Category: Christian lesbians

Being an LGBTQ+ Adventist. My story

Text by Alicia Johnston* taken from the volume The Bible and LGBTQ Adventists: A theological conversation about same-sex marriage, gender, and identity, Published by Primedia eLaunch LLC, United States, 2022, part one. Freely translated by the volunteers of the Gionata Project When I left my job to become a pastor, many of the people who loved me were seriously worried about me. AND...

My name is Audrey and I am a young Christian lesbian

Audrey's testimony taken from the Beloved Arise website (United States). Freely translated by Teresa Mugno, volunteer at La Tenda di Gionata Since I was born I have always been super involved with the church, being the daughter of a pastor! I realized I was a lesbian when I was 16 and I was terrified. I saw girls on TikTok who I had huge crushes on,...

Coming out was not the loss of my faith, but the truest way to live it

Reflections by Shelley Washington* published on The Advocate website (United States), 11 October 2025. Freely translated by the volunteers of the Gionata Project I remember that, since I was a child, I have always been open to the calls that I felt coming within me. There were those who spoke of messages from the universe, those of a greater force, those of an inner energy that pushes you in the right direction....

Lesbian and catholic. When i loved my different ones

Testimony of BP, 24 years old, Donna Cis Lesbian of Rio de Janeiro (Brazil), published in Testemunhos by diversidade: História de Fé, Amor and Comunhão (testimonies of diversity: history of faith, love and communion), by the Rede Nacional de Grupos Católicos LGBT (Brazil) 2020. “Because, like the body, it is a whole with many limbs, and ...

Freedom is to tell the Truth. my path of catholic lesbian

Testimony of EC, 24 years old, non-binary lesbian person from Teresina (Brazil), published in Testemunhos da Diversidade: história de fé, amor e comunhão (Testimonies of Diversity: story of faith, love and communion), edited by the Rede Nacional de Grupos Católicos LGBT (Brazil), 2020. Freely translated by the volunteers of the Gionata Ho Project 24 years and for seven years I lived pretending to...

With our life we ​​testify in the church that our love has the same dignity as any other love

Testimony of Fabiana and Luana of the Christian group LGBT+ Sicily during the prayer vigil "Church home for all, starting from borders" to the participants in the jubilee pilgrimage of "La Tenda di Gionata and the other associations" in the church of the Jesus of Rome on September 5, 2025 we are Fabiana and Luana. We fell in love four years ago, during a meeting of Christians ...

Packages not open: "Ask and will be given to you" (Lk 11,1-13)

Testimony of Sandra Worsham*, published in New Ways Ministry (United States) on July 30, 2025. Freely translated by the volunteers of the Gionata project. I grew up in the South Battista Church. I was nine years old when the shepherd entered our Sunday school class to tell us that the time had come to baptize us. He explained to us that we could donate our heart to ...

Lesbian and catholic. In search of my fullness

Testimony of Ellis Delaney*, published on Unity (United States) on July 25, 2025. Freely translated by the volunteers of the Gionata project. I seem to have lived all my life in search of the fullness, of a sense of belonging, of a way to find the bond with something bigger. I have often had the feeling of staying to the surface with difficulty, ...