Queerness matters. It is a matter of faith and a matter of spirituality. It matters to people who are trying to live but dying because of who they are and who they love. It matters to me as I struggle to orient myself in this world truthfully. It can matter to anyone, whether we identify with queerness or not, whether it resonates a little or a lot—because whenever we love ourselves and our neighbors with the boundary-breaking love of God, we enact this queer spirituality in the world. Queerness matters because we need to see all the ways that we ourselves are loved by God, and loved in so
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