Affiliation:
1. Communication, Seton Hall University
Abstract
Abstract
This chapter provides an overview of the study of LGBTQIA+ religious identities online. Reviewing the limited scholarship on the intersection of queer studies, sexuality, gender, and religion, three key themes from the broader digital religion field were identified: community, authority, and identity. Each theme further highlighted a specific tension: offline-online community interactions, resisting-strengthening religious authority, and validation-discreditation of LGBT+ religious identity. While these themes and tensions are also found in digital religion, because LGBTQIA+ issues are usually a contentious topic in religious contexts, this interaction uniquely stresses the ways that digital media are used anonymously or for advocacy and activism.
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