Contesting Unfreedom: To be Queer and Christian in the Philippines

• Main Authors: Cornelio, Jayeel, Dagle, Robbin
• Format: text
• Published: Archīum Ateneo 2022
• Subjects: religious freedom; queer; Christianity; young adults; Philippines; Feminist, Gender, and Sexuality Studies; Gender and Sexuality; Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Studies; Social and Behavioral Sciences; Sociology; Sociology of Religion
• Online Access: https://archium.ateneo.edu/dev-stud-faculty-pubs/118; https://doi.org/10.1080/15570274.2022.2065804
• Institution: Ateneo De Manila University

Queer Filipinos continue to experience different modes of discrimination, abuse, and coercion, mainly because of conservative religious worldviews. They encounter these experiences in their households, schools, workplaces, and churches, which we refer to as spaces of unfreedom. How do queer Filipino...