Cory
My name is Cory, and I am a bisexual, transmasculine Christian.
Attending my private Christian university has been the most spiritually, mentally, and emotionally challenging experience. I was a Freshman figuring out my own identity. All of the sudden, I realized part of that identity was unavoidably queer.
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Fear took hold of my heart and threatened to drag me away from my academic pursuit, my passion, my friends, and my relationship with God. The environment in my theological development had been shaped in convincing me that being queer was inherently sinful. I judged others, going as far as thinking being Christian meant you had to be homophobic. But I had to learn that that is not who God is or who God calls us to be. I poured my heart out to God.
He called me out of my life of fear and judging others to be who He had made me to be, queerness, neurodivergence, and all. However, it’s still hard to share my story. Being queer “invalidates” my Christian voice, and being Christian becomes a barrier to sharing my queer voice. The last thing I ever want to do is force my beliefs upon others as truth, as so many people have done to me and others to invalidate our experience. It’s only through God that I have been able to be out and proud.
While it’s challenging, I trust Him to work through me, a queer Christian, to guide me and others. As a senior on the precipice of graduating, I have never been closer to God. I still struggle with life as any other human does, and with faith as any Christian, but I know I follow a God of unconditional love.
I will embrace myself for my whole identity as God embraces me.
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