Not too long ago, a friend and I had a conversation about how much the societal conflict between the religion he holds dear and the fact that he’s gay made him feel like crap for a long time. He said that feeling like he had to choose between two parts of himself that felt equally true was one of the darkest times he’s ever had. His happy ending to that conflict, luckily, was meeting a wonderful man who was already connected to a community that embraced them both.
If you’re so inclined, please share these links so that anyone who happens to be gay and struggling with something similar might have that struggle cut shorter.
Islam (but not with local links)
Religious Response Network contact info (Eugene)
Please add additional links in the comments if you know of them — I’m certain that there’s more out there. I don’t know a lot more than the Cliffs Notes versions of most religions (and Google was none too helpful, just telling me that Buddhism is generally nice to gay folks), but there are awesome people of all kinds, right?