A LIBRARIAN’S ORIENTATION
What this book explores
A queer Christian account of how purity culture, compulsory heterosexuality, and evangelical systems burden LGBTQ people.
EDITORIAL NOTE
Why it’s in the Library
It shifts attention from isolated doctrinal statements to the cumulative burdens created by formation, expectations, and unequal belonging. The book helps travelers evaluate systems by their lived consequences as well as their stated intentions.
Good starting place if…
You want to understand how evangelical teachings and institutions can shape LGBTQ lives even when communities describe themselves as loving or welcoming.
Know before you begin…
Rivera writes as a queer Christian and critiques purity culture, compulsory heterosexuality, and celibacy-centered frameworks. Her account is explicitly affirming and does not attempt to balance every position within Christian sexual ethics.