyles' being forced on them when a good chunk of us can rattle off clubber verses from memory because they've been repeated over and over everywhere from youth group to the government. A good deal of us know y'all's apologetics better than y'all do.
Meanwhile, when was the last time you took the time to pick up a book of our arguments? Give it a try. Might learn something about God you didn't know before :/
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