My Father, the Church, and Why I Left
Every Sunday afternoon for two or three years, my parents took a long drive across town to attend Chinese church. We were guests in the building, renters. The hymnals and Bibles of the church’s own...
View ArticleThe Convert Series: Emily Stewart
Hi, Emily! Can you tell me a little bit about yourself before we get started? Here's some quick summary info: - Emily, 32, trans (I am a literal infant when it comes to being a woman, only two months...
View ArticleNegative Space: On Asexuality and Atheism
Growing up is just a cumulative series of realizations that don’t stop until your brain does. I realized I was an atheist when I was fourteen. I realized I was asexual when I was nineteen. And I only...
View ArticleThe Convert Series: Lindsay Eagar
I grew up in Utah County, Utah, where the population is 75% Mormon. My family was staunchly LDS and I was a good, card-carrying LDS girl until I was 22, and then I formally left the church (submitted a...
View ArticleThe Convert Series: Emily T
Hi, Emily! Can you tell me a little bit about yourself before we get started? I grew up Catholic in the Philippines. Loved reading the Bible (mostly for the Old Testament stories though. My favorite...
View ArticleThe Convert Series: Amy Mihyang Ginther
Amy Mihyang Ginther is a professor at UC Santa Cruz. She is founder and owner of Vocal Context, where she runs workshops that empower women and people of color in their communication skills. She has...
View ArticleThe Convert Series: Jadai Bergolla
Jadai Bergolla Echevarría Alonso is an emerging fiction writer and personal essayist whose topics of interest include Latinx-American rights, the Latinx diaspora, feminism, human rights, and diversity...
View ArticleThe Convert Series: Kellee Nicole
Hi Kellee! Can you tell me a little bit about your religious background growing up? I consider my relationship with Christianity brainwashing, which may sound severe, but it felt that extreme to me. We...
View ArticleShipwrecks in Deserts: On Mystic Atheism
I feel, so often, that I have lost too many years by not having come out as transgender earlier in my life, yet the past also feels brief and momentary, the present ever-present. Everything becomes a...
View ArticleThe Convert Series: Rebecca Burley
Rebecca is a Quaker living in Atlanta with her wife, two dogs, and cat. She is an aspiring children's librarian. Hi, Rebecca! Can you tell me a little bit about your religious background growing up? I...
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