LGBT & Faith

Scot Sherman: “I Could No Longer Unsee What I Was Seeing, or Unhear What I Was Hearing”

In the 16th and final episode of our LGBT & Faith audio series, Scot Sherman, a candidate for the priesthood in the Episcopal Church explains how disruptive empathy and storytelling are required for faith communities to move forward with inclusion and change.  Scot reads his essay from a blog series curated by the Global Online Forum on LGBT* and Faith, a program held in 2020 by the Salzburg Global LGBT* Forum. To make these experiences and reflections more accessible, Salzburg Global and ILGA Asia have partnered to transform each blog into an audio feature. Salzburg Global LGBT* Forum and ILGA Asia will release one episode every three weeks. Please subscribe to the Salzburg Global LGBT* Forum Newsletter to receive updates and be notified when new episodes are available. For more information on the Salzburg Global LGBT* Forum, please visit salzburgglobal.org/go/lgbt. For more information on ILGA Asia, please visit ilgaasia.org. Please share widely using our hashtags #SGSlgbt and #LGBTandFaith. *LGBT: Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender. Salzburg Global  Seminar is using this term as it is currently widely used in human rights conversations on sexual orientation and gender identity in many parts of the world, and we would wish it to be read as inclusive of other cultural concepts, contemporary or historical, to express sexuality and gender, intersex and gender non-conforming identities.

Paola Paredes: “These Staged Images Allow Us To See What Was Never Meant To Be Seen”

In the 15th episode of our LGBT & Faith audio series, human rights lawyer Mónica Leonardo reads an essay written by Ecuadorian photographer Paola Paredes, who documents illegal anti-LGBT conversion clinics through her “visual activism” project Until You Change. Mónica reads Paola's essay from a blog series curated by the Global Online Forum on LGBT* and Faith, a program held in 2020 by the Salzburg Global LGBT* Forum. To make these experiences and reflections more accessible, Salzburg Global and ILGA Asia have partnered to transform each blog into an audio feature. Salzburg Global LGBT* Forum and ILGA Asia will release one episode every three weeks. Please subscribe to the Salzburg Global LGBT* Forum Newsletter to receive updates and be notified when new episodes are available. For more information on the Salzburg Global LGBT* Forum, please visit salzburgglobal.org/go/lgbt. For more information on ILGA Asia, please visit ilgaasia.org. Please share widely using our hashtags #SGSlgbt and #LGBTandFaith. *LGBT: Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender. Salzburg Global  Seminar is using this term as it is currently widely used in human rights conversations on sexual orientation and gender identity in many parts of the world, and we would wish it to be read as inclusive of other cultural concepts, contemporary or historical, to express sexuality and gender, intersex and gender non-conforming identities.

Saira Mujtaba: “I Loved My Uncle, I Mourn His Loss, I Wish He Could Have Lived a Happy Life”

In the 14th episode of our LGBT & Faith audio series, Saira Mujtaba remembers her gay uncle’s suicide and calls upon her Muslim community to include and protect their LGBT family members.   Saira reads her essay from a blog series curated by the Global Online Forum on LGBT* and Faith, a program held in 2020 by the Salzburg Global LGBT* Forum. To make these experiences and reflections more accessible, Salzburg Global and ILGA Asia have partnered to transform each blog into an audio feature. Salzburg Global LGBT* Forum and ILGA Asia will release one episode every three weeks. Please subscribe to the Salzburg Global LGBT* Forum Newsletter to receive updates and be notified when new episodes are available. For more information on the Salzburg Global LGBT* Forum, please visit salzburgglobal.org/go/lgbt. For more information on ILGA Asia, please visit ilgaasia.org. Please share widely using our hashtags #SGSlgbt and #LGBTandFaith. *LGBT: Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender. Salzburg Global  Seminar is using this term as it is currently widely used in human rights conversations on sexual orientation and gender identity in many parts of the world, and we would wish it to be read as inclusive of other cultural concepts, contemporary or historical, to express sexuality and gender, intersex and gender non-conforming identities.

Victor Ciobotaru: “The More I Prayed, the More I Became Aware That I Am Gay and I Will Never Change”

In the 13th episode of our LGBT & Faith audio series, Victor Ciobotaru, a young Romanian pastor-to-be describes how LGBT Christians reach out to him even while their churches deny their existence.  Victor, who also shares his own journey, is reading his essay from a blog series curated by the Global Online Forum on LGBT* and Faith, a program held in 2020 by the Salzburg Global LGBT* Forum. To make these experiences and reflections more accessible, Salzburg Global and ILGA Asia have partnered to transform each blog into an audio feature. Salzburg Global LGBT* Forum and ILGA Asia will release one episode every three weeks. Please subscribe to the Salzburg Global LGBT* Forum Newsletter to receive updates and be notified when new episodes are available. For more information on the Salzburg Global LGBT* Forum, please visit salzburgglobal.org/go/lgbt. For more information on ILGA Asia, please visit ilgaasia.org. Please share widely using our hashtags #SGSlgbt and #LGBTandFaith. *LGBT: Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender. Salzburg Global  Seminar is using this term as it is currently widely used in human rights conversations on sexual orientation and gender identity in many parts of the world, and we would wish it to be read as inclusive of other cultural concepts, contemporary or historical, to express sexuality and gender, intersex and gender non-conforming identities.

Rev. Brandan Robertson: “As a Christian Minister, I Believe That Queer People (and All People) Are Created in the Image of God”

In the 12th episode of our LGBT & Faith audio series, Christian pastor Rev. Brandan Robertson explores the tensions and intersections of his sexuality and faith.  Brandan has experienced strong condemnation from members of the evangelical community in the US for being out and Christian. He is reading his essay from a blog series curated by the Global Online Forum on LGBT* and Faith, a program held in 2020 by the Salzburg Global LGBT* Forum. To make these experiences and reflections more accessible, Salzburg Global and ILGA Asia have partnered to transform each blog into an audio feature. Salzburg Global LGBT* Forum and ILGA Asia will release one episode every three weeks. Please subscribe to the Salzburg Global LGBT* Forum Newsletter to receive updates and be notified when new episodes are available. For more information on the Salzburg Global LGBT* Forum, please visit salzburgglobal.org/go/lgbt. For more information on ILGA Asia, please visit ilgaasia.org. Please share widely using our hashtags #SGSlgbt and #LGBTandFaith. *LGBT: Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender. Salzburg Global  Seminar is using this term as it is currently widely used in human rights conversations on sexual orientation and gender identity in many parts of the world, and we would wish it to be read as inclusive of other cultural concepts, contemporary or historical, to express sexuality and gender, intersex and gender non-conforming identities.