In this episode, Em and Caz look at the ways the Bible can be used – or misused – to justify intolerance of transgender and genderqueer lives and identities. They cast a critical eye on some biblical texts that are commonly cited in transphobic discourse, before moving on to explore other texts, which appear to affirm and celebrate the value of gender diversity.
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In this episode, Em and Caz look at the ways the Bible can be used – or misused – to justify intolerance of transgender and genderqueer lives and identities. They cast a critical eye on some biblical texts that are commonly cited in transphobic discourse, before moving on to explore other texts, which appear to affirm and celebrate the value of gender diversity.
In this episode, Caz and Em explore how the Bible has been used to justify violence and intolerance against the gay, lesbian, and bisexual communities. They focus on the so-called “clobber texts” - biblical texts that have long been used to justify religious intolerance of queer lives and identities. But, as they find out, exactly what these texts are saying is not so clear cut as you might think.
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In this episode, Em and Caz look at the ways the Bible can be used – or misused – to justify intolerance of transgender and genderqueer lives and identities. They cast a critical eye on some biblical texts that are commonly cited in transphobic discourse, before moving on to explore other texts, which appear to affirm and celebrate the value of gender diversity.