Resources - Acceptance Perth LGBT Catholics

We know that finding good resources on faith and LGBTIQA+ identity can feel overwhelming – and that not everything out there is created with care. This page brings together books, videos, podcasts, and organisations that we have found genuinely helpful, alongside our own resources created from the real questions our community has brought to us. We hope something here meets you where you are.

Created by Acceptance Perth or our Partners

The Australian National Rainbow Catholic Pastoral Care Guide – created by Rainbow Catholics InterAgency Australia, this guide offers parishes, schools, and other Church ministries information and resources to assist them to better understand, include, and minister to LGBTIQA+ people and their families.

Navigating Coming Out as a LGBTIQA+ Christian – created by Acceptance Perth in response to a question we received from someone in our community navigating one of the most personal decisions an LGBTIQA+ Christian can face. We hope it helps others in the same situation.

Books & Articles

The Rainbow of God’s Creation – LGBTIQA+ Realities and Catholicism by Trish Hindmarsh (Australian book)
Building a Bridge by Fr. James Martin, SJ
God and the Gay Christian by Matthew Vines
Gay and Catholic by Eve Tushnet
Undivided: Coming Out, Becoming Whole and Living Free from Shame by Vicky Beeching
Torn by Justin Lee
Same-Sex Unions in Premodern Europe by John Boswell
Walking the Bridgeless Canyon: Repairing the Breach Between the Church and the LGBT Community by Kathy Baldock
What is scapegoating? Why Gay Catholic priest James Alison spent years learning why people target minorities – an article published by the ABC

Videos

JAMES ALISON – How did we get here: LGBTIQA+ and the Church? – a collaboration between Rainbow Catholics InterAgency, ACCCR, and Garratt Publishing
Building Bridges: Reaching out to our LGBTQIA+ community with James Martin SJ by Catholic Religious Australia
Bible and Homosexuality – a YouTube channel with several videos explaining the clobber verses (the verses that conservative Christians use to justify their hateful views)
Owning Our Faith: LGBTQ Catholics explain their faith
Transgender and Christian by Austen Hartke
Vicky Beeching Keynote at The Reformation Project conference
Equipped for Unconditional Love: Queer Eye’s Tammye and Miles Hicks – a talk by a formerly homophobic mum and her gay adult son that appeared on Queer Eye on Netflix. The Queer Eye episode they were on is just as fabulous to watch.

Podcasts

Sacred Hearts – A short podcast story series created by Call To Action that is set in a Catholic high school.
‘Everyone is made in the image of God’: How a Catholic school helped support a trans student – an article in the Sydney Morning Herald. Scroll down the page to find the podcast.
Word for Word’s episode with Teresa Ma (former Acceptance Melbourne President) on Joy FM which is Australia’s only LGBT station
The drag queen and the hymn writer — Queering Christian music
Trans in the Eyes of God – a podcast and discussion guide
Mardi Gras special: on being gay and Godly – ABC Podcast featuring 3 Sydney-based queer people of faith
A Journey to Knowing I Am Loved – Interview with Paul Harris, who previously served as President of Acceptance Sydney and Co-Chair of the Diocesan LGBTIQA+ Pastoral Care Group, was featured as a guest on Soul Food podcast. The podcast is produced by the Mission Enhancement Team within the Diocese of Parramatta.

Other LGBTIQA+ Catholic Organisations in Australia

International LGBTIQA+ Catholic Organisations

Global Network of Rainbow Catholics – The Global Network of Rainbow Catholics brings together groups and their members who work for pastoral care, justice, inclusion, dignity and equality for LGBTIQ Catholics and their families in the Roman Catholic Church and wider society.
New Ways Ministry
Outreach.faith

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