Last Updated on February 3, 2024 by Kittredge Cherry
Check out the top 28 LGBTQ Christian books of 2021 — including theology, Bible, memoir, church life and history by diverse authors. The list was announced today by lesbian Christian author Kittredge Cherry at Qspirit.net.
“Just looking at this list makes me feel proud,” Cherry said. “Queer sermons were big in 2021. Both of the top two LGBTQ Christian bestsellers focused on sermons. And a poetry collection called ‘Backwater Sermons’ was also a hit. It was the first time that poetry made it onto our bestsellers list, no doubt because the book includes a poem that went viral: ‘Jesus at a Gay Bar.’”
Queer theology and Biblical interpretation continued to be hot topics. This year’s books ranged from user-friendly guides to serious academic studies and creative literary ventures. They come from a wide variety of authors of various races and ages in the mainline Protestant, evangelical, Catholic and Jewish traditions from every continent except Antarctica.
“The Q Spirit list is limited to English-language books, but it’s a positive sign is that I got more suggestions for books in other languages,” Cherry said.
LGBTQ Christian books can be hard to find
Readers praise Q Spirit’s annual list of the best LGBTQ Christian books as “my go-to guide for comprehensive listings of queer religious publishing” with “information you can find nowhere else!”
Plenty of LGBTQ Christian books are being published, but it can be hard to find them amid the flood of new books. Many have vague titles and non-existent marketing budgets, so they can get lost in the crowd.
“The Q Spirit list is here to help,” Cherry affirmed. “Q Spirit’s annual top-books list is more valuable than ever because it keeps getting harder to find them.”
In true non-binary style, more books overlapped traditional categories in 2021. For example, several theology books included poetry and memoir sections. “I still believe that labels can help readers find what they want fast, so I made my best effort to organize the new crop of books into the familiar headings,” Cherry said.
Prices polarized
This year inflation caused price hikes on everything, including books. Bargain alerts for print books under $10 are a thing of the past. However almost all the titles on the list have lower-priced ebook versions.
Prices for scholarly books skyrocketed, resulting in a two-tier system of polarized prices with almost no mid-priced books. Due to complaints from readers, all books costing more than $100 are banned from the 2021 list, with one notable exception.
“The 2021 list has something for everyone who cares about LGBTQ Christian lives,” Cherry concluded. “These books will look great under the Christmas tree. Give some to Santa so he will know how to treat LGBTQ people. Happy reading!”
2021 LGBTQ Christian Bestsellers
(Ranked by number of books ordered on Qspirit.net and related sites as of Nov. 24, 2021. Print and e-book orders combined. Must be a new release in 2021.)
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1. “Queering Wesley, Queering the Church” by Keegan Osinski.
LGBTQ people today can find affirmation in the sermons of John Wesley, 18th-century leader of the Methodist movement, through this innovative book. Queer theory and Wesleyan theology comes together with queer readings of 10 Wesley sermons. The author is the librarian for theology and ethics at Vanderbilt University in Nashville and a member of the Church of the Nazarene. Published by Cascade Books, an imprint of Wipf and Stock.
2. “Queer Preaching and Exegesis for Resistance and Resilience” by Donovan Ackley III.
Gender diversity and same-gender loving are celebrated as sacred gifts in this collection of explicitly queer sermons, Bible commentaries, and worship resources. The author also mixes in personal reflections on life since coming out as a trans person with an intersex condition in 2013. The sermons rose from the streets and were first preached at places such as a Pride march and a parking lot where LGBTQ students were unwelcome on their own campus. The author is a theologian, pastor, and yogi who retired from full-time university teaching in religious studies. Independently published. Ackley’s companion book “Sex and Sacrament” was also a bestseller this year.
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3. “Queer and Indecent: An Introduction to the Theology of Marcella Althaus Reid” by Thia Cooper.
This much-needed introduction to influential queer theologian Marcella Althaus-Reid shows the development of her core ideas. Althaus-Reid’s work is notoriously difficult to read, but this guide explains how she blends theories from queer studies, post-colonial studies, queer studies, gender and sexuality studies, and feminist and liberation theologies. Born and raised in Argentina, Althaus-Reid became the first woman appointed to a chair in the School of Divinity at the University of Edinburgh, Scotland. Author Thia Cooper earned her master’s degree and Ph.D. under Althaus-Reid at Edinburgh’s New College. Now Cooper is religion professor at Gustavus Adolphus College in Minnesota. Published by SCM Press.
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4. “Holy Censorship or Mistranslation? Love, Gender and Sexuality in the Bible” by Renato Lings.
Mistranslated queer Biblical history is revealed as the main cause for centuries of persecution with meticulous scholarship and accessible style. Biblical same-sex love is explored in depth. A close reading of key translations shows that negative Christian attitudes to homosexuality are rooted in tradition, not the Bible. Early mistranslations and serious ongoing errors are exposed. Three chapters are devoted to Sodom and Gomorrah. Four same-sex couples each get a chapter in the “Loving Relationships” section: Ruth and Naomi, David and Jonathan, a Centurion and his boy, and the Beloved Disciple. Other chapters cover eunuchs, the Apostle Paul and much more. Currently living in Spain, the author has served in LGBTQ organizations and written and taught extensively on biblical interpretation, translation and issues of gender and sexuality throughout Europe and the Americas. He lives in Spain. Published by Harper Collins India.
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5. “Sex and Sacrament” by Donovan W. Ackley III.
Queer lives and the sacredness of all bodies are celebrated with resources drawn from Christian, Jewish, Buddhist, contemporary Black and Indigenous theological traditions. Intersectional ideas come from personal stories and tools for reflection and practice, such as walking meditation and the Stations of the Cross. With Biblical references in each chapter, the book can be used as a study guide for LGBTQ people and others who have been misinformed that faith defines sex and gender minorities as “wrong.” The author is a theologian, pastor, and yogi who retired from full-time university teaching in religious studies in 2013 after coming out as a trans person with an intersex condition. Independently published.
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6. “The Erotic Contemplative: Reflections on the Spiritual Journey of the Gay/Lesbian Christian by Michael Bernard Kelly.
LGBTQ people are encouraged to reclaim and reimagine their spirituality and sexuality in now-classic lectures by a major queer theologian. He reveals transformative queer ideas within contemplative and mystical Christian traditions. This transcript of his “Erotic Contemplative” lecture series was published for the first time in November 2021 for the first anniversary of Michael B. Kelly‘s death. The new book also includes a study guide for the six lectures: The Truth of Our Experience, Re-Visioning Sexuality and Spirituality, Exodus and Awakening, The Desert and the Dark, Liberation and Union, and The Road from Emmaus. Kelly was an internationally renowned queer theologian, author, educator, activist and spiritual counselor based in Melbourne, Australia. He publicly challenged the church’s mistreatment of LGBTQ people by co-founding Australia’s Rainbow Sash Movement, taught religion at Monash University in Melbourne and served as a bishop in the Independent and Old Catholic traditions. Note: Due to mix-ups at Amazon, it’s hard to find the e-book with full lecture transcripts, but here is a link to the Kindle version. Be sure to order the one with Jesus on the cover, not the one with flowers on the cover. Published by Clouds of Magellan Press.
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7. “The Backwater Sermons: Poems” by Jay Hulme.
“Jesus at a Gay Bar,” a poem that’s a current Internet sensation, is included in this collection from a rising star. Jay Hulme is a transgender poet, educator and recent Anglican convert whose poetry explores his journey to faith and baptism during gender transition and the COVID-19 pandemic. “Blessed are the queers,” he writes in the closing poem, “Beatitudes for a Queerer Church.” His fascination with old church buildings led to a life-changing encounter with the God he had never believed in. He finds angels in the subway, Jesus in a parking structure and God in the abandoned factories of his home city, Leicester, England. Published by Canterbury Press, one of the UK’s leading Anglican publishers.
Bible books
“Those Seven References: A Study of Homosexuality in the Bible and Its Impact on the Queer Community of Faith” by John F Dwyer.
God’s love for LGBTQ people is not limited by misuse of a few scriptures, as this intelligent yet accessible work explains. The faulty rationale behind Christian anti-gay bias is revealed. It provides knowledge and words to empower queer Christians and counter baseless accusations by those who use these passages as weapons of exclusion. The author is a gay Episcopal priest who has served in seminary and parish settings, with legal and corporate work experiences before he was ordained. Published by Morehouse Publishing, an imprint of Church Publishing, the official publisher of worship resources for the Episcopal Church.
Theology books
New in December!
“The #BlackLivesMatter Movement: Toward an Intersectional Theology” by Edward Donalson III.
Queer theology, Black liberation theology and Womanist theology are interdependent and should be in conversation, according to this analysis by a black Pentecostal bishop. His survey of an ecumenical group of black Christian leaders reveals how the Black Lives Matter movement demands justice for all, including LGBTQ people. The author is core faculty at the School of Theology and Ministry of Seattle University and senior pastor of Kingdom Family Worship Center International in Kent, Washington. Published by Cascade Books, an imprint of Wipf and Stock.
Interfaith
“Trans-Forming Proclamation: A Transgender Theology of Daring Existence” by Liam Hooper.
Gender-transcendent peoples in the Bible are at the center of this genre-defying book. Original, well-informed scholarship is woven together with theology, memoir and poetry in a bold and unique structure. Texts sacred to both Christian and Jewish traditions are explored. The author is a transgender advocate with a master of divinity degree from Wake Forest University in North Carolina. Formerly ordained clergy in the United Church of Christ, Hooper recently converted to Judaism. Published by Otherwise Engaged in December 2020 (too late for last year’s top-books list).
“Black, Gay, British, Christian, Queer: Church and the Famine of Grace” by Jarel Robinson-Brown.
Queer liberation theology lifts up the voices and history of black LGBTQ Christians in a book that is prophetic yet pastoral. Both the grace and the oppression of queer black faith experiences are examined, with an emphasis on the United Kingdom. Foreword by Pamela Lightsey, professor at Meadville Lombard Theological School in Chicago. The author is a black queer minister of Jamaican and Cuban heritage. He is assistant curate at Saint Botolph’s-Without-Bishopsgate, an Anglican church in London, and has served other churches in Cardiff, South Wales and London. Published by SCM Press.
Art books
New in December!
“The Book of Sainted Aunts: The Illustrated Portraits of Mildly Martyred Sinners-Turned-Saints Since Queerdom Come” by Anna Onni.
A delightfully creative mix of paintings, humor, spirituality and LGBTQ consciousness, this art book proclaims itself to be “a personal and mildly heretic queer shrine.” An “aunt” is slang for older gay men or lesbians who were often mentors for younger queers. Whimsical hagiographies use loving irreverence to present the sainted aunts in their many incarnations, including Saint Patience of the Mundane Microaggressions, Saint Vinaigrette of the Tossed Aside and Saint Bhagayya of the Pagan but Vegan. The book is dedicated to “the ones who were forced to believe that prayers would never be answered.” The opening prayer begins, “O sainted aunts, ever-human in the outpouring of your caring love, you are the elders we did not have in our fallen and straight laced families….” The author is an “asexual panromantic” artist and educator based in Singapore. Independently published and available for download through Southeast Asia Queer Cultural Festival 2021.
Church, society, ministry and Christian living books
“Family of Origin, Family of Choice: Stories of Queer Christians” by Katie Hays and Susan A. Chiasson.
First-person testimonies from 15 LGBTQ+ Christians are compiled in “Family of Origin, Family of Choice: Stories of Queer Christians,” edited by Katie Hays and Susan A. Chiasson. Their experiences are as varied as the colors of the rainbow as they discuss coming out and navigating family dynamics. The editors are a pastor and social scientist, both from LGBTQ-friendly Galileo Church near Fort Worth, Texas. Foreword by transgender pastor Paula Stone Williams. Published by Eerdmans.
New in December!
“Reaching for Hope: Strategies and Support for the Partners of Transgender People” by Suzanne DeWitt Hall.
For anyone who has a trans partner, this book provides practical encouragement and inspiration for navigating the gender transition process. The timely subject is covered from all angles, including spiritual issues such as the expansion of the soul, the pain of disconnecting with exclusive faith communities, and re-evaluating gender teachings from faith traditions. It also covers cultures that celebrate non-binary people as better reflections of the divine and mediators to the spiritual world. And there’s a liturgy at the back for mourning things lost. The author wrote the “Where True Love Is” devotional series and many other books. She and her spouse Declan DeWitt Hall have spoken publicly about their journey with Declan’s gender identity. Published by DH Strategies.
“Made, Known, Loved: Developing LGBTQ-Inclusive Youth Ministry” by Ross Murray.
Church members can learn how to affirm LGBTQ teens in this guide based on a youth ministry with 15+ years of success. The author is founding director of The Naming Project, a faith-based youth ministry and summer camp for LGBTQ young people and allies. He is also a Lutheran deacon who works at the GLAAD Media Institute. Published by Fortress Press, the official publisher for the Lutheran (ELCA) Church.
Interfaith | New in December!
“Two Hearts Dancing: A Spiritual Journeybook for Gay Men” by Andrew Ramer.
Mythic stories, poems, drawings and rituals impart wisdom and spark inspiration in this long-awaited companion volume to Ramer’s gay underground classic, “Two Flutes Playing.” The first section offers 14 tales grounded in gay archetypes, ending with a responsive reading for gay men’s rituals. The second section provides 24 poems of embodied spirituality, sexuality, and love, followed by a ritual that has been used in gay men’s gatherings around the world. Drawings by Raven Wolfdancer. Foreword by gay therapist Don Shewey. The author was ordained a maggid or a sacred story teller by a Reconstructionist rabbi, a Reform rabbi and a Mennonite pastor. Based in Oakland, California, he is active in a Mennonite church and a Buddhist environmental community. Published by Resource Publications, an imprint of Wipf and Stock.
“Reimagining Christianity and Sexual Diversity in Africa” by Adriaan van Klinken and Ezra Chitando.
LGBTQ Africans find support from progressive Christianity as revealed by 10 case studies. They show how African activists, thinkers and movements are adapting Christianity to promote justice for LGBTQ people. Christianity is usually dismissed as an anti-LGBTQ force in Africa, but this well-researched book breaks stereotypes, counterbalances secular LGBTQ approaches and powerfully decolonizes queer theory, theology and politics. Van Klinken is professor of religion and African studies at the University of Leeds, and extraordinary professor at the Desmond Tutu Centre for Religion and Social Justice, University of the Western Cape in South Africa. He is also co-author of another 2021 book: “Sacred Queer Stories: Ugandan LGBTQ+ Refugee Lives and the Bible,” published by Boydell and Brewer. Chitando is religion professor at the University of Zimbabwe and theology consultant on HIV/AIDS for the World Council of Churches. Published by Oxford University Press.
Memoir and biography
“Gay, Catholic, and American: My Legal Battle for Marriage Equality and Inclusion” by Gregory Bourke.
A gay Catholic tells how he became an LGBTQ-rights activist after being dismissed as a Boy Scout troop leader for being gay in this memoir. His faith helped him as a named defendant in the U.S. Supreme Court decision Obergefell vs. Hodges, which legalized same-sex marriage nationwide in 2015. He and his husband raised two adopted children and are active members of a Catholic church in Louisville. Published by University of Notre Dame Press.
“Learning to Weave: A Woman-Loving Life” by Jennie Boyd Bull.
A diverse life as a lesbian feminist activist, LGBTQ church pastor, bookstore manager, ashram archivist and Tai Chi teacher is covered in this memoir. Raised in Tennessee, the author pastored Metropolitan Community Churches in Washington DC and Baltimore during the AIDS crisis of the 1980s. Published by Mountain River Press.
New in December!
“Heaven Come Down: The Story of a Transgender Disciple” by Chrissie Chevasutt.
An advocate for transgender people inside and outside the church tells her dramatic life story. Faith in God helped Chevasutt through gender dysphoria well as drug addiction, homelessness, suicide attempts and much more. The author is a writer in Oxford, United Kingdom. Published by Darton Longman and Todd.
“Affirming: A Memoir of Faith, Sexuality, and Staying in the Church” by Sally Gary.
A devoted Christian finds a way to embrace her lesbianism while keeping her faith in this deeply personal memoir. As she prepares to marry the woman she loves, the author traces the experiences, scriptures and conversations that culminated in her seeing her faith as affirming, not opposing her religious beliefs. The author is founder and executive director of CenterPeace, a Texas nonprofit that has helped churches and families discuss faith and sexuality since 2006. Published by Eerdmans.
“Outlove: A Queer Christian Survival Story” by Julie Rodgers.
An evangelical LGBTQ activist tells how she moved from ex-gay self-denial in the name of faith to marrying a woman at the Washington National Cathedral and helping shut down Exodus International, the largest ex-gay organization. The author of this memoir is an LGBTQ Christian writer, speaker, and leader who lives with her wife in Washington DC. She is featured in the 2021 Netflix documentary “Pray Away.” Published by Broadleaf Books.
“Love Tenderly: Sacred Stories of Lesbian and Queer Religious” by Grace Surdovel (editor).
Lesbian and queer nuns tell how they integrate their sexual orientation with their commitment to religious life in this revealing anthology. The 23 writers are a cross-section of Catholic sisters, varying in ages, communities, ministries, and stages of self-acceptance. Editor Grace Surdovel is an Immaculate Heart of Mary sister and graduate faculty in the school of education at Wilkes University in Pennsylvania. Foreword by Jeannine Gramick, co-founder of New Ways Ministry. Published by New Ways Ministry, a provider of LGBTQ Catholic resources for 40-plus years.
History books
New in December!
“Hidden Mercy: AIDS, Catholics, and the Untold Stories of Compassion in the Face of Fear” by Michael J. O’Loughlin.
Little-known lives of LGBTQ Catholics and allies offer inspiration as revealed by a gay Catholic journalist. Courageous individual Catholics heroically helped people with AIDS during the AIDS crisis of the 1980s and ‘90s, even though the Catholic church was cracking down on LGBTQ people. A young priest sees himself in the many gay men dying of AIDS and comes out himself. An HIV+ Catholic loses his partner to AIDS and focuses on his health by fleeing church rejection. Artist William Hart McNicols’ story is told. The author is the national correspondent for America magazine and former national reporter for the Boston Globe. He has written for the Atlantic, Washington Post and many other news media. Published by Broadleaf Books, 2021.
Warning: Price over $100
“Trans and Genderqueer Subjects in Medieval Hagiography” by Alicia Spencer-Hall and Blake Gutt (editors).
Medieval texts by and about gender non-conforming saints reveal how they resisted traditional gender roles. Q Spirit is breaking its rule against listing books priced over $100 due to the excellence of this book and the enthusiasm of its authors. Emerging trans and genderqueer scholars, as well as established authors, use queer theory to illuminate history in this scholarly collection. Whole chapters are devoted to Juana de la Cruz, Marinos the Monk and many more. Alicia Spencer-Hall is a fellow at Queen Mary University of London (UK) and Blake Gutt is a postdoctoral scholar at the University of Michigan. Published by Amsterdam University Press.
Fiction
New in December!
“The God Painter” by Jessica Pegis.
LGBTQ Christians and allies are part of the future in this imaginative sci-fi fantasy novel. Queer theology comes wonderfully alive as a lesbian artist and a pro-LGBTQ Vatican consultant join forces to find out about mysterious intersex beings who rescued humanity. It is like a queer version of “The Da Vinci Code.” Mutual attraction blossoms between Joy and one of these beings, but it’s not easy to dissolve old divisions of gender and privilege. The author is a Toronto writer and editor whose work has appeared various publications, including the Toronto Star and Xtra, Canada’s LGBTQ news portal. Her website has an extensive section on divine androgyny. Published by Stone Table Books, an imprint of Wipf and Stock.
Poetry books
“Tree” by SJ Blasko.
Queer Christian faith experiences and emotions are explored in the poetry collection “Tree.” The poems offer beautiful flashes of insight into the LGBTQ journey of building relationships, creating community and constructing one’s own theology after the pain of Bible-based abuse. The first pages include the striking line, “My partner realized that they loved me at a church retreat…” The book proceeds from there to find and embrace “God who tends with well-water instead of brimstone.” The author is a poet, fantasy writer and LGBTQ Christian from southeast Massachusetts. Independently published.
Books for young people
“Still Stace: My Gay Christian Coming-of-Age Story” by Stacey Chomiak.
A young woman makes peace with her lesbian identity and Christian faith in this young-adult illustrated memoir. It tells the true story of Chomiak’s teenage and young-adult years: finding love, wrestling with family conflicts, and trying to become ex-gay before reaching wholeness and a happy LGBTQ-Christian ending. It is aimed at ages 14 to 18. Stacey Chomiak is a Canadian artist in the animation industry, getting her start on the well-loved series “My Little Pony” and currently art-directing for DreamWorks. Published by Beaming Books.
New LGBTQ Christian gifts
“Come as You Are” Jesus Christ rainbow fine art print by Brooklyn Swenson.
Jesus’ robe forms a stylized rainbow in this modern yet reverent print. The artist writes, “To my LGBTQIA+ friends….If you do not feel accepted or supported by your friends, family, or church, please know that God does. Christ loves you as you are.”
Saint Sebastian and Archangel Michael fine art print by Fran Duncan.
Saint Sebastian and Saint Michael the Archangel, both known as protectors of gay men, stand together with muscular bare chests in this DaVinci-style print on parchment. Jesus appears on the cross in the background.
Julian of Norwich mug: “All shall be well.”
A mug shows medieval mystic Julian of Norwich with her cat and her best-loved quote: “All shall be well and all shall be well and all manner of things shall be well.” Julian is often listed with LGBTQ saints because of her gender-disrupting visions of “Mother Jesus.”
“Songs From Beloved King: A Queer Bible Musical” by J. Sylvan.
The gay love triangle between the young shepherd David, idealistic Prince Jonathan and domineering King Saul springs to life in “Songs From Beloved King: A Queer Bible Musical.” It is faithfully adapted by playwright, scholar, and minister, J. Sylvan. David re-navigates his relationship to love and power as he tries to follow God’s call. The EP album includes six of the 20 songs from the show. Sylvan wrote “Beloved King” as one of the requirements for a master’s degree at Harvard Divinity School.
Recently released
“Feminism, Queerness, Affect, and Romans: Under God?” by Jimmy Hoke. Published by SBL Press.
“Tears of Christepona: Mystical Musings on Grief, Evil, and Godding” by Carter Heyward, pioneering lesbian Episcopal priest. It includes a chapter on “Nonbinary Gender and Sexuality.” Published by Resource Publications, a division of Wipf and Stock.
“Be the Brave One: Living Your Spiritual Values Out Loud and Other Life Lessons” by Ann Kansfield, lesbian stock broker turned chaplain and pastor. Published by Broadleaf Books.
Coming soon and available for pre-order
March 8, 2022
“The World Cannot Give: A Novel” (novel) by Tara Isabella Burton. Published by Simon and Schuster.
March 15, 2022
“Mychal Judge: ‘Take Me Where You Want Me to Go’” by Francis DeBernardo. BESTSELLER AT Q SPIRIT. Published by Liturgical Press.
March 29, 2022
“Body Becoming: A Path to Our Liberation” by Robyn Henderson-Espinoza. Published by Broadleaf Books.
April 1, 2022
“Water Lessons” (poetry) by Lisa Dordal. Published by Black Lawrence Press.
April 26, 2022
“Colors of Hope: A Devotional Journal from LGBTQIA+ Christians” by Melissa Guthrie Loy (editor). Published by Chalice Press.
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This article was originally published on Q Spirit on Dec. 7, 2021 and most recently updated on Dec. 6, 2023.
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Found a book on Amazon.com. Jesus Through His Lens. Phil Alderman. He has a different and positive light on LGBQT rights according to scripture. Sympathetic and endearing.
Thanks for alerting us to the new book “Jesus Through His Lens.”
Check Pastor Henderson’s writings too. He is the founder of https://www.keionhenderson.com/christian-authors , CEO, and Senior Pastor of The Lighthouse Church & Ministries. He inspired many people of all genres and backgrounds to face life’s challenging stages with tools, courage, and purpose including me. I hope you add him to your list of black christian authors.