Transgender Courage and Creativity with Ryan Casata-03

Queer Renaissance-05

EPISODE SUMMARY  In this week's episode, Pasto Casey has a conversation with Francesco Calanca a Renaissance Art Historian. During the COVID-19 pandemic, Francesco felt compelled to do a deep dive into the queer history of the Renaissance and realized that nobody was telling these stories and offering tours in Florence Italy centering queer voices. This is a compelling conversation centered around untold history and how we are invited to be our own authentic selves in these times.  Conversation on (00:00) Guest Bio: My name is Francesco Calanca and I have been working as an official tour guide in Florence and Tuscany for almost 10 years now. I have always loved art and history and this passion has kept me going throughout the darkest times. This is why, after trying out many jobs and different careers, I have decided to devote my life to sharing my knowledge. During the pandemic, I came up with Queer Tuscany Tours, a project aimed at giving tourists, researchers, and art lovers a more inclusive and, hopefully, comprehensive view of the Italian Renaissance and the rich history of our magnificent Florence. My research focuses on the neglected history of the queer community in the past: my PhD in Liberal arts, my MA in art history and the years spent studying and traveling across Europe and the United States have certainly helped expand my knowledge, but throughout my studies, I always felt that there was something missing as if all of the forgotten voices of our brothers and sisters who lived over 600 years ago were desperate to be heard. My main goal is to give voice to those who never had the chance to speak.  Connect with Francesco https://queertuscanytours.com [https://queertuscanytours.com] Instagram: francescocalanca Email: info@queertuscanytours.com     Reading List of Queer Renaissance History Rocke, Michael, Forbidden Friendships: Homosexuality and Male Culture in Renaissance Florence, Oxford, O.U.P., 1996 “”, “Sodomites in Fifteenth-Century Tuscany: The View of Bernardino of Siena”, in The Pursuit of Sodomy: Male Homosexuality in Renaissance and Enlightenment Europe, ed. K. Gerard and G. Hekma, 7-31, New York, 1989. Saslow, James M., Ganymede in the Renaissance: Homosexuality in Art and Society, New Haven and London, Yale University Press, 1986. Butler, Judist, Immodest Acts: the Life of a Lesbian Nun in Renaissance Italy, Oxford, O.U.P., 1986. Kent, Dale, Friendship, Love and Trust in Renaissance Florence, Harvard University Press, 2009. Pequigney, Joseph, “Sodomy in Dante’s Inferno and Purgatorio” in Representations, 36 (Autumn 1991), pp. 22-42. Barkan, Leonard, Transuming Passion: Ganymede and the Erotics of Humanism, California, Stanford University Press, 1991. Burch, Karen, “Love and Marriage: Emotion and Sexuality in the Early Medici Family”,   ANNOUNCEMENTS To add your voice to this particular conversation or to any of the episodes to come you can comment on the show notes at thequeerlyfaithfulpastor.com.  In the show notes, you’ll find relevant links and a complete list of all the ways to add your voice to this conversation. Including the Faithful talk back, which you can do every month by calling in and leaving a voice message at ‪(916) 534-8163‬. As long as your message is thoughtful and not hateful we will add your voice to the end of every episode.  Pastor Casey Martinez-Tinnin, MTS |  casey@thequeerlyfaithfulpastor.com You can follow Casey on Twitter [https://twitter.com/rev_tinnin] and Facebook [https://www.facebook.com/casey.tinnin.98?fref=search], or you can check out his blog The Queerly Faithful Pastor [https://thequeerlyfaithfulpastor.com/] or loomisucc.org [https://www.loomisucc.org/our-pastor] ADD YOUR VOICE TO THE CONVERSATION Join our progressive Christian conversations on faith and culture by interacting with us through the following links: Email Us at info@thequeerlyfaithfulpastor.com Follow Us on thequeerlyfaithfulpastor CREDITS Production Support- Jeff Manildi Intro and Outro music created by Ryan Casata

Paul for Pete- Voting, Pete Buttigieg, Faith, and getting politically active.-04

EPISODE SUMMARY  This week's episode is a conversation with Paul Barnes who volunteered on Pete Buttigieg's 2020 presidential campaign.  Paul wrote a fantastic book called "Paul for Pete". This conversation is inspiring and encouraging, and is intended to be an encouragement to get out to vote!  Conversation on (00:00) Show Notes: Paul Barnes is an award-winning freelance theatre director, who has worked at most of America's leading regional theatre companies, Shakespeare festivals, and university training programs.    Paul was born and grew up on the east coast (Wilton, Connecticut), but moved to the San Francisco Bay Area when he was going into the 8th grade. He graduated from Cubberley Senior High School in Palo Alto and majored in theatre in college, completing his degree and earning his California State Teaching Credential, at Cal State Fullerton.    Paul taught high school English and theatre at Lincoln High in Stockton, California, but left secondary teaching for romance and life in the theatre, and was Education Director at the Ashland, Oregon Shakespeare Festival, and Conservatory Director/Associate Artistic Direct at PCPA Theaterfest in Santa Maria, California in the 70s, 80s, and 90s.    Paul founded two theatres: the Oregon Cabaret Theatre, here in my hometown, Ashland, Oregon, and the Great River Shakespeare Festival in Winona, Minnesota.    In 2019 Paul became involved in Pete Buttigieg's campaign for the 2020 Democratic Party presidential nomination, first as a contributor, then as a successful grassroots fundraiser, and finally as a member of Pee's Arts Policy Advisory Committee. When Pete suspended his campaign in March 2020, Paul made a lateral transfer to Joe Biden's Arts Policy Advisory Committee, helping to shape arts policy for the Biden campaign.   Becoming actively involved in Pete's campaign was an inspiring and life-changing experience and proved the ideal antidote for the fear and depression Paul felt during the Trump years. Thanks to the encouragement of friends, he published a memoir about his experience, Paul for Pete: Politics. Theatre. Life. One Man's Adventures (or, How I Became a Septuagenarian Fanboy), currently in its fourth printing, is soon to be released in audiobook form. Although Pete's campaign is the spine and throughline of the book, Paul for Pete also delves into the work as a director, his travels in America, and Pauls's life as an openly gay man in the last half of the 20th/first part of the 21st centuries.   Paul makes his home in Ashland, Oregon with his partner of 47 years, actor-director Jim Edmondson.    websites: paulbarnesdirector.com [http://paulbarnesdirector.com/], paulforpete.com [http://paulforpete.com/]   Articlte on Michael Gerson's column about Pete from January 2020 [http://%20Michael%20Gerson's%20column%20about%20Pete%20from%20January%202020]   Artlicle on Why The Christian Right should be concerned [https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/09/01/michael-gerson-evangelical-christian-maga-democracy/?fb_news_token=siMm0MmwftWhFu%2F9742KWw%3D%3D.3JirgpR2h8Ti8H9vZWr6vvmk6Mlz%2BPl3zqdv6svTTOThoW%2FMQtIz2wpNB95W3TfSv31mWth1B%2B1ZmhyqM0lybaUlgq5jLiniHaS4tTCmI27TsOji%2Bj0HHVBYiQV6Qt9WQqPovcSI1CHzaw2qre8eJT8vCNz0tvQVoTImwoH0SN2MZgKjKQPy0LoTgUm%2FoY4gqZaXKkU2tPTL%2FJedq35gtAIoxxZVPuDTYXpOnGvq2JmN6GGOtzaws%2BrYSWhkUvJrQy5%2B%2BFNWd2PfZFrid8hsjYFjdDpBylX8FdAVuv2m1%2FrWszKLn0yu6gQfC6CejmpVaR8C99H0oCmyjeJ6YcqNqIBz7UJIiYoahRY2eDdhN5vwEWVCuUaNljZbG%2Fhf3kZP&fbclid=IwAR3uaaiYWF0Jwpf2HIPpBxKD90vde5GX1NKARJX9pVoRSAlbz2-d_f81-Tk]   ANNOUNCEMENTS To add your voice to this particular conversation or to any of the episodes to come you can comment on the show notes at thequeerlyfaithfulpastor.com.  In the show notes you’ll find relevant links and a complete list of all the ways to add your voice to this conversation. Including the Faithful talk back, which you can do every month by calling in and leaving a voice message at ‪(916) 534-8163‬. As long as your message is thoughtful and not hateful we will add your voice to the end of every episode.  Pastor Casey Martinez-Tinnin, MTS |  casey@thequeerlyfaithfulpastor.com You can follow Casey on Twitter [https://twitter.com/rev_tinnin] and Facebook [https://www.facebook.com/casey.tinnin.98?fref=search], or you can check out his blog The Queerly Faithful Pastor [https://thequeerlyfaithfulpastor.com/] or loomisucc.org [https://www.loomisucc.org/our-pastor] ADD YOUR VOICE TO THE CONVERSATION Join our progressive Christian conversations on faith and culture by interacting with us through the following links: Email Us at info@thequeerlyfaithfulpastor.com Follow Us on thequeerlyfaithfulpastor CREDITS Production Support- Jeff Manildi Intro and Outro music created by Ryan Casata

Transgender Courage and Creativity with Ryan Casata-03

EPISODE SUMMARY  Ryan Casata speaks to Pastor Casey about being transgender, courageous, and creative activism. Ryan is a songwriter, activist, seminarian, and trans man. Ryan talks about coming out in the early 2000’s and speaks about how his experience as a queer trans artist has impacted songwriting and activism.    Conversation on (00:00) Ryans Song “I met Jesus at the Gay Pride Parade  (46:20) The Faithful Talk Back (49:40) Show Notes: Ryan on Larry King Live [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lRX7phIec3Q] Ryan On Tyra Banks Show  [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z3fGbdBurbQ] Ryan Casata- http://www.ryancassata.com [http://www.ryancassata.com/] Selah Lang Cluff- The Arriving Podcast [https://thearrivingpodcast.libsyn.com/website?fbclid=IwAR3nEe-J8-m9Y2Qms25dVYGaoqD3rJYl6Tzc8-jL3MS5yUQnBTBrMbg-6XA]   ANNOUNCEMENTS To add your voice to this particular conversation or to any of the episodes to come you can comment on the show notes at thequeerlyfaithfulpastor.com.  In the show notes you’ll find relevant links and a complete list of all the ways to add your voice to this conversation. Including the Faithful talk back, which you can do every month by calling in and leaving a voice message at ‪(916) 534-8163‬. As long as your message is thoughtful and not hateful we will add your voice to the end of every episode.  Pastor Casey Martinez-Tinnin, MTS |  casey@thequeerlyfaithfulpastor.com You can follow Casey on Twitter [https://twitter.com/rev_tinnin] and Facebook [https://www.facebook.com/casey.tinnin.98?fref=search], or you can check out his blog The Queerly Faithful Pastor [https://thequeerlyfaithfulpastor.com/] or loomisucc.org [https://www.loomisucc.org/our-pastor] ADD YOUR VOICE TO THE CONVERSATION Join our progressive Christian conversations on faith and culture by interacting with us through the following links: Email Us at info@thequeerlyfaithfulpastor.com Follow Us on thequeerlyfaithfulpastor CREDITS Production Support- Jeff Manildi Intro and Outro music created by Ryan Casata

Bonus Episode: Intersectionality with D'Angelo Smith-02

This Bonus episode is a conversation between Pastor Casey Tinnin and Rev. D'Angelo Smith and navigating the intersectionality of being Queer, Black, and Clergy. D'Angelo is a pastor and chaplain in Chicago. Pastor Casey and Rev. D'Angelo are spiritual family and share in a brief conversation while Casey is in Chicago.  Notes: ucc.org Theater of the Oppressed [https://imaginaction.org/media/our-methods/theatre-of-the-oppressed-2]     To add your voice to this particular conversation or to any of the episodes to come you can comment on the show notes at thequeerlyfaithfulpastor.com.  In the show notes, you’ll find relevant links and a complete list of all the ways to add your voice to this conversation. Including the Faithful talk back, which you can do every month by calling in and leaving a voice message at ‪(916) 534-8163‬. As long as your message is thoughtful and not hateful we will add your voice to the end of every episode.  You can also support the show by simply making sure you follow the show wherever you listen to podcasts.  And if the platform allows it, leave a rating and/or review. A shout-out and thank you to the many people who make this podcast possible. To Jeff Manilidi for your production help, Ryan Casata for the music, and for you the listeners for making this dream come true. Peace Out!

Chosen Family- The joy of being seen, known, and loved.-01

EPISODE SUMMARY  The Queerly Faithful Pastor starts his podcast off with a conversation on chosen family, and the joy of being seen, known and loved. Pastor Casey invites his queer family Rev. Bertram Johnson and Rev. D’Angelo Smith to this month's episode. As the three of them converse the conversation dances around how they met and the importance of the bond they have built.  The Queerly Faithful Talk Back (48:20) ANNOUNCEMENTS To add your voice to this particular conversation or to any of the episodes to come you can comment on the show notes at thequeerlyfaithfulpastor.com.  In the show notes you’ll find relevant links and a complete list of all the ways to add your voice to this conversation. Including the Faithful talk back, which you can do every month by calling in and leaving a voice message at ‪(916) 534-8163‬. As long as your message is thoughtful and not hateful we will add your voice to the end of every episode.  RELEVANT LINKS The Enneagram: https://www.enneagraminstitute.com [https://www.enneagraminstitute.com/] IHOP: https://www.ihopkc.org [https://www.ihopkc.org/] The Queerly Faithful talk back: Rev. Rajeeve Rambob- www.Irenicast.com [http://www.irenicast.com/] Dr. Jeff and Stacey Mallinson- protectyournoggin.org Michael Q- https://www.michaelqmassage.com [https://www.michaelqmassage.com/] Jenn Brookover- Connecting Conversations Podcast (https://anchor.fm/jen468 [https://anchor.fm/jen468]) Rev. Dr. Dave Ellingson- http://www.paddle-pilgrim.com [http://www.paddle-pilgrim.com/]  Allen O’Brien- www.irenicast.com [http://www.irenicast.com/] THANK YOU  HOST Pastor Casey Martinez-Tinnin, MTS |  casey@thequeerlyfaithfulpastor.com You can follow Casey on Twitter [https://twitter.com/rev_tinnin] and Facebook [https://www.facebook.com/casey.tinnin.98?fref=search], or you can check out his blog The Queerly Faithful Pastor [https://thequeerlyfaithfulpastor.com/] or loomisucc.org [https://www.loomisucc.org/our-pastor] ADD YOUR VOICE TO THE CONVERSATION   Join our progressive Christian conversations on faith and culture by interacting with us through the following links:   Email Us at info@thequeerlyfaithfulpastor.com Follow Us on thequeerlyfaithfulpastor CREDITS Rev. Bertram Johnson Rev. D'Angelo Smith Production Support- Jeff Manildi Intro and Outro music created by Ryan Casata