This week, Australia is getting ready to push through their controversial "Religious Discrimination Bill" that allows for businesses and churches to deny service to people based on "religious freedom." Joel Hollier from the University of Sydney interviewed 24 LGBTQIA+ people who had all spent time in a range of conservative Christian denominations, many of whom had grown up attending religious schools. They almost universally described trauma based on their identity, often being told their identity was "broken." According to those interviewed, words to this effect are spoken gently by chaplains in the corridors, loudly by peers on the playground and formally by executive staff in the office. Gay people are compared with murderers. Trans people are depicted as threats to the order of society. Parents absorb these messages and reinforce them, either explicitly or by their resounding silence.
Interviews Show Religion Is Creating Devastating Trauma On LGBTQ+ People
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