Doug Vardell

The Night I Came Out to God

Ethics, Culture & Social Issues

“J. D. Waggy speaks forth the power of zhir sufferings in prophetic tones, challenging zhir denomination and the church universal to reconsider their exclusionary theologies. . . . J. D. refuses to accept these sins because ‘you’re . . . far too beloved / for me not to try to save you from the danger of the idol / that has . . . proclaimed / all have fallen short of the glory of heterosexual expectations.’”