Queerfully Made

Aaron Kelly and Ben Nicholson
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Queerfully Made tackles faith, gender, sexuality, and the intersection of them all. Ex-evangelical leaders Aaron Kelly and Ben Nicholson, once church insiders, host raw stories from LGBTQ+ Christians, ex-Christians, pastors, ex-pastors and sharp experts. Closeted and scared? Healing from church wounds? An ally ready to stand up but needing insight? We’re here to unpack identity, reforge spirituality, and build a fierce, inclusive community. Subscribe today! Follow us at www.instagram.com/queerfully.made

  1. 5 days ago

    From Church Stages to Theatre Stages | Gaz Dutlow & Jesse Dutlow S2 Ep10

    Gaz and Jesse Dutlow used to lead worship together on a megachurch stage. Now they're leading standing ovations in musical theatre, with credits including the Sydney Opera House and Melbourne's professional theatre scene. This week, the sibling duo joins Aaron and Ben for a conversation about the overlap between worship performance and theatre, the institutional exclusion that pushed them both out of church leadership, and the quiet, separate ways they each found language for their non-binary identities, without telling each other until they compared notes. Gaz and Jesse Dutlow are siblings, former worship leaders, and professional musical theatre performers who've worked on stages from community theatre to the Sydney Opera House. “If you're going to resist anything, resist shame.” - Jesse Dutlow Follow Queerfully Made on Spotify so the next episode lands in your queue. Find us on Instagram and TikTok @queerfully.made, and on YouTube for full episodes.

    From Church Stages to Theatre Stages | Gaz Dutlow & Jesse Dutlow S2 Ep10

  2. 14 Jul

    ReWilded, You New Spiritual Life Out In The Wild | ReMade Series Pt.2 | Aaron Kelly & Ben Nicholson

    Follow Queerfully Made on Spotify so Part 3, RePlanted, lands in your queue the second it drops. What happens to your faith when you leave the fence behind? In Part 2 of the ReMade Series, Aaron and Ben get into the messy, non-linear journey of spiritual life after the church. Not the tidy version. The real one. They talk through the fear of losing certainty, Dr. Lynn Moresi's poem on what to keep and what to let go, breath work, tarot cards, Lady Gaga as a Hillsong conference, and the one question Aaron uses as a compass through all of it: 'does this expand love in my life?' "The biggest fence is the one that we put around God." Aaron Kelly This is Part 2 of the ReMade Series. If you haven't listened to Part 1 (Rediscover Your Identity, Episode 5), go back and start there. Instagram: @queerfully.made | queerfullymade.com If anything in this episode brought something up, please reach out to qualified support. Switchboard (queer helpline): 1800 184 527. Lifeline: 13 11 14.

    ReWilded, You New Spiritual Life Out In The Wild | ReMade Series Pt.2 | Aaron Kelly & Ben Nicholson

  3. 30 Jun

    Coming Out of Australia's Largest Religion - AFL | Mitch Brown

    Follow Queerfully Made on Spotify so the next episode lands in your queue. The AFL and the church. Two completely different worlds. The same closet. Mitch Brown became the first openly bisexual player in AFL history in August 2025. In this conversation we talk about what the AFL and the church have in common. The same unwritten rules, the same rewards for performing straightness, the same “get back in your box” the moment you start speaking up. He also talks about the anger he's still managing, letting go of his partner Lou's hand in queer spaces to prove he belongs, and what he'd say to the 10-year-old version of himself who was hiding everything. “There are people that will accept you even if this community will drop you. It's not always this little world that you're in. There's others out there.” — Mitch Brown Mitch Brown is a former AFL player and advocate for queer inclusion in sport. Find Queerfully Made on YouTube, Instagram @queerfully.made, TikTok @queerfully.made, and queerfullymade.com

    Coming Out of Australia's Largest Religion - AFL | Mitch Brown

  4. 23 Jun

    A Church That Was Affirming From The Day It Started | Becky Bauer

    Becky Bauer planted Melbourne Inclusive Church 15 years ago. They've been affirming from day one. Before anyone was offering them buildings. Before the mainstream church was having this conversation. In this episode, Aaron and Ben sit down with Becky to hear the full story: from being adopted into a family that ministered to hippies in Michigan in the 70s, to finding an affirming church at a Pride event, to planting MIC in Melbourne, surviving early hostility from both the church and the queer community, and now helping other congregations navigate their journeys toward affirmation. She also reflects on why Rocky Roggio's 1946 work is such a pivotal tool for those conversations. "The road to change is paved with love.", Becky Bauer Becky Bauer is the founding pastor of Melbourne Inclusive Church. Find MIC at michurch.org.au. Follow Queerfully Made on Spotify so the next episode lands in your queue. Instagram / TikTok: @queerfully.made

    A Church That Was Affirming From The Day It Started | Becky Bauer

  5. 16 Jun

    The Bible Mistranslation That Changed Everything | Sharon "Rocky" Roggio

    In 1946, 22 men sat on a Bible translation committee and made a decision. A 21-year-old seminary student challenged them in writing. They admitted he had a point. But the word was already in print. And then it spread. Sharon "Rocky" Roggio is the director and producer of 1946: The Mistranslation That Shifted a Culture, the documentary that spent a decade investigating how the word "homosexual" ended up in the Bible, what it's done to LGBTQ+ people of faith, and what the archival record actually shows. Rocky grew up in the church as the daughter of a pastor. She's a lesbian woman. She made a film to find common ground with her non-affirming parents through the Bible. She ended up changing how people around the world read it.This is a conversation about history, faith, family, and what happens when you ask the question nobody thought to ask. PLEASE NOTE: We apologise in advance for the audio quality dropping about two-thirds of the way through. We had a system glitch and thankfully Sharon has recorded audio on her end so nothing was lost! https://www.1946themovie.com/ Queerfully Made is the podcast where we explore the intersection of faith, sexuality, and gender. Hosted by Aaron Kelly and Ben Nicholson. Subscribe on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@queerfullymade/podcasts Listen on Spotify, Apple Podcasts or anywhere you get your podcastsInstagram: @queerfully.made TikTok: @queerfully.made #queerfullymade #lgbtqchristian #queerfaith #affirmingchurch #1946movie

    The Bible Mistranslation That Changed Everything | Sharon "Rocky" Roggio

  6. 9 Jun

    ReDiscover, Finding Your Identity After Coming Out | ReMade Series Pt. 1 | Aaron Kelly & Ben Nicholson

    Coming out is the doorway. What happens on the other side is the work no one warned you about.   Part 1 of the ReMade series. Aaron and Ben on how to rediscover your authentic identity after the church handed you one for years. The framework that runs the whole conversation, the friends who saw them first, the calling vs. direction reframe, and the grief that doesn't care about logic.   "Exposure shapes belief. Belief shapes identity."   ⚠️ Discusses religious trauma, conversion practices, and grief.   Find us at queerfullymade.com and @queerfully.made on Instagram and TikTok.

    ReDiscover, Finding Your Identity After Coming Out | ReMade Series Pt. 1 | Aaron Kelly & Ben Nicholson

  7. 26 May

    The Religious Trauma Collective on Healing, Anger & High Control | Sam Sellers & Elise Herde

    Healing is a church word. Recovery is the truth.   Sam Sellers and Elise Herde, co-founders of the Religious Trauma Collective, join Aaron and Ben to unpack what it actually takes to come out the other side of high-control religion. We get into why "just be better, not bitter" is rubbish advice, why anger is information rather than sin, and why your nervous system still flinches in relationships long after you've left the building.   Plus the unhinged crossover between Pentecostal services and Tupperware parties, the one question that reveals whether you're in a high-control group, and a full-blown debate about whether "community" should be cancelled.   Sam and Elise are therapists, ex-evangelicals, and the founders of the resource that didn't exist when we needed it. The Religious Trauma Collective is rebranding to Religious Trauma and Cults to broaden the scope beyond religious systems.   Their 2026 Online Event runs 19th to 21st of June with 18 sessions including Dr Hillary McBride, Tia Levings, and David Farrier.   Event: https://www.thereligioustraumacollective.com/annual-event Tickets: https://religious-trauma-collective-event-2026.heysummit.com/   queerfullymade.com

    The Religious Trauma Collective on Healing, Anger & High Control | Sam Sellers & Elise Herde

  8. 19 May

    The Theologian Who Changed Her Mind | Dr. Lynn Moresi

    What if one of the biggest voices in Australian Pentecostal theology told you the church got it wrong?Dr. Lynn Moresi is not your average theologian. She has a Doctorate in Theology, lectures at Bible college and university, and has preached from some of the most influential Pentecostal stages in Australia. She is also Aaron's former Bible college lecturer. And she is here, on this podcast, telling you that you can be queer and Christian and there is nothing to fix.That takes guts. Because coming on this podcast alone is going to cost her.We get into all of it. The moment things shifted for her theologically. Why it is so hard for people to become allies when they have nothing personally at stake. How she actually has those conversations with people mid-journey. The rigid black and white evangelical mindset that keeps people trapped. And why the deeper you go in theology the more that rigidity just falls apart.She also breaks down what a Jesus hermeneutic means in plain language. And when you hold LGBTQ+ identity up to it? All you find is love. Every single time.This episode is for the ones who were handed a Bible and told there was only one way to read it. The ones still secretly Googling at 2am hoping someone with credentials will just say it clearly. Here she is. She said it.🔗 Learn more about Dr. Lynn Moresi: https://lynnmoresi.com/📲 Follow Queerfully Made:Instagram: https://instagram.com/queerfully.madeTikTok: https://tiktok.com/@queerfully.madeYouTube: https://youtube.com/@queerfullymade🎙️ Listen on Spotify, Apple Podcasts and everywhere you get podcasts.Queerfully Made is hosted by Aaron Kelly and Ben Nicholson, two ex-evangelical leaders having conversations at the intersection of faith, sexuality & gender.

    The Theologian Who Changed Her Mind | Dr. Lynn Moresi
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Queerfully Made tackles faith, gender, sexuality, and the intersection of them all. Ex-evangelical leaders Aaron Kelly and Ben Nicholson, once church insiders, host raw stories from LGBTQ+ Christians, ex-Christians, pastors, ex-pastors and sharp experts. Closeted and scared? Healing from church wounds? An ally ready to stand up but needing insight? We’re here to unpack identity, reforge spirituality, and build a fierce, inclusive community. Subscribe today! Follow us at www.instagram.com/queerfully.made

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  • Creator
    Aaron Kelly and Ben Nicholson
  • Years Active
    2025 - 2026
  • Episodes
    23
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Copyright
    © Aaron Kelly and Ben Nicholson
  • Show Website
    Queerfully Made

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