"I want to explore this crazy conflict between Christianity and LGBTQIA folks," said Stereotypes podcaster Christopher Beale. "We'll open up the Bible and take a closer look at what it does and does not say about queerness." This week's Out in the Bay — Queer Radio and Podcast features Stereotypes' third episode, "The Bishop & the Bulletproof Vest," which examines the relationship between religion and queer people.
Beale gets into it with Lutheran Bishop Megan Rohrer, the U.S.'s first openly transgender bishop of a major denomination. It's a richly produced, in-depth conversation augmented with music, sound from Rohrer's bishop installation at Grace Cathedral in September, and a smattering of homophobic, transphobic church officials'