Welcome to The Rainbow Well

Welcome to The Rainbow Well Welcome to The Rainbow Well! The Rainbow Well is a fully affirming online resource hub about the intersection of Christian faith and 2SLGBTQIA+ gender/sexuality. Whether you are 2SLGBTQIA+, a friend and family of someone who is, and/or a church leader trying to understand these

Is Bisexual Visibility Enough?

It's Bisexual Visibility Month Today is Bisexual Visibility Day. As a bisexual man, I’m glad it exists. We've spent a very long time being overlooked, misunderstood, dismissed, or simply written out of the story. We disappear surprisingly easily. If we are with someone of a different gender, people assume

Bisexual Visibility Month

It's Bisexual Visibility Month   September is Bisexual Visibility Month. For bi+ people, visibility can be complicated because we're so often defined by whoever we happen to be with (or not with). A bi person in a different-gender relationship is often assumed to be straight. A bi person in

The Table After Pride

The Table After Pride My imagination always seems to return to a table. Around it are the people Pride month has asked us to see more clearly. The bisexual Christian who no longer has to divide faith from honesty. The trans person whose life is not treated as a

A Better Hope

A Better Hope There are times when I struggle with the language of hope. Too often, it has been used to ask oppressed people for one more sacrifice. One more season of waiting. One more compromise. One more call to patience while someone else decides whether your dignity is

Pride Before Pride

Pride Before Pride One of the loneliest things I believed as a young queer Christian was not that I was the only one. I knew there were other queer people in the world, and I knew there were other Christians trying to make sense of their lives. What I

Parenting 2SLGBTQIA+ Kids

Parenting 2SLGBTQIA+ Kids   When a young person comes out to a parent, they are usually not looking for a perfect response. They are trying to answer a much more immediate question: Am I still safe here? Am I still loved? Research consistently shows that family acceptance is one

Marriage Equality & Beyond

Marriage Equality & Beyond Marriage equality matters. For countless couples, legal recognition meant dignity, protection, and the simple affirmation that their relationships were worthy of the same respect afforded to others. In Canada, that recognition came in 2005. In the United States, it came a decade later. For many

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