Books

The views reflected in these resources may not necessarily align with ours, and we acknowledge that there are many other perspectives out there. However, we want to share a variety of resources that are available to offer different viewpoints and options.

  • "There were no rules in the woods—only an experience of supreme love. I didn’t want to bury that love in rules ever again. My doubts and questions either. Love exceeded belief. Curiosity conveyed love more than any litany of principles and answers, because to be curious is to be free."

    Tia Levings - A Well-Trained Wife:My Escape from Christian Patriarchy

  • "Gender expansiveness captures the wider, more flexible diversity of experiences and expressions of gender than a two-gender system details or allows."

    Steff Fenton - Gender Expansive Faith: How Trans Lives are Illuminating the Divine, Transforming Feminism and Ending Christian Patriarchy

  • "It’s not about the content, the product, the faith, or the look, but the power structure, the group mind, and the players."

    Anke Richter - Cult Trip: Inside the world of coercion and control

  • "Most queer and trans folks were forced to exile those core parts of themselves at a young age in order to fit in, stay safe, and get love."

    Andrea Gutiérrez-Glik - Healing the Oppressed Body: A Therapeutic Guide for Radical Self-Liberation

  • "The difference between a healthy ideology and a cult ideology is transparency and flexibility. Non-cult ideologies are open to questioning and amendment. Cult ideologies are absolutist, rigid, and wielded for control."

    Sarah Edmondson and Nippy Ames - A Little Bit Culty: Navigating Cults, Control and Coercion