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@Jenna_DeWitt
Baylor journalism alum, copy editor, New Texican, 3w4, she/her, sapphic-oriented aro ace queer, Side A, the progressive Methodist your pastor warned you about.
Oct 3, 2023 • 7 tweets • 2 min read
Here's the thing about arguing for queer rights and dignity. I can give them the ACLU map of ~500 anti-LGBTQ bills in the US. They will say those bills are good, actually. I can give them book lists, but they'll say those are made up for profit. I can give them story after story, but it's just anecdotes, not hard data. I can give them data from the best experts, but they will say it's flawed and poor quality and biased. I can show them history, but they will say that's in the past, not today.
Nov 4, 2022 • 6 tweets • 2 min read
It's time for my favorite chart! Anyone of any orientation can fall anywhere on this chart. The key is that the white background is about society. The black side is about you. And it can be different depending on the act/genders/people involved! Can change throughout your life. SEX-POSITIVE To have a pos... We emphasize that orientations are mostly about attraction, not behavior, because for decades, orientations have been gatekept by rules of how often, with whom, etc. and norms. But you can have vague desire while not having attraction in a personal/gendered sense, and vice versa.
Nov 4, 2022 • 4 tweets • 2 min read
I just finished #MyMindAndMe on Apple+ and it is well worth a watch. Something that strikes me about it (+ what I have seen in the cooking show) is the community in healing. Friends that keep you grounded, flexible coworkers, family who care, doctors and experts, hometown folk... It's not just a @selenagomez documentary. If you have mental illness, you may see your own story too. Our version of the spotlights. The things we say or do, the coping mechanisms that work and don't, the fear, hope, sadness, regret, faith. And honor to hold others' stories too.
Feb 23, 2022 • 4 tweets • 1 min read
If you're scared to speak up about protecting trans kids because you're afraid it will turn more conservative people off to your work or ruin your social media platform, know that those people were never going to accept you anyway. Stop protecting the powerful and be an ally. LGBTQIA+ lives are worth more than your popularity in the cool Christians club. They are worth more than marketing criteria. They are worth more than bylines. They are worth more than your follower count.

And if that's not true for you, reevaluate your priorities.
Aug 29, 2021 • 5 tweets • 1 min read
I just cannot imagine an affirming theology that isn't based on joy and celebration of the beauty of God's diverse creation. If it isn't, we can't really call it affirmation. Queer joy is revolutionary. It is a wholehearted rejection of shame and embracing the goodness of God. By the grace of the goodness of God, we were made queer, intentionally and for a purpose, to show the depth and breadth and height of God's love. It is so far beyond our finite binaries and boxes. It is an embracing love, an invitation and commission and benediction love.
Jun 5, 2021 • 17 tweets • 3 min read
Asexuality is not the same as celibacy. Lots of asexual people do have sex. Asexuality is about attraction, not behavior.

I am also celibate. I consider this a calling in the sense that God made me sex-averse intentionally and for a reason.

Not all asexual people are averse. My understanding of this vocation is different from those who typically get the microphone in regards to celibacy, talking about a traditional understanding of what gay people must do with their sexuality to be "orthodox."

I'm Side A. How does this work?
Jun 5, 2021 • 4 tweets • 1 min read
What resources would you recommend for defending that affirming theology is "biblical," defeating the clobber verses, doing queer theology and hermeneutics well, proving that you can be creedal/"orthodox" and affirming, etc.? (Books good, but especially here for free websites) I know this is not our favorite thing, because often it's empathy, story, proximity, and relationship that change hearts, but I'm making a new blog post and have already gotten some great recs! Just want to open this up to the community as well.
Jun 4, 2021 • 5 tweets • 1 min read
Adding new music to the ol Rainbow Faith playlist today! Listen to this album! Anything else I'm missing that's
1. Affirming
2. Faith-adjacent/Christianish/Jesus-loving?
Fun/upbeat stuff especially welcome!