The Queer Lamb of God

An Exploration of the Queerness of Jesus in Revelation

Introduction

Part of what drew me to Jesus as a young, closeted gay boy was the way that he seemed to subvert every idea of what my church and my family taught me a “man” should be. Raised in a culture of toxic masculinity, my understanding of what it meant to be a man was to be rugged, dominant, hyper-sexual, and athletic, none of which I was. Quite ste…