Oranges Are Not The Only Fruit with Shannon TL Kearns
Episode description
God cares about the most marginalized bodies.
Welcome to our LGBT podcast! In this episode we’re talking with the Reverend Shannon TL Kearns (he/him) about Oranges Are Not The Only Fruit by Jeanette Winterson. Rev. Kearns was raised fundamentalist Evangelical, however he went on to become the first openly Transgender man ordained to the Old Catholic Priesthood. Our wide-ranging conversation includes how Oranges Are Not The Only Fruit helped him reconcile his gender identity, sexuality, and faith tradition. We also talk queerest stories in the Bible and I ask Shannon if Christianity needs Queerness to survive into the future.
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