Welcome to the inagural season of Love in the Face!

On this season of Love in the Face, Embracing Queer Family, we sit down with individuals and families to discuss the journey into our lives as queer people, coming out, living and embracing queer family and building a stronger community through living authentic lives.

In this conversation, we sat down with Austen Hartke (author of Transforming: The Bible and the Lives of Transgender Christians) and his partner Ari Udel to disucss the individual journey of coming out (more than once) and what it looks like to love each other well. We also learned what it's like to be a queer couple in a "straight facing" relationship and more signs that you might be queer including the "gay trifecta."

More information about Austen and his work can be found at austenhartke.com and on YouTube. The new edition of Transforming can be found where books are sold. Transmission Ministry Collective can be found at https://transmissionministry.com/. Ari's writing can be found at https://aritalkstv.wordpress.com/.

Love in the Face: Embracing Queer Family's theme song is Bianca Stratford by BB Bean (⁠@bbbeaniebabe⁠ on Instagram)

Find our new book, Embracing Queer Family: Learning to Live Authentically in our Families and Communities, whever books are sold, or at ⁠Broadleaf Books⁠, available for pre-order now.