Existential Punk

i Am Queer & An American Citizen

This poem i wrote yesterday in my Women's Healing Arts Poetry class and was inspired by Langston Hughes poem, 'I, Too, Sing America'.

i Am Queer & An American Citizen

by Adele Sakler

i am an American citizen.

i am the queer citizen.

They tell me i'm a 2nd-class citizen

by the way they take my rights away

by mob majority votes.

i laugh in the face of adversity as

i keep up the fight,

though i get weary

Will tomorrow bring freedom

and equality

Like it did for women and African Americans?

One day i will be a first-class citizen, equal and on par

with every other law-abiding, tax paying citizen.

Nobody will keep this queer American down!

Copyright 10 February 2010 by Adele L. Sakler

All Rights Reserved

Adele & Peter: Queer & Christian: Conversation 7

Peter says, 'Here, Adele shares more of her painful experiences with ex-gay ministries, how she attended Pat Robertson's Regent University (TRULY!), and how these experiences nearly led her to suicide...'

In the next segment, i ask PETER a few questions! So, STAY TUNED! Adele

Adele & Peter: Queer & Christian: Conversation 5: 'Claiming To Know Christ...So Unloving...'

Peter says this, 'In this 5th segment of my interview with Adele, she makes some especially poignant remarks that I think you'll appreciate.

When the online attacks from fundamentalist bloggers were at their peak on www.Queermergent.com, Adele thought:

“If I weren’t already Christian, I wouldn’t want to be Christian…

“Who are these people who claim to know Christ and love Christ, but they are so unloving and unkind and ungenerous.'

 

'Sometimes It's Really Fucking Hard!' Queer & Christian Conversation - Part 3

Ongoing conversation with my friend Peter...

Peter & Me: Discussing Queer & Christian - Part Deux!

In this segment, i continue to discuss coming to terms with my sexuality, and how that impacted my faith and view of God. We also discuss how a postmodern worldview may lead to recognizing one's imperfect conception of reality, and how that actually creates room for a new and more humble attitude toward truth...

Peter & Adele: Conversations On Queer & Christian - Part 1

On my recent trip to Oregon, my dear friend, Peter Walker, and i made a video of our conversation about being Queer and Christian. Peter is editing them and we are posting them in a series of short clips. Here is Part 1:

Iggyrocks! Podcast

My friend Iggy interviews me for his podcast here.

Iggy says this:

'This was a fun interview. Adele Sakler is funny, witty and this interview could have gone on for hours. We cover many things from fear of gay people, to how we can move beyond focusing on "sin" and focus on Jesus.'