85 episodes
Lavender Mafia Lavender Mafia Podcast
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- Religion & Spirituality
Lavender Mafia is a conversational queer spirituality podcast hosted by Jess Grace Garcia and Jack Bates.
Jess is a filmmaker, music producer, and worship pastor. Jack is a drag queen, theologian, and comedian.
We have conversations exploring what it means to be fully queer and Christian. We get into theology, sexuality, politics, culture etc. So we talk about some deep topics...and, the deeper the better. :)
We hope you’ll join us in figuring out what integrating queerness and religion—or no religion—looks like for you.
Be fierce. Keep the faith. And DON’T fuck it up!
Art by @jeffmercadoart
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Episode 46. “Anti-Trans and Anti-Drag Bills,” Or: “Who Would Jesus Dehumanize?”
This week Jess & Jack talk about all the kinds of anti-trans, anti-drag, and other anti-LGBTQ legislation being proposed (or passed) in legislatures across the United States.
We talk about the impact of these bills on us and on other queer people and our communities, as well as why these bills are bad from both queer and Christian perspectives.
Keep a lookout for more new episodes, as we return to a more regular posting schedule! And, as always, visit linktr.ee/lavmafia for our IG, Twitter, Facebook community page, Discord, and Patreon, and go to lavmafia.com for merch! -
Mini(Maxi)sode 24. “Catching Up,” Or: “Get In, Loser, We’re Going…Off-Script”
This week Jess & Jack have a conversation catching each other (and you) up on what we’ve been up to lately. Marriage! Jobs! Church stuff! Disabling illness! You know, the usual.
Keep a lookout for more new episodes, as we return to a more regular posting schedule! And, as always, visit linktr.ee/lavmafia for our IG, Twitter, Facebook community page, Discord, and Patreon, and go to lavmafia.com for merch! -
Episode 45. “Reconstruction,” Or: “If You Threw The Baby Out With The Bathwater, Maybe It’s Time To Get A New Baby”
This week Jess & Jack have a conversation about reconstruction. After we tear down the religious structures of thought and action that oppressed us for years…what’s next? Do we build back better? Or do we salt the earth and move on?
Jess opens up about mommy issues. We talk about what reconstruction has looked like for us, what we think reconstruction will look like in the future, and share some tips that might help for those who want to reconstruct but feel stuck.
As always, be fierce, keep the faith, and visit linktr.ee/lavmafia for our IG, Twitter, Facebook community page, Discord, and Patreon, and go to lavmafia.com for merch! -
Mini(Maxi)sode 23. After Dark: “Purity Test Part II” Or: “Sometimes Success Looks Like Failing at the Right Things”
This week Jess & Jack finish taking an online purity test together and share anecdotes about our “less pure” moments, from run-ins with principals and police to public nudity, as well as plenty of sexual exploits, then share our scores. Who’s more “impure”? The answer may surprise you!
Take the purity test along with us as at ricepuritytest.com while you listen to the episode!
Visit linktr.ee/lavmafia for our IG, Twitter, Facebook community page, Discord, and Patreon, and go to lavmafia.com for merch! -
Mini(Maxi)sode 22. After Dark: “Purity Test Part I,” Or: “They Can’t Slut-Shame You If You Slut-Celebrate Yourself”
This week Jess & Jack take an online purity test together and share anecdotes about our “less pure” moments, from run-ins with principals and police to public nudity, as well as plenty of sexual exploits. On next week’s ep, Jess & Jack finish the test and compare scores. Who’s more “impure”? The answer may surprise you!
Take the purity test along with us as at ricepuritytest.com while you listen to the episode!
Visit linktr.ee/lavmafia for our IG, Twitter, Facebook community page, Discord, and Patreon, and go to lavmafia.com for merch! -
Episode 44. “Prayer,” Or: “Couldn’t This (Prayer) Meeting Have Been an Email?”
This week Jess & Jack have a discussion about prayer. We talk about what it is (and isn’t), what we were taught about prayer growing up, what shame and personality types have to do with it, and what our relationships are to prayer now.
Hit us up on our social medias to tell us what prayer means to you, how you pray (if you do), and how you would re-imagine a line or lines from the Lord’s Prayer for your own context.
Visit linktr.ee/lavmafia for our IG, Twitter, Facebook community page, Discord, and Patreon, and go to lavmafia.com for merch!