The Strange Notn of “Gay Celibacy” - Crisis Magaze

gay but celibate

Of late, much attentn has been given both the secular media and Christian media to those who ll themselv “gay celibate Christians.” As a man attracted…

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GAY CELIBACY IS WEIRD, AND THAT’S A GOOD THG

*The followg post is wrten by Greg Col. Greg is a Ph.D. stunt at Penn State and is part of the llaborative team for The Center. Greg is also the thor of the recently released book Sgle, Gay, Christian, which is published by InterVarsy Prs. I’ve always been bad at blendg . I grew up Indonia, where I was six ch too tall and seventeen shas too * gay but celibate *

Celibate gay Christians are an emergg group who are openly and unapologetilly queer and also follow their church’ teachgs to absta om LGBTQ2 sex.

Some church, on the other hand, appld their abstence but disapprove of their gay pri.

THE STRANGE NOTN OF “GAY CELIBACY”

* gay but celibate *

” The terms origated nservative Christian circl the late 1990s on a webse lled Bridg Across the Divi, a discsn fom created to brg together Christians who “disagree about moral issu surroundg homosexualy, bisexualy and genr variance.

” Maggie Heeman, a gay rights advote, found the se alongsi an “ex-gay” man.

HOW CELIBATE GAY CHRISTIANS DEAL WH DIRE

She unrstands s appeal to some gay Christians.

'SO MANY OF THE CELIBATE GAY CHRISTIANS ARE CEL'

Some church and Christian anizatns that once promoted nversn therapy (to “turn” people om gay to straight) have now shifted away om , cludg Exod Internatnal, an anizatn of “ex-gays” (Christians who claim to no longer be gay, lbian or bisexual) that disband 2013. “There’s nothg wrong wh beg gay — as long as you’re not gay any meangful sense of the word. There’s a Facebook group for Si B Christians and a webse lled Spirual Friendship, which is n by gay celibate Christian wrers Wley Hill and Ron Belg.

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