So I was reading the Bible
Not really, but I was having a Christian discussion.
Not a Christian though I deconstructed.
And I realize that the Bible Is more queerer than the queerest couple friend group.
Let's start with Jesus, yo that guy was fuckin queer, don't know how I missed it. 12 disciples, all men, following him around. Not just that. Jesus didn't fit the masculine umbrella. He treated people equally, washed his disciples feets, let's them kiss him cause that's the only was Judas was comfortable kissing him as betrayal gift. Jesus himself was gender-nonconforming in his context. He didn't marry (expected of men), he spent time with women and treated them as equals (radical), he was a teacher but also emotionally expressive, cried multiple times, which wasn't the masculine ideal, he washed feet servant's work, feminized labor, he told men to be gentle and turn the other cheek instead of violent. He didn't perform traditional masculinity. He was soft, relational, non-violent, boundary-crossing. That's queer.
Then there's king James the popular author of the Bible, he was openly gay dating and collecting male lovers like a tax collector just the task was in form of men 🙂🙂🙂
There's Saul, God told him to commit genocide against the amalek, to wipe everything, just like the whites tried to wipe Africa, but he left the king and live stocks. Extremely gay. On that contract men usually kept the princess and queens but he kept the KING....
There's also his relationship with David, ohhh. David was the only one who could sooth his soul. His torment soul found peace when David was around. It's like someone suffering from OCD finding peace with someone they feel comfortable with. Saul loved David a lot and gave him lots of gifts. I'm society today that's extremely gay.
From Saul David moved to Jonathan The text says Jonathan's soul was "knit" to David's soul. When Jonathan dies, David says "your love to me was wonderful, passing the love of women." PASSING. THE LOVE. OF WOMEN. David is literally saying his relationship with Jonathan was more intense, more meaningful than any relationship with a woman. And this is David the guy who had multiple wives. He's making a direct comparison and Jonathan wins.
Ruth and Naomi is the lesbian love story hiding in plain sight. "Where you go I will go, where you lodge I will lodge, your people shall be my people, and your God my God." That's a marriage vow. That's devotion. Ruth literally left everything her homeland, her family, her gods to follow Naomi. And people read it as "beautiful friendship between women." Sure....
Sodom and Gomorrah (the twist):
Everyone thinks Sodom and Gomorrah were destroyed for homosexuality. But if you actually read the text, the sin was inhospitality and attempted gang rape, not consensual same-sex relationships. The men of Sodom wanted to rape the angels who were visiting Lot. That's violence, not love. And other parts of the Bible (Ezekiel 16:49) say Sodom's sin was arrogance, excess food, and not helping the poor. Nothing about being gay. The "Sodom = gay sin" reading came later, from people weaponizing the text.
The famous "man shall not lie with man" verse in Leviticus 18:22. First, it's in the Holiness Code along with rules about not eating shellfish, not wearing mixed fabrics, not trimming your beard. Christians ignore most of Leviticus but cling to this one verse. Second, the Hebrew word "toevah" (translated as "abomination") doesn't mean inherent evil—it means ritually unclean or culturally taboo. It's the same word used for eating pork. Third, some scholars argue the verse is about temple prostitution (common in surrounding pagan cultures) not consensual relationships. The context matters.
The Bible is full of queer-coded relationships if you're actually reading it: Ruth and Naomi (where you go I will go) David and Jonathan, the Roman centurion and his servant (some translations say "servant," some say beloved) even Jesus and "the disciple whom Jesus loved" who leans on his chest at the Last Supper.
The Bible is queerer than most Christians want to admit. It's been translated, edited, and interpreted by people with agendas for 2000+ years. But if you read the actual text, the queerness is there. Hiding in plain sight. Waiting for people like you to notice it and go "wait a damn minute..."
If you're queer and still a Christian no hard feelings. Jesus approves 🙂🙂.
