queer. trans. religion.
(the journal)
religion? gender? sexuality?
…it’s complicated
“It’s true that some have used religious argumentation to target queer and trans people, and that many are traumatized by religious narratives. But it’s equally true that many queer and trans people are religious and find community and affirmation in religions.
There’s an assumption that to be religious is to be hostile to thinking about gender and sexuality and specifically thinking about queer and trans people. It’s just so clear that when we think about gender and sexuality and religion, the world needs better, more informed knowledge about those things.”
Dr. Joseph Marchal
co-creating knowledge. rethinking religion.
QTR: A Journal of Queer and Transgender Studies in Religion is set to publish in 2023 and will explore Christianity, Buddhism, Jewish communities and other faith groups through a queer and trans studies lens. It will feature queer and trans approaches to sacred texts as well as ways trans and queer people have created their own religious spaces.
"When we say a particular religion hates queer people we’re erasing the queer people in that religion,” said Wilcox. “We’re reducing it to one particular take or one particular branch and to a certain set of elites who have claimed the right to say what they want by silencing everyone else.”
“Every time we write for a mainstream journal we have to do either Queer Theory or Religious Studies 101 to explain our theoretical background,” said Wilcox. “There’s no go-to journal if you want to read this specific field of work. There’s no place those of us who do queer and trans studies in religion can talk directly to each other. This journal will be that place.”