About the “Queer & Christian” Video Series
Queer & Christian: The Video Series is a six-part theological exploration that draws on and expands the arguments of Brandan Robertson's book Queer & Christian: Reclaiming the Bible, Our Faith, and Our Place at the Table.
Each episode synthesizes scholarship from across the fields of biblical studies, queer theology, and liberation theology to make the case that queerness and Christian faith are not only compatible, but are deeply intertwined.
From reframing what it means to be queer, to examining the historical forces that weaponized Scripture against LGBTQ+ people, to exploring the clobber passages in their original context, to reclaiming the queer figures hiding in plain sight throughout the Bible, this series is designed for anyone who has ever been told they must choose between their identity and their faith.
Whether you're encountering these ideas for the first time or returning to deepen your understanding, the book and this series work together and each stands alone as a meaningful introduction to queer theology.
This series was created, produced, and offered for free by The DevOUT Foundation.
Episodes
Introduction: You Belong Here
A welcome to the series and an invitation to anyone who has ever been told that being queer and being Christian are incompatible and a promise that what follows might change everything.
Episode 1: Framing Queerness
What does it mean to be queer and what does queerness have to do with God? This episode reframes queerness not just as a sexual identity but as a sacred posture of resistance, and makes the case that a queer reading of Scripture reveals what the Bible has always been doing.
Episode 2: How the Bible Became Anti-Queer
The Bible was written by the oppressed, so how did it become a weapon against them? This episode traces the historical forces, from Constantine's empire to modern mistranslation, that transformed a library of liberation into a tool of exclusion.
Episode 3: Queer Theology and the Bible
What happens when we read Scripture not from the center of power but from the margins? This episode introduces queer theology as a hermeneutic — a way of reading the Bible that restores its subversive, liberating edge.
Episode 4: The Queer Saints of Scripture
Queer people have always been part of God's story, we just haven't been taught to see them. This episode reclaims Ruth and Naomi, David and Jonathan, Joseph, the Ethiopian eunuch, and Jesus himself as figures whose lives and loves illuminate the breadth of God's love.
Episode 5: Every "Clobber Passage" Debunked
The six biblical texts most often used against LGBTQ+ people have been persistently misread, mistranslated, and taken out of context. This episode examines each one in its original cultural and linguistic setting and makes the case that none of them address anything resembling modern queer identity or relationships.
Episode 6: Holy Desire — Toward a Queer Christian Sexual Ethic
If the Bible doesn't condemn queer love, what does it have to say about how we love? Drawing on Scripture, theology, and conscience, this episode sketches a sexual ethic grounded not in rigid rules but in mutuality, consent, and the sacred dignity of every body.
Conclusion: Love That Liberates
After everything we’ve explored, what does it mean to live this truth? This concluding reflection gathers the threads of the series and returns to the core claim: that queerness and Christian faith are not in conflict, and never were. It offers a pastoral invitation to release shame, reclaim your story, and step into a faith rooted not in fear, but in love.