The Queer Calling: Recent Episodes
Keshia Pendigrast
Trans and queer pastors exist. Queer people have always belonged to faith-based communities and movements but increasingly queer people are leading them too. What does it mean to be queer and follow the call of ministry? What does it look like to resist transphobia from the pulpit? Keshia chats with trans and queer faith leaders from various traditions about their journeys to self-acceptance and call to ministry.
This week on the Queer Calling Podcast, Keshia Pendigrast interviews Reverend Pat Bumgardner, who’s been involved with MCCNY—part of Metropolitan Community Churches (MCC), which has a presence in 20 countries—for more than 35 years; she’s not only the senior pastor at the congregation but also the executive director of global justice, a position that has brought her on social justice missions to Pakistan, Hong Kong, China, and Brazil. A lesbian and social justice advocate, Reverend Pat focuses on lifting up—and providing safe spaces for—LGBTQ+ youth and individuals.
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Trans and queer pastors exist. We havealwaysbelonged to faith-based communities and movements but increasingly queer people are leading them too. What does it mean to be queer and follow the call to ministry? What does it look like to resist transphobia from the pulpit? Keshia Pendigrast an alum and former recruiter for Union Theological Seminary chats with trans and queer faith leaders from various traditions about their journeys to self-acceptance, faith leadership, and healing.
This podcast is for everyone.
This week on the Queer Calling Podcast, I am delighted to interview Rev. Mykal O' Neal Slack. Rev. Mykal is an openly Queer, Black and Trans pastor within the UU tradition, and currently lives in Durham, North Carolina. He serves as the community minister for worship and spiritual care for black lives of Unitarian Universalism and is one of the co-founders of the Transforming Hearts Collective.
This interview was a gift that I did not know I needed. We talk about Rev. Mykals grandmother, his journey from CUNY law school to witnessing Lavender Light perform, and his coming out as trans by sending an all-student and staff email to his entire graduate school. We talk about doing the hard work of finding and reckoning with ourselves. This interview moving and hopeful, I hope you enjoy it.
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Trans and queer pastors exist. We havealwaysbelonged to faith based communities and movements but increasingly queer people are leading them too. What does it mean to be queer and follow the call to ministry? What does it look like to resist transphobia from the pulpit? Keshia Pendigrast an alum and former recruiter for Union Theological Seminary, chats with trans and queer faith leaders from various traditions about their journeys to self-acceptance, faith leadership and healing.
This podcast is for everyone.
This week on The Queer Calling Podcast, I speak with Rabbi Hilly Haber: Director of Social Justice Organizing and Education,
at Central Synagogue.
Trans and queer pastors exist. Queer folkshave alwaysbelonged to faith-based communities and movements. And now they are increasingly charged with leading them. What does it mean to be queer and follow the call to ministry? What does it look like to resist transphobia from the pulpit? Keshia Pendigrast, an alumn and former recruiter for Union Theological Seminary, chats with trans and queer faith leaders from various traditions about their journeys through self-acceptance, faith leadership, and healing.
This podcast is for everyone.
This week on the Queer Calling Pod I talk to Rev. Lea Matthews. She is an openly queer associate pastor at St. Paul and St. Andrew on the upper west side of NYC.
Rev. Matthews describes herself as “called and committed to the queer liberation movement within the United Methodist Church.” She taught English Language Arts in the Bronx Public School system for a decade, before formally entering ministry. She currently lives in the Bronx, with her wife, Rachel, and their preteen, Nora.
Trans and queer pastors exist. Queer folkshave alwaysbelonged to faith based communities and movements. And now they are increasingly charged with leading them. What does it mean to be queer and follow the call to ministry? What does it look like to resist transphobia from the pulpit? Keshia Pendigrast, an alumn and former recruiter for Union Theological Seminary, chats with trans and queer faith leaders from various traditions about their journeys through self-acceptance, faith leadership and healing.
This podcast is for everyone.