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Bonnie Violet is a trans femme genderqueer spiritual drag artist and digital chaplain. YouTuber & Host of a queer chaplain podcast with such series as Drag & Spirituality, TranSpirit & Faith Leaders. Co-host of Splintered Grace with her conservative christian aunt & At the CCC recovery podcast. Creator & Founder of Allies Linked for the Prevention of HIV & AIDS (a.l.p.ha.) & the annual Drag & Spirituality Summit.
Bonnie Violet shares her experience strength and hope with HIV for 24 years, recovering from drugs, alcohol, and sexual assault among other things for 14 years in classrooms, community centers, churches, online and pretty much anywhere else she is invited.
As, a queer chaplain, she is present with people in death and dying to self by helping to lace one’s narrative with a spiritual thread to remind one of their resilience, strengthen faith in self and create serenity in the now and instill hope for their future.

a queer chaplain Bonnie Violet

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Bonnie Violet is a trans femme genderqueer spiritual drag artist and digital chaplain. YouTuber & Host of a queer chaplain podcast with such series as Drag & Spirituality, TranSpirit & Faith Leaders. Co-host of Splintered Grace with her conservative christian aunt & At the CCC recovery podcast. Creator & Founder of Allies Linked for the Prevention of HIV & AIDS (a.l.p.ha.) & the annual Drag & Spirituality Summit.
Bonnie Violet shares her experience strength and hope with HIV for 24 years, recovering from drugs, alcohol, and sexual assault among other things for 14 years in classrooms, community centers, churches, online and pretty much anywhere else she is invited.
As, a queer chaplain, she is present with people in death and dying to self by helping to lace one’s narrative with a spiritual thread to remind one of their resilience, strengthen faith in self and create serenity in the now and instill hope for their future.

    Authentic Selves Book Brunch Panel Discussion at Boise Unitarian Universalist Fellowship

    Authentic Selves Book Brunch Panel Discussion at Boise Unitarian Universalist Fellowship

    Here is the link to the full program.
    https://youtu.be/4vhIQ2v3q7E?si=9J1oE4CafoaKWona

    PANEL DISCUSSION
    Joey Morelli, author of Authentic Selves
    Liliana Rauer
    Bonnie Violet
    BIG Thank you to my Patreon members who contribute on a monthly basis to support the work of this podcast and the overall work of a queer chaplain.To learn more about how to contribute go to patreon.com/bonnieviolet and start you monthly donation today. For One Time contribution you can contribute via Splintered GraceBonnie Violet & Tina Frank
    Tina, is a conservative christian woman and Bonnie Violet, a trans gender queer drag queen. While many family members are choosing to no longer speak, we have chosen to sit at the table and engage in difficult conversation to find peace and restoration. 🌐 https://linktr.ee/aqueerchaplain
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    One Memory That Really got me Thinking (Alex) an exert from "transmission" a spiritual autobiography

    One Memory That Really got me Thinking (Alex) an exert from "transmission" a spiritual autobiography

    "You see of late I have been really challenged with feeling loved, supported and cared for by my family and I think in feel so deeply like this in this moment and time, a moment and time that I feel like I need them more than I have ever needed them, it paints over all the ways my family has shown up for me of the years. It doesn’t allow me to experience these things again, still, to let these moments of my past be with me now in order to help me have a more truthful and wide perspective of what is in, and who is with me in this life, in this world. One memory that really got me thinking like this was remembering when I told my family that I was gay and HIV positive on Mothers Day in May of 1999..."

    “transmission”
    a spiritual autobiography
    by bonnie violet quintana


    BIG Thank you to my Patreon members who contribute on a monthly basis to support the work of this podcast and the overall work of a queer chaplain.To learn more about how to contribute go to patreon.com/bonnieviolet and start you monthly donation today. For One Time contribution you can contribute via Splintered GraceBonnie Violet & Tina Frank
    Tina, is a conservative christian woman and Bonnie Violet, a trans gender queer drag queen. While many family members are choosing to no longer speak, we have chosen to sit at the table and engage in difficult conversation to find peace and restoration. 🌐 https://linktr.ee/aqueerchaplain
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    Intro to My Book - Journal Entry #3

    Intro to My Book - Journal Entry #3

    I have been contemplating it for years and now is the time. 

    I started writing my book last night, here is a bit of the intro from my soon to be book titled "transmission" a spiritual autobiography. 

    xoxo
    BIG Thank you to my Patreon members who contribute on a monthly basis to support the work of this podcast and the overall work of a queer chaplain.To learn more about how to contribute go to patreon.com/bonnieviolet and start you monthly donation today. For One Time contribution you can contribute via Splintered GraceBonnie Violet & Tina Frank
    Tina, is a conservative christian woman and Bonnie Violet, a trans gender queer drag queen. While many family members are choosing to no longer speak, we have chosen to sit at the table and engage in difficult conversation to find peace and restoration. 🌐 https://linktr.ee/aqueerchaplain
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    Embracing the Dark - Journal Entry #2

    Embracing the Dark - Journal Entry #2

    TW: SA, METH, RECOVERY

    Reflecting a bit on the role of darkness in life and what to do with it. Wrestle it, embrace it, learn from it, extinguish it, or ...

    I didn't initially think I would be discussing my experience with meth but it was one of the first times I allowed myself to live in the darkness that I had been trying so hard to avoid. 
    BIG Thank you to my Patreon members who contribute on a monthly basis to support the work of this podcast and the overall work of a queer chaplain.To learn more about how to contribute go to patreon.com/bonnieviolet and start you monthly donation today. For One Time contribution you can contribute via Splintered GraceBonnie Violet & Tina Frank
    Tina, is a conservative christian woman and Bonnie Violet, a trans gender queer drag queen. While many family members are choosing to no longer speak, we have chosen to sit at the table and engage in difficult conversation to find peace and restoration. 🌐 https://linktr.ee/aqueerchaplain
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    Life in Glitter - Journal Entry #1

    Life in Glitter - Journal Entry #1

    "When I stopped chasing the glitter and spent some time in the dark." - Bonnie Violet

    Audio Journal entry for January 5, 2024, reflection on glitter ie light, sparkle, passion, purpose, femininity, soft strength & the dark ie fear, scarcity, depression, unworthy, death, isolation, loneliness

    Would love to hear what you think about this entry? Do you like it? wanna hear more?

    xoxo
    BIG Thank you to my Patreon members who contribute on a monthly basis to support the work of this podcast and the overall work of a queer chaplain.To learn more about how to contribute go to patreon.com/bonnieviolet and start you monthly donation today. For One Time contribution you can contribute via Splintered GraceBonnie Violet & Tina Frank
    Tina, is a conservative christian woman and Bonnie Violet, a trans gender queer drag queen. While many family members are choosing to no longer speak, we have chosen to sit at the table and engage in difficult conversation to find peace and restoration. 🌐 https://linktr.ee/aqueerchaplain
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    As the Deer Panteth - Desire of Your Heart - A Transgender Story

    As the Deer Panteth - Desire of Your Heart - A Transgender Story

    I was invited to offer a reflection, this is what happened.

    🦋🙏🏻🕯 May we open our mind to build new strength, 
    receive knowledge in our hearts 
    and wisdom in our body - 
    Help me to set aside my anxieties and allow me to be a channel 
    Allow me to speak what you would have me speak for the greater good
    📜 Psalms 42 1-3 ESV
    1  tAs a deer pants for flowing streams, so pants my soul for you, O God.
     2   My soul thirsts for God, for the living God. When shall I come and appear before God? 
     3   My tears have been my food day and night, while they say to me all the day long, “Where is your God?"
    As mentioned - Desire of Your Heart by  Flamy Grant
    https://youtu.be/Abp87M9Q0FM?si=zRvg-_6JJgh6sEwY

    Metropolitan Community Church of San Francisco
    "We are a House of Prayer for All People and a Home for Queer Spirituality. We see a transformed world."
    https://mccsf.org

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    Learn more about Bonnie Violet, a queer chaplain
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    BIG Thank you to my Patreon members who contribute on a monthly basis to support the work of this podcast and the overall work of a queer chaplain.To learn more about how to contribute go to patreon.com/bonnieviolet and start you monthly donation today. For One Time contribution you can contribute via Splintered GraceBonnie Violet & Tina Frank
    Tina, is a conservative christian woman and Bonnie Violet, a trans gender queer drag queen. While many family members are choosing to no longer speak, we have chosen to sit at the table and engage in difficult conversation to find peace and restoration. 🌐 https://linktr.ee/aqueerchaplain
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