Religious Hypocrisy, Trauma And Pride Month

How the church made me ashamed of my sexuality

Photo by Yoav Hornung on Unsplash

First of all, Happy Pride to everyone, whether you are LGBTQIA+ or an Ally. Let’s all fly that beautiful rainbow of flags and support each other.

TRUTHFULLY, I’M SCARED

I have had to think very seriously about actually writing this post. Truth told, just the thought of hitting ‘Publish’ on this, terrifies me.

But I am sick and tired of pretending to be someone that I’m not, and I am choosing to believe that though there may be some haters, there are also an awful lot of people out there, who may well have been through similar.

CHURCH TRAUMA

I recently published a piece about Church Trauma, (which you can find here, if you are interested). In that piece, I detail some of my experiences at the hands of several of the church leadership.

This is one of the things that I didn’t include in that post.

A month or so after starting to attend that church, a member of the leadership asked to meet with me at a coffee shop.

This was not an unusual occurrence, and I agreed, and went along at the arranged time. That meeting was possibly one of the most distressing, and inappropriate conversations of my…