On Scandalous Housing Arrangements
By Gregory Coles. Greg is a Senior Research Fellow at The Center and is the author of Single, Gay, Christian and No Longer Strangers. I am an unmarried man. I live with an unmarried woman. It’s just the two of us in the house, alone and unchaperoned. Yet somehow—though this may shock you […]
Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Change Efforts, Part 4: The Diagnostic Problem
This blog series is drawing from the research paper: “The Problems with Correlating Sexual Orientation Change Efforts and Gender Identity Change Efforts,” available for free here. Written by Drs. Paul Eddy and Preston Sprinkle. Sexual Orientation Change Efforts (SOCE) and so-called Gender Identity Change Efforts (GICE) might overlap in some ways, as I pointed out […]
Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Change Efforts, Part 2: The Language Problem
This blog series is drawing from the research paper: “The Problems with Correlating Sexual Orientation Change Efforts and Gender Identity Change Efforts,” available for free here. Written by Drs. Paul Eddy and Preston Sprinkle. In the previous post, we looked at the widespread correlation between Sexual Orientation Change Efforts (SOCE) and Gender Identity Change Efforts […]
Netflix’s “Pray Away”: Beware of False Dichotomies
By Pieter Valk. Pieter Valk is a licensed professional counselor, the director of EQUIP, and cofounder of the Nashville Family of Brothers , an ecumenically Christian brotherhood for men called to vocational singleness. Follow Pieter @pieterlvalk on all platforms. My pray-the-gay-away journey started at age 15. I came out to my parents, and a pastor referred […]
Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Change Efforts: Are They the Same? Part 1
This blog series is drawing from the research paper: “The Problems with Correlating Sexual Orientation Change Efforts and Gender Identity Change Efforts,” available for free here. Written by Drs. Paul Eddy and Preston Sprinkle. It has become commonplace to correlate Sexual Orientation Change Efforts (SOCE) with Gender Identity Change Efforts (GICE). But are they […]
Less Than Affirming: Perspectives Beyond the Gender Affirmative-only Model of Care for Trans* and Gender Dysphoric People
The Gospel of Uniformity
By Gregory Coles. This blog post is adapted from an excerpt of Greg’s new book No Longer Strangers. Used with permission. I often hear the accusation that celibate gay Christians talk about our sexuality too much—or, perhaps, that we insist on talking about it at all when we ought to be silent and blend in. […]
Embodied: Transgender Identities, the Church, and What the Bible Has to Say
Writing a book is hard work. Writing a book on a controversial topic is even harder. Writing a book on transgender identities—especially as someone who doesn’t identify as trans*—has been the most difficult writing task I’ve ever taken on. And on February 1st, the culmination of my journey, a book titled Embodied, will be released. […]
Marginalized Jesus
By Preston Sprinkle, President of the Center for Faith, Sexuality, and Gender. We’re so familiar with the Christmas story that we hardly notice its scandal. But think about the scenario. Mary was found pregnant out of wedlock in a culture where such shameful deeds were intolerable, and her “Holy Ghost” story would only intensify the […]
Tavistock: A Microcosm of the Debate on How Best to Care for Trans* Kids
By Dr. Paul R. Eddy and Dr. Preston Sprinkle. The cultural tensions surrounding transgender experience are evident. But no aspect of the transgender discussion has ignited more controversy than how best to care for children who experience gender dysphoria. This issue has become, as one scholar puts it, the “Transgender Battle Line.”[1] Perhaps the […]