The resources listed below have proven helpful or interesting to past and present members of That Gay Group. The listing is not, however, comprehensive; and like any other, the LGBTQ community contains within it a wide variety of views and approaches to the subjects it addresses in books and other media. Some of the information and opinions in the works listed below are likely to be controversial, and difficult or offensive for some. We encourage you to explore these resources, to share others that you find on your journey, and to bear in mind that none of the answers offered here are exclusive or conclusive.
| Books |
Queer Faith and Spirituality
Christianity
Coming Out Spiritually, by Christian de la Huerta
Is the Homosexual my Neighbor?, by Letha D. Scanzoni
Stranger at the Gate, by Mel White
Things they Never told you in Sunday School: A Primer for Christian Homosexuals, by David Day
What the Bible Really Says About Homosexuality, by Daniel A. Helminiak
Islam
The Trouble With Islam Today: A Muslim's Call For Reform In Her Faith, by Irshad Manji
Unspeakable Love: Gay And Lesbian Life In The Middle East, by Brian Whitaker
Judaism
Butch Is A Noun, by S. Bear Bergman
Like Bread On The Seder Plate: Jewish Lesbians And The Transformation Of Tradition, by Rebecca Alpert
Mentsch: On Being Jewish And Queer, by Angela Brown
Nice Jewish Girls: A Lesbian Anthology, ed. Evelyn Torton Beck
Queer Jews,ed. David Schneer and Garth Aviv
Queer Theory And The Jewish Question, ed. Daniel Boyarin et al
The Issue Is Power: Essays on Women, Jews, Violence, and Resistance, by Melanie Kaye-Kantrowitz
Twice Blessed: On Being Lesbian Or Gay And Jewish, ed. Christie Balka and Andy Rose
Wrestling With God And Men: Homosexuality In The Jewish Tradition, by Rabbi Steve Greenberg
Native American Spirituality
Gay Spirit: Myth and Meaning, by Mark Thompson
Living the Spirit: A Gay American Indian Anthology, by Will Roscoe
| Movies |
Documentary Black Is... Black Ain't, dir. Marlon Riggs
Trembling Before G-d, dir. Sandi Simcha Dubowski
For The Bible Tells Me So, dir. Dan Karslake
Transgeneration, dir. Jeremy Simmons
Gendernauts, dir. Monika Treut
Venus Boyz, dir. Gabrielle Baur
Small Town Gay Bar, dir. Malcolm Ingram