What happens when you’re a LGBTQ+ and Christian… but don’t fully fit into either community?
If you’re LGBTQ and Christian, you may feel caught in the middle — not fully welcomed by the church, yet not always aligned with everything in the LGBTQ community either.
That in-between space can feel lonely, confusing, and deeply isolating.In this episode of You Can Be Both, we talk about what it’s like to live in that tension — loving God, holding personal moral convictions, and still standing in solidarity with the LGBTQ community, even when you don’t agree with everything it believes or represents.
This episode is for anyone who has ever thought:
• “I don’t fully belong in church anymore.”
• “I support the LGBTQ community, but I don’t align with everything.”
• “Why do I feel judged by both sides?”
• “Why does it feel like I have to choose?”In this episode, you’ll learn:
• Why many gay Christians feel isolated between faith and LGBTQ culture
• How the LGBTQ community formed — and why shared struggle created unity
• Why supporting LGBTQ rights doesn’t require agreeing with everything culturally
• How moral standards, faith, and sexuality can coexist
• Why the church often struggles to make space for LGBTQ believers
• How judgment from both sides affects mental health and identity
• Why you’re allowed to hold nuanced beliefs without shame
• How to stop feeling like you have to “pick a side”
• How to create your own community when neither space fully fitsWe also breaks down:
• The difference between belonging and agreeing
• Why LGBTQ people are not a monolith — and neither are Christians
• How faith can remain personal even when church spaces feel unsafe
• Why it’s okay to take what resonates from each space and leave the rest
This podcast exists for people living in the middle — too Christian for some LGBTQ spaces, too LGBTQ for many churches — and who are tired of being told they don’t belong.
You are not confused.
You are not broken.
You are not alone.
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✨ You don’t have to fit perfectly to belong.
✨ You don’t have to choose.
✨ You can be both.
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