Unveiling Hidden Realms: Queer Devotion Challenges Spiritual Norms Beyond the Binary
While it deals with historical representations of gods and goddesses, Queer Devotion also connects to modern day religions and the continued discrimination against queer people. Notably, Burgess examines the 2024 Dignitas Infinita declaration from the Vatican that purports that all human beings have dignity, but also asserts that IVF, surrogacy, gender reassignment surgery and living as a trans person are ‘grave violations.’ Burgess further examines how religion has been used for centuries to demonize and torture queer people, from the persecution of Joan of Arc to her canonization by the same Church that executed her, to how Norse gods like Loki and Odin have been coopted by Neo Nazi and white supremacist groups.
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