Suggestions For Your Own Study

While this is not an exhaustive list of resources, it will certainly get you started. The books are listed alphabetically by author. Books with a star next to them are my favorites. Books with 2 stars are highly recommended for someone just beginning to explore the issue of homosexuality and Scripture.

John Boswell: Christianity, Social Tolerance, and Homosexuality: Gay People in Western Europe from the Beginning of the Christian Era to the Fourteenth Century, (1981); Same-Sex Unions in Premodern Europe (1995)
Gary David Comstock: Gay Theology Without Apology (1993)
L. William Countryman: Dirt, Greed & Sex: Sexual Ethics in the New Testament and Their Implications for Today (Reprint edition, 2003)
Louis William Countryman and M. R. Riley: Gifted by Otherness: Gay and Lesbian Christians in the Church (2001)
Chris Glaser: The Word Is Out: Daily Reflections on the Bible for Lesbians and Gay Men; Coming Out to God: Prayers for Lesbians and Gay Men, Their Families and Friends; Coming Out As Sacrament
Robert E. Goss: Jesus Acted Up: A Gay and Lesbian Manifesto (1994); Queering Christ: Beyond Jesus Acted Up (2003)
Robert E. Goss and Amy Adams Squire Strongheart (Co-Editors): Our Families, Our Values: Snapshots of Queer Kinship (1997)
Robert E. Goss and Dr. Mona West: Take Back the Word: A Queer Reading of the Bible (2000)
Daniel A. Helminiak: What the Bible Really Says About Homosexuality (2000)
L.R. Hoben: What Christians Think about Homosexuality: Six representative Viewpoints.
Tom Horner: Jonathan Loved David: Homosexuality in Biblical Times (1978)
Rev. Samuel Kader: Openly Gay, Openly Christian: How the Bible Really Is Gay Friendly (1999)
Roberta Showalter Kreider: From Wounded Hearts: Faith Stories of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgendered People and Those Who Love Them (1998); Together in Love: Faith Stories of GLBT Couples (2002)
Thomas Laqueur: Making Sex: Body and Gender from the Greeks to Freud.
John J. McNeill: Freedom, Glorious Freedom: The Spiritual Journey to the Fullness of Life for Gays, Lesbians, and Everybody Else (1996); Taking a Chance on God: Liberating Theology for Gays, Lesbians, and Their Lovers, Families, and Friends (1996); The Church and the Homosexual (1993)
Rev. Jeff Miner, John Tyler Connoley, David Squire: The Children Are Free: Reexamining the Biblical Evidence on Same-sex Relationships (2002)
Virginia Ramey Mollenkott: Sensuous Spirituality: Out from Fundamentalism (1992)
Martti Nissinen: Homoeroticism in the Biblical World: A Historical Perspective
Rev. Troy D. Perry, (founder of Metropolitan Community Churches): The Lord Is My Shepherd and He Knows I’m Gay: The Autobiography of the Reverend Troy D. Perry (1987); Don’t Be Afraid Anymore: The Story of Reverend Troy Perry and the Metropolitan Community Churches (1992); 10 Spiritual Lessons for Successful Living for Gays and Lesbians (and everyone else) (2001)
Rev. Michael S. Piazza: Holy Homosexuals: The Truth About Being Gay or Lesbian and Christian (1997)
Robin Scroggs: New Testament and Homosexuality (1984)
Letha Scanzoni and Virginia R. Mollenkott: Is the Homosexual My Neighbor? (Revised and Updated edition February 1994)
John Shelby Spong (Episcopal Bishop): Rescuing the Bible from Fundamentalism: A Bishop Rethinks the Meaning of Scripture (Reprinted April, 1992); Living in Sin?: A Bishop Rethinks Human Sexuality (Reprinted February 1990)
Ken Stone, Editor: Journal for the Study of the Old Testament Supplement Series, 334 “Queer Commentary and the Hebrew Bible” (2001)
Dr. Rembert Truluck: Steps to Recovery From Bible Abuse (2001)
Mel White: Stranger at the Gate: To Be Gay and Christian in America (1994)
Rev. Nancy Wilson: Our Tribe: Queer Folks, God, Jesus and the Bible (2000)

WEB SITES

There are literally thousands of really great Web sites dealing with the spiritual issues facing gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgendered people. There is no way to list them all. Here are just a few of the ones that are most helpful to me: