Translucence. Stories of transgender faith
The testimonies collected in the 44 pages of the book "TRANSLECENCE This book is not only a collection of stories, but an invitation to listen and discover the stubborn faith ...
Category: Tent of Gionata Publications
Browse or download publications edited by for free La Tenda di Gionata on faith and homosexuality. Easy-to-read texts that, like small “grains of mustard”, we created to increase knowledge of the faith paths of LGBT+ Christians and their parents in our Christian communities. If you want to receive the printed publications of Gionata's tent for free, become a member of the association, all you need is a click, Why “A mustard seed is the smallest of all seeds but, when it is sown, it grows and becomes larger than all the plants in the garden” (Mark 4,31-32)
God's coming out. The Nativity from an LGBT+ perspective
“Gianni Geraci and Luigi Testa offer us these texts on Christmas which broaden the perspective, making us participants in reflections, feelings, lights and shadows coming from the LGBT+ world. We are grateful because offering one's inner world and personal approach to faith to strangers is always an act of courage.” With these words, Msgr. Arturo Aiello, bishop of Avellino, presents...
We have a dream too! Let us watch together against the violence of homotransbiphobia
“January 11, 2024, Naples: at the end of an evening at the bar, two trans girls are approached by five individuals they have just met who treat them violently. The adventure ends in the emergency room, where one of the two reports the rape they made her suffer." This is one of the first episodes of transphobia recorded in 2024, among the many episodes of violence...
With the gaze of God. The boundless love of parents of LGBT+ people
When you discover that you are the parent of an LGBT+ (lesbian, gay, bisexual or trans) son or daughter, a tsunami is unleashed that takes away many things, brings in others and highlights some that are still unknown. Living this experience in the light of faith is not easy, because it requires the full assumption of the limit, of what we are,...
In good times and in bad. LGBT+ Christians and the gamble of a forever relationship
«Can we recognize a marital value in the experience that many homosexual couples live»? The booklet “For better or for worse. Christian homosexuals and the challenge of building a forever relationship" edited by Gianni Geraci and enriched by an afterword by the theologian Andrea Grillo, published free of charge in January 2024 by Jonathan's Tent, tries to answer this...
From borders to the Synod. LGBT+ Christians within the Italian synodal path
LGBT+ Christians, their family members and the pastoral workers who accompany them, are used to living on the "frontier" and it is perhaps for this reason that they felt strongly challenged by a synodal path in which we speak of "a Church" in exit", a missionary Church "with open doors"" (see DP 15). The documents collected demonstrate this...
