The Transitive Property: Led from behind
Monday, May 16th, 2011 | By Cristopher Bautista
http://www.stanforddaily.com/2011/05/16/the-transitive-property-led-from-behind/I have had a fraught relationship with religion. As a queer person, I've always felt that I had to choose one or the other, that either I could be religious or queer. I could never be both.
I grew up Catholic. My family instilled in me a deep-rooted faith in some higher power. I went to Catholic school for most of my life. I went to church every Sunday. But I struggled with my faith when I first came out as gay and even more when I came out as transgender. For years I have had to put up with homophobic statements from all levels of my religious community — from the members and priests of my local church all the way up to the Pope. I quickly became cynical of religion — a cynicism that only increased when I came out as transgender.
