The Post Church Files
Sam SellersThe Post Church Files is where we unpack the mess and meaning that comes after high-control religion. For the ones healing from cults, embracing queerness, unlearning purity culture, and the ache of untangling faith. This space is yours.
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No One Told Us How to Do This
A note on lens: this piece is written from the perspective of queer women navigating sexuality after purity culture. It’s not the whole story; queer men, trans and non-binary people carry their own versions of this, and those deserve their...
The Queerphobia You Brought With You
It was a small thing. The kind of thing you’d explain away if you catalogued it too quickly.
I was in a cafe, sitting with someone I was drawn to, one of the first times connecting with someone as both queer and poly, and we were just talk...
The Water She Was Already Drowning In
I’ve spoken with enough women in this particular intersection to know it isn’t niche. And I’ve lived inside enough of the same architecture to know why it took so long to name.
My own entry point was quieter than most; not a marriage, not...
The Wonderful Thing About Wizards
The first time you’re in a room with this kind of leader, you don’t know anything is happening to you.
You just know that afterwards, something feels different. Better, somehow. He spoke to you and not at you, not near you, not in your gen...
She Handed Me a Sword (And Called It Freedom)
I was in my early twenties, already leading, already ministering, already the kind of woman who took up space in the church in ways that felt slightly transgressive and deeply necessary. I’d been preaching in youth settings and running youn...
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Queer Dog Mum Navigating Life Post-Church | Therapist | Specialising in Religious Trauma, Cult Recovery & LGBTQIA+ Community | Co-Founder of The Religious Trauma Collective
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