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Gay Celibacy and Relational Capital

27 Tuesday Aug 2019

Posted by David L. Gill in Christianity, Personal, Theology

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celibacy, gay, holiness, homosexuality, shame, theology

I have a public service announcement for all the celigaybies* out there:

I suspect that at least some of my readers wrestle with how to keep their families and manage those family members’ expectations of them. I suspect also that there are many for whom the reasons they choose celibacy are cloudy sometimes. I resonate with that very deeply; I’m simply trying to turn on some fans to disperse the smoke so that others might see clearly.

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Gay Exhaustion

01 Friday Feb 2019

Posted by David L. Gill in Uncategorized

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Church, exhaustion, gay, Gay Christians, homosexuality

Folks often ask me how I’m doing. It’s a safe way of starting a conversation that won’t stall out in small talk about the weather or degenerate into a shouting match about politics.

More often than not, I tell people that I’m tired. There are multiple reasons I’m tired these days. Anxiety causes sleep to be inferior. Also, anyone with as many friendships as I find myself having has a lot of relational strain to deal with because people are people and I’m me. If you know me in person and we haven’t had it out yet, relax. We will.

The type of tired I’m thinking about today is “gay exhaustion.” This is something I find working in tandem with all the other anxiety in my life. Here’s what I think it looks like:

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Gay Respectability

24 Thursday Jan 2019

Posted by David L. Gill in Politics, Theology

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culture, culture norms, gay, gender norms, heterosexuality, homosexuality, meme, sexuality

I’ve been thinking a lot about gay respectability lately, due to a friend posting a meme in a Facebook group, asking folks to deconstruct it. Here’s the meme:

I think there’s a few things wrong with this, but let’s first give this the most charitable reading possible: “I want to be friends with someone who is pleasant to be with and talk to. I want to know the person behind the presentation.”

I think that’s a fine thing to want. The friends I have are folks with whom I can be vulnerable and they can be vulnerable with me. One friend works out a lot but isn’t some kind of self-absorbed muscle queen. Another friend is very introverted but isn’t self-absorbed.

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Conversations that matter: Q & A on homosexuality

23 Tuesday Jul 2013

Posted by David L. Gill in Uncategorized

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conversation, conversion, evangelism, feminism, gay, homosexuality, hospitality, lesbian, Q&A, questions

…and here’s the Q & A video.

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Conversations that matter: Homosexuality

23 Tuesday Jul 2013

Posted by David L. Gill in Uncategorized

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conversation, conversion, evangelism, gay, grace, homosexuality, lecture, lesbian, outreach, testimony, worldview

I listened to Dr. Butterfield’s lecture yesterday while at the gym. I’ll be listening to the balance of the Q&A when I drive in to work this morning.

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