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Homodoxy @homodoxy.com · 19/09/2026

New post on The Rearview! An interview with the brilliant @wmstell.bsky.social on Born Again Queer. Out now from @princetonupress.bsky.social www.rearviewrag.com/their-own-di...

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Homodoxy @homodoxy.com · 03/09/2026

New Haven~ Come read Marcella Althaus-Reid with us at the New Haven Pride Center on 9/9, 6:00 to 8:00 pm.

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Homodoxy @homodoxy.com · 11/08/2026

Tonight! The first meeting of Pure and Impure Thoughts: A Homodoxy Seminar. We'll be talking Genesis. 6:00 to 8:00 pm at the New Haven Pride Center.

A poster with a hand-drawn wobbly stack of books on some grass and flowers with a butterfly perched on top. The colors are pastel purple, orange, and green. The text reads:
A Homodoxy Seminar
by Samuel Erenst, PhD
Titled: Pure and Impure Thoughts.
Ages 18 only.
6–8 p // Tuesday 8.11
New Haven Pride Center
Text: Genesis – Any Translation –
mr@homodoxy.com

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Homodoxy @homodoxy.com · 11/07/2026

New Haven and area girlies! Save the date for the Homodoxy Seminar, starting August 4. It’ll be a mixture of literature, theology, theory, scriptures, engaging purity and impurity in a few religious and irreligious contexts.

Pure and Impure Thoughts
The Homodoxy Seminar/Reading Club
Time: First Tuesdays of the Month, 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Location: New Haven Pride Center
Facilitator: Dr. Samuel Ernest, mr@homodoxy.com
(founding publisher + editor in chief of Homodoxy)
Cost: [working out a grant so it's free]
Vibe: Informal, exploratory, engaged!
Ages: 18+

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Homodoxy @homodoxy.com · 05/07/2026

fundraising.fracturedatlas.org/homodoxy

His friends are brilliant and hot, his mentors legendary, his penchant for branding...disturbing, his dog a beautiful hound, and his romantic life open to love (irl).

To get to work editing Homodoxy's first manuscript, send out more contracts, build The Rearview, apply for grants, and woo large donors, he needs a base salary now. It takes a village to make a little queer press!

IF YOU BELIEVE, become a monthly donor of Sio-$25 per month.He is aiming for a humble $2,16o a month in monthly donations ($2,000 after his fiscal sponsor's 8%) and is currently at $350.LINK IN BIO, darlings.

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Homodoxy @homodoxy.com · 05/07/2026

Looking for small monthly donations to build up a salary for our publisher and editor in chief. Please share <3 #booksky #lgbtq fundraising.fracturedatlas.org/homodoxy

A series of slides using one continuous background of a colorful, textured abstract painting: Who Is Mr. Homodoxy?

Dr. Samuel Ernest is a theologian, editor, and writer in New Haven, CT.He is the son of a pastor and a publisher and the brother of a dancer.He is a classically trained violinist and an amateur painter.

He attended a Christian college in Seattle, received a masters in religion and literature from Yale Divinity School, and earned a PhD in religious studies from Yale.He writes spiritual + erotic autobiography and is a scholarof gay theology andHIV /AIDS.He preaches around town.

He has been published in Roxane Gay's EmergingWriter Series at The Audacity and was an assistant editor at The Yale Review (pre-Al).With David Trinidad, he is editing a selection of Tim lugos's prose (and greatest-hits poems).

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Homodoxy @homodoxy.com · 04/07/2026

Hello friends~ We are looking for monthly donors who can give between $10 and $25 to provide a base salary for our publisher and editor in chief @samuelernest.com. fundraising.fracturedatlas.org/homodoxy

A large white church recreation hall with white circular tables in the foreground, with people standing up and clapping, facing the back, where a curly haired man with a floral vest stands on a stage, bowing his head.

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Homodoxy @homodoxy.com · 13/06/2026

Wendy Mallette is a brilliant theologian, historian, and friend. Her first book, 'Lesbian Feminist Killjoys: Sin, Queer Negativity, and Inherited Guilt,' is available for pre-order from @nyupress.bsky.social! nyupress.org/978147983937...

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Homodoxy @homodoxy.com · 06/06/2026

HERE WE ARE AREN'T WE CUTE From the launch reading on April 25 in New Haven. And here Rozalija is actually reading! Thank you to @yaledivinityschool.bsky.social and the Lex Hixon Fund for making her visit possible.

Two smiling people: a curly haired blond man with a floral vest with nothing on underneath it, but wearing a pearl necklace and holding a sandwhich, because he forgot to put it down, and a brunette woman with a red top with a design of black leaves and flowers. She wears purple and turquoise glasses and a red lip.

The same woman sits in a sanctuary on a chair between a music stand and microphone and the altar. She reads from a piece of paper. She is wearing a the red top, a black skirt, and black pump boots.

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Homodoxy @homodoxy.com · 03/06/2026

The other news for today is that we have a merch store for all—or at least for some—of your needs. We don't... we don't have *pants* but I'm sure you'll manage. Maybe a sticker. You can even buy the book there! homodoxy-shop.fourthwall.com

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Homodoxy @homodoxy.com · 03/06/2026

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Homodoxy @homodoxy.com · 03/06/2026

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Anyway, so for classes, I wrote essays on gay Christian celibates, Walt Whitman, some obscure poets and theologians.

And eventually, queer theology, and the place—often lack—of gay sex within it. The book begins with the most recent work (2020ish) and goes backwards.

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Homodoxy @homodoxy.com · 03/06/2026

With absolutely crushing journal entries from @samuelernest.com's days in the closet while a student at a Christian college, 'Coarse Work: Essays in Theology and Gay Life' is also a great read for nosy bitches who don't mind their own business!

I slept next to him for the night until it was time for
church. Quest was awesome. Brenda Salter McNeil
preached about the prostitute who asked to be saved
from the Israelites when they were going to sack her city.
I felt no guilt about A—. I still don’t. I don’t know
what God thinks about it, but I’m treating it in the
same way I’ve gone through this whole fucking pro-
cess. Pray for guidance —> increase transparency —>
feel freer —> chalk it up to God working in my life.

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Homodoxy @homodoxy.com · 03/06/2026

Lots of queer theology books will tell you that being queer and being Christian mean the same thing! But they do not. LEARN WHY IN 'COARSE WORK: ESSAYS IN THEOLOGY AND GAY LIFE' by @samuelernest.com

By far, the most common provocations made by queer
theologians are that christianity is queer and has
always been queer! It even must be queer to be true
Christianity.7 Such claims are familiar enough. And by
now, critiques of such claims may be familiar enough,
or may not be! Many texts that make these arguments
have valuable insights, and many of these authors
have opened up new vistas for queer theology, but the
sheer volume of queer work in theology that agrees that
“queer = Christian” ought to give one pause…
Perhaps I have already divided my readers into two
camps: those who enjoy such claims and agree with
them, and those who have no use for them.
Those in either camp may be familiar with the work of Linn
Tonstad, who has written many a page critiquing these types of
statements. See the end notes for various citations of her work
throughout. Mark D. Jordan’s body of work—especially here,
“On Queer Theology Lost”—is also swimming in my head.
[Sections in smaller print comment on what comes before or,
as here, show my work.]
Does Christianity ever absorb a language, a discourse,
a theory, a people (!!!) without fundamentally changing
it?

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Homodoxy @homodoxy.com · 03/06/2026

For an idiosyncratic approach to queer theology steeped in way too much graduate school and an irrepressible whimsy, buy 'Coarse Work" Essays in Theology and Gay Life' by @samuelernest.com

Queer/Christian Collapse
To do queer theology is to speak from theology’s silent hole: the place where, traditionally, the sodomite goes.

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Homodoxy @homodoxy.com · 03/06/2026

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Homodoxy @homodoxy.com · 23/05/2026

working on a pamphlet to introduce the press and Coarse Work to bookstores!!!

A screenshot of Adobe InDesign showing a layout of two pages titled "Welcome to Homodoxy" and "Homodoxy's Program. Also visible are a photo me, blond guy with curly blond hair and tattoos smiling with arms folded, and "books worth burning" in medieval stylized font.

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Homodoxy @homodoxy.com · 12/05/2026

We WOULD like to point out that The Rearview is back up and running, and you can support it with A Backward Glance or A Long Hard Stare with a Little Wink.

a screenshot of two subscription options:

1. A Backward Glance
$5/month
If you appreciate what you read, give us A Backward Glance to help pay for operating costs!
– writing you might not otherwise encounter
– support the rag

2. A Long Hard Stare with a Little Wink
$12/month
If you love my work, show your appreciation with A Long Hard Stare with a Little Wink.
- writing you might not otherwise encounter
- support the rag even more
- help Homodoxy make stable plans for the future

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Homodoxy @homodoxy.com · 11/05/2026

I've also uploaded a one-page zine you can print out to share with others~

A hand holds a small zine, that says: Homodoxy
HOW TO HELP BUILD THIS SMALL QUEER PRESS

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Homodoxy @homodoxy.com · 11/05/2026

Calling all YAPPERS 🗣️ I've updated the "support us" page of Homodoxy's website to include specific ways you can help share the love—specific talking points that you might find helpful in talking to others about Homodoxy.

Homodoxy is also assembling a network of yappers to spread the Homodoxophilia. If you’d like to join, here are talking points to equip you for your good work:
things the press needs

talking points re: the press

talking points re: the publisher

the zine

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Homodoxy @homodoxy.com · 07/05/2026

Pre-orders for Coarse Work have been PACKED and CLICKED and are about to get SHIPPED, darling, and don't you long to be in THAT number? homodoxy.com/product/coar...

a gorgeous beautiful model with noodly blond hair clutching some orange shipping envelopes to his chest and pursing his lips. You can see most of a tattoo circus performer on his bicep, but not the head, which is cut off by his maroon t-shirt. The background is an apartment, colorful, with art and plants and books.

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Homodoxy @homodoxy.com · 06/05/2026

Featuring JiJi Wong, of Divine Zine, and a guest appearance from @catfitzpatrick.net!

A woman stands on the stage, speaking into the microphone. She has bleached blond hair, a black and white skirt, and a jacket. The crowd listens. A man with a nice camera is filming to the left.

Two men at a table. A man with a brown shirt/jacket and glasses smiles, looking at the second, who is wearing a tomato-colored blazer, a colorful floral tie, and glasses. The second gives the camera a smoldering smile.

Two frankly gorgeous men pose and smile for the camera. Both have brown hair. One has a fitted white shirt with an open collar and short sleeves. The other, taller, is wearing a denim jacket, a deep blue tie with small flowers, and an open collar.

Judy and her partner, wearing a baseball cap and a black jacket, sit with the books. They are speaking to a woman with a black jacket, a bracelet, and curly blonde hair, who is turned from the camera.

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Homodoxy @homodoxy.com · 06/05/2026

Photos coming in from the launch reading with Judy Grahn and @rozalijagrace.com!

A white man with curly hair sits on a platform in a church between the altar and an audience. He is speaking into a microphone. He is wearing a colorful floral vest, plain pants. The church has a vaulted celing out of frame, and you can see pipes of an organ behind the speaker.

A shot from the church's balcony. A woman sits before the audience, reading poems. She is wearing a red and black blouse and a black skirt. The audience is wearing colorful clothes, and a man stands in the aisle with a camera on a tripod.

A shot from within the audience. An older woman sits, reading poems. She has short white hair, glasses, and a brown vest. Stained glass above her.

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Homodoxy @homodoxy.com · 19/04/2026

the launch is going to be craaaaaazy

a screenshot of a webpage for custom "breakaway banners" orders. A picture of a football player running through a large banner is on the left.

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Homodoxy @homodoxy.com · 15/04/2026

making the commemorative one-page program zine for the Judy Grahn and @rozalijagrace.com reading :DDDDDDD some tickets are still available, lucky you judygrahnnh.eventbrite.com

screenshot of an InDesign document. Two panes: on the left "Sponsored by These Yale Groups" with
Queer Faculty Affinity Group
LGBTQ Employee Resource Group
The Hixon Fund
Yale Divinity School
Department of Religious Studies
Creative Writing
of the English Department
The Working Women’s Network
listed.
Two logos: one for QFAG and one for the Employee Resource group.
On the second pane, in Desdemona font: Judy Grahn Reads New Work, with Rozalija Grace, at the Episcopal Church of St. Paul and St. James, April 25, 2026

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Homodoxy @homodoxy.com · 15/04/2026

it is getting cuter up in here

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Homodoxy @homodoxy.com · 09/04/2026

So pleased to announce that the wonderful Minneapolis-based poet @rozalijagrace.com will open for Judy Grahn for our April 25th reading in New Haven!!! If you have not yet registered (for free!), do so now~ judygrahnnh.eventbrite.com

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Homodoxy @homodoxy.com · 31/03/2026

THE SECOND PRINTING HAS BEEN ORDERED!!! And your purchase has been PREORDAINED, so preorder your copy of Coarse Work: Essays in Theology and Gay Life by Homodoxy's founding publisher @samuelernest.com. homodoxy.com/product/coar...

a very attractively designed front cover. Background image: close-up texture of ink grain, black on pale salmon. A mauve vector reaches down from the upper right to the bottom left. Half a hand descends, bent over the left edge. In white atop, in a very cool and expensive-looking serif font: Coarse Work: Essays in Theology and Gay Life. In the bottom left: Samuel Ernest.

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Homodoxy @homodoxy.com · 23/03/2026

logomarks and logotypes are trickling in from Rae Tweed, the extraordinary designer we're working with! Starting with the logotypes, BEHOLD!!

the word "Homodoxy" stylized
Homo
doxy
The letters have thick, black stems, with thinner horizontal strokes, as if written with a calligrapher's pen. Thin lines parallel a couple of the stems and cut through the "o"s and the circle in "d." The "x" has one think, straight line and one thicker undulating line.

The word "Homodoxy" stylized.

The letters have thick, black stems, with thinner horizontal strokes, as if written with a calligrapher's pen. Thin lines parallel a couple of the stems and cut through the "o"s and the circle in "d." The "x" has one think, straight line and one thicker undulating line.

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Homodoxy @homodoxy.com · 05/10/2025

This is the letter I've been sending out! Please do read, donate, and share. I need $439 more until I can apply for grants through my fiscal sponsor, so please give a little if you can. fundraising.fracturedatlas.org/homodoxy

Dear friend,
I hope you are well!
I am founding Homodoxy, a small press for gay/queer theology and literature, and I
write to ask for your help starting it. In a moment of increasing censorship and fear, we
need good writing about LGBTQ faith and sexuality to buoy our spirits, expand our
imaginations, and sustain queer life.
Too few books of queer spirituality go beyond tired debates about biblical support for
gay marriage, gay ordination, and trans people. Much writing from Christian presses
rehearses old arguments while ignoring the complexities of queer life and sexuality;
academic presses are beholden to the maintenance of academic fields and peer review,
which limit the risks their writers can take; and queer presses tend not to focus
predominantly on spirituality.
Homodoxy will build a home for writers beyond those limits. Inspired by gay
liberationist publishers and pietist tract distributors, Homodoxy will publish fables,
theology, essays, novels, devotionals, poetry, prayers, translations, and more. Our texts
will explore a niche in the market where spirit, sexuality, and craft meet to produce
thoughtful and daring queer writing.
Homodoxy is open to all genres, and its publishing program will feature two series:
1. Books Reprinted in Contemporary Contexts, or BRICC: BRICC reprints older,
out of-print, hard-to-find, and now expensive queer writing. Its name harkens
back with tongue in cheek to the iconic brick thrown at Stonewall. A briccis
foundational and projectile. We learn the past to break through present barriers
and build new futures. The BRICC series will resemble NYRB Classics in featuring
new introductions by writers, scholars, and artists that will frame the
republished or newly translated text.
I am in conversations with the estates of writers I admire and am reaching out to
others. I can’t send out contracts yet, but I hope to republish work by leatherman
Geoff Mains, the visionary lesbian poet Judy Grahn, Black pastor and queer
liberationist B…

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Homodoxy @homodoxy.com · 31/08/2025

the new website looks sooooooo good homodoxy.com/the-vibe/

screenshot of a white screen with black text:
"the vibe
"What makes a Homodoxy book."
Then, between two ornamental black squiggles that kind of resemble sunglasses: "Red this before submitting or pitching your manuscript."

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Homodoxy @homodoxy.com · 20/08/2025

August's rearview is up—half essay in progress, half invitation to prepare your manuscripts for meeee open.substack.com/pub/homorear...

"I"m Putting You on Notice" : prepare your proposals, girl

"Truly, truly, I tell you, unless a kernel of wheat falls to the ground and dies, it remains only a seed. But if it dies, it bears much fruit."

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Homodoxy @homodoxy.com · 07/07/2025

When Edmund White met Tim Dlugos : "On July 27, 1976, White wrote to David Kalstone, the critic, about the occasion. He reports that he was introduced to 'a cute 25-year-old poet named Tim Dlugo or something...'"

"White met Tim a few years earlier. On July 27, 1976, White wrote to David Kalstone, the critic, about the occasion. He reports that he was introduced to 'a cute 25-year-old poet named Tim Dlugo or something""

Samuel Ernest
Edmund White's Christian Brothers
HOMOREARVIEW.SUBSTACK.COM

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Homodoxy @homodoxy.com · 17/05/2025

enjoy this absurd paragraph full thing here: substack.com/home/post/p-... -sam

I’ve been thinking, if this essay ever gets picked up, that I will tattoo “slow to anger” and “most loving” on my tits. Or is that too on the nose? Another English expert of eros, drag queen Bimini Bon-Boulash, says, “The nipples are the eyes of the face.”

Samuel Ernest
Fullness

audacity.substack.com

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Homodoxy @homodoxy.com · 15/05/2025

I'll tell you mine if you tell me yours 👀 homorearview.substack.com/p/effeminaming

"Queers carry around collections of resonant words, or I suspect many of us do. Like pebbles in a pouch." Samuel Ernest, Effeminaming
homorearview.substack.com

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Homodoxy @homodoxy.com · 27/04/2025

so happy to get the new @andchangepoetry.bsky.social in the mail, featuring two new poems by me! sharing one here <3, sam

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Homodoxy @homodoxy.com · 23/04/2025

Fundamentalist Christian readings flatten and dull bodies—human and textual. Aurora Mattia's mystically inflected, lush, and sensuous language brings bodies to life. homorearview.substack.com/p/effeminaming

The fundamentalist’s reduction of the Bible to surface prooftexts is of a piece with the transphobic Christian’s reduction of the human body to two genders dependent on two discreet kinds of sexual organs. Both are misreadings that further dull the senses.

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Homodoxy @homodoxy.com · 17/03/2025

A couple passages from Mohammed El-Kurd’s ‘Perfect Victims and the Politics of Appeal.” In this he addresses the question he is often asked when speaking, “Do you want to throw Israelis into the sea?”

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Homodoxy @homodoxy.com · 15/03/2025

My copies just came: Christ in the Rubble: Faith, the Bible, and the Genocide in Gaza by Munther Isaac. Foreword by Willie Jennings. www.eerdmans.com/978080288554...