Category: Christian lesbians

Christian lesbians

How I reconciled my Catholic faith with my love for another woman

Testimony of Janine Scott-Dos Santos*, published on the Outreach website (United States) on March 27, 2025. Freely translated by the volunteers of the Gionata project Crescendo in a Catholic family in South Africa, my faith has always been the solid ground under my feet. I was educated to believe in the loving embrace of God, guided by the teachings of the Church. As a girl, I have ...

Christian lesbians

Be a lesbian Catholic. My story of identity and love

Testimony of Anna Buescher* Published on Medium (United States) on May 10, 2022. Freely translated by the volunteers of the Gionata project. When you ask someone to imagine a homophobic, the image that immediately comes to mind is often that of an elderly, white, Catholic person who lives in a rural or suburban town and who pronounces hatred speeches claiming to be .. .

Christian lesbians

What can teach everyone the spiritual path of LGBTQ+ people

Text by Dominica Applegate*, published on Whosoever ** (United States) on January 11, 2020. Freely translated by the volunteers of the Gionata project. When I left the open, I was just over 30 years old and I was very involved in a conservative evangelical church. It was not customary to hear positive things from the pulpit on the LGBTQ+community. Indeed, it was firmly preached as a wicked and sinful. Married to a ...

Christian lesbians / Evangelical Stories

To fail to see the pain caused by theology used against LGBT people is to ignore the message of Christ

Testimony of Alicia Johnston, an Adventist lesbian, published on the Believe Out Loud website (United States), freely translated by the volunteers of the Gionata Project. Last night I attended my father's funeral. For years I put off coming out because of his illness. I knew he was already dealing with his fragility and impending death, and add to the complexity...

Christian lesbians / Evangelical Stories

“I don't want to go back into the dark!”. My coming into a charismatic community

Testimony by Pam Gold* published on the Open Table Network website (Great Britain) on 15 February 2022, freely translated by the volunteers of the Gionata Project Coming out is a moment full of emotions: on the one hand great joy, on the other the risk of rejection and loss. My coming out experience was particularly challenging, also because I was attending a...

Christian lesbians / Testimonials

“Until death do us part.” The journey of love and faith of a lesbian couple

Testimony of Mary Ann Meadows Hunsbarger published outreach, a resource site for Catholics LGBT+ (United States) on October 31, 2024, freely translated from Innocenzo Pontillo I will never forget my wife's phone call, Diane (left in the photo with me), at the end of August 2016. We were both at work. From the tone of his voice I immediately understood that something was wrong. Holding back ...