Full Description
How does one reconcile the tension between the community of one's own Catholic upbringing and a sexuality and gender identity that may be in conflict with some of the tenets of the faith - especially when one is a member of the Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, and Intersex community? Queer and Catholic offers a source of comfort to members of these communities, focusing on not only practicing Catholics, but also the entire experience of growing up Catholic. This unique book discusses Catholicism beyond its religiosity and considers its implications as a culture of origin. This widely varied and entertaining book pulls together a comprehensive collection of essays, stories, and poetry that together represent an honest and engaging reflection of being a queer person within the Catholic experience.
Contents
Trebor Healey's Preface. Amie M. Evan's Preface. Acknowledgments. APOSTATES. The Fifteenth Station. Austin J. Austin. Objective Disorder. Gregory Woods. Excerpts from The End of the World Book. Alistair McCartney. Two Poems: "Noose" and "Tattoo". Susan McDonough-Hintz. The Erotic Education of Elmer Rosewater. Ernest Posey. HERETICS. Jesus Is My Father. A. Lizbeth Babcock. I Was Always a Marian Heretic. Trebor Healey. Binding the God. Jeff Mann. Hail Mary. Mallory Hanora. Two Poems "Just Like Jesus" and "Bastard". Emanuel Xavier. Fragments from a Catholic School Girl's Memory. Amie M. Evans. The Tree and the Cross. Louis Flint Ceci. Presión Bajo Gracia. Charlie Vazquez. PRIESTS. Father Tongue. Thomas Burke. Priests. Ramón García. Chain of Fools. Kevin Killian. Lesbian Catechism: Samplings from a Life. Mary Beth Caschetta. Fully Human, Fully Alive. Salvatore Sapienza. Mea Culpa, Mea Maxima Culpa. Helen Boyd. NUNS. Don't Sing: Growing Up Lesbian in Catholic School. Maria V. Ciletti. Hive. Beth Kiplinski. A Nun Story. Susan Leonardi. My Heart, Also Sacred. Nora Nugent. Vague Recollections. Doreen Perrine. Good Habits to Hang On To. An Interview with Sister Soami of the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence. SAINTS. Ritual, Wonder, and Miracles. Vince Sgambati. Queer Thoughts On Catholic Bodies. Anthony Easton. Series of One. Lisa M. Kelley. Holy Scenes. Emma Day Jones. Dance or Die. Jim Leija. Reclaiming the Power of Incarnation: When God's Body Is Catholic and Queer. Jane M. Grovijahn. ANGELS. Sacramentals. Wesley A. Russell. He Wore a Yellow Tulip. Tom Spanbauer. Once Upon a Cross. Therese Szymanski. The Prisoners. Ed Wolf. Easter Sunday, St. Francis Xavier. Stephen Greco. A Cry for Vengeance. J. R. G. De Marco. excerpts from the journal of a canonical bastard. Pansy Bradshaw. About the Editors. Contributors.
