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Faith, Fear & Freedom Ft. Lucifer Haywood

Igbo, Queer, and Unfiltered
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This episode talks about the complicated relationship between queerness and faith. Many of us were taught that our queerness was something to hide, fear, or pray away. But what happens when we start to regain our spirituality outside of shame, silence, and survival? We look at how religion has hurt people, how colonial interpretations of faith were used to justify homophobia, and how queer people are finding their way back to spiritual truth on their terms. This episode demonstrates that faith does not have to be based in fear. This episode is also for anyone who has been told that they have to choose between their queerness or their spirituality. You don’t. You are allowed to reclaim it fully and free.#FaithNotFear #QueerAndUnfiltered #LGBTQIANigeria #SpiritualHealing #ReligiousTrauma #AfroQueerVoices #ReclaimingFaith #SpiritualLiberation #UnapologeticallyQueer #HealingAndThriving #ComingHomeToYourself #QueerSpirituality #DecolonizeFaith

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