Articles — The Revealer

Feature

Tainted Love: Reckoning with the Damage of Purity Culture

November 11, 2022Ellie Broughton

Could conservative Christian teachings about sex cause physiological and psychological problems that last into adulthood?

Feature

Sex Workers and Spirituality in the Catholic Church

February 3, 2022Travis LaCouter

Sex workers, from prostitutes to OnlyFans stars, have much to offer the Catholic Church if the Church would welcome...

Podcast

The Revealer Podcast Episode 17: Sex Education and Religion in Public Schools

September 9, 2021Editorial Staff

A discussion about the role religion has played in shaping sex education in America

Excerpt

Teaching America's Adolescents about Sex

September 9, 2021Kristy Slominski

A book excerpt from Teaching Moral Sex: A History of Religion and Sex Education in the United States

Feature

Post-Purity Culture: The New Online Frontier of Evangelical Sexual Ethics

July 22, 2021Erika Veurink

Both evangelicals and ex-evangelicals are turning to TikTok and other social media platforms to spread their messages about sex

Feature

AIDS and the Blessings of Staying: The Ministry of Reverend Jim Mitulski

June 3, 2021Lynne Gerber

How the minister of a predominantly gay congregation responded to the AIDS epidemic

Podcast

The Revealer Podcast Episode 11: Mormons and Changing Ideas about Gender and Sexuality

March 9, 2021Editorial Staff

A discussion about issues of gender and the place of LGBTQ people in today’s Mormon communities

Review

Just The Right Amount of Sugar

March 9, 2021Sharrona Pearl

A review of the documentary Making Sweet Tea and its portrayal of Black gay men in the South and...

Feature

Pastor Mary Cosby, Arranged Pentecostal Marriages, and the Real Housewives of Salt Lake City

February 4, 2021Ambre Dromgoole

The prevalence of arranged marriages in Black Pentecostal communities

Perspective

The Lineage Holders: Gender, Blurred Boundaries, and Buddhism

February 4, 2021Sarah Herrington

When her Buddhist teacher pursued her romantically, she fell in love and overlooked the fraught power dynamics until it...

Review

Mucho Mucho Amor, Mucho Mucho Religion

October 6, 2020J. Barton Scott

A review of Netflix's documentary about Walter Mercado, an eccentric Puerto Rican celebrity astrologer

Conversation

Secular Sex and Social Justice

October 6, 2020Kali Handelman, Janet Jakobsen

Kali Handelman interviews Janet Jakobsen about her book The Sex Obsession and what it can teach us about today's...

Photo Essay

Queer Nuns and Digital Dragtivism in the Age of COVID-19

September 3, 2020Lauren Pond

The Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence are spreading joy and pushing boundaries during the pandemic

Review

Ramy Season Two: Let’s Talk about Sex, Habibi

July 14, 2020Mehammed Amadeus Mack

A review of the show's portrayal of American Muslims and queer identities

Podcast

The Revealer Podcast Episode 3: The AIDS Epidemic, Queer Identity, & Catholicism

June 3, 2020Editorial Staff

What can the history of the AIDS epidemic teach us about today?

Perspective

AIDS and the Hidden Catholic Church

June 3, 2020Michael J. O’Loughlin

Catholic leaders responded to the AIDS epidemic in complex ways

Conversation

Dying to Be Normal: Gay Martyrs and the Transformation of American Sexual Politics

August 9, 2019Brett Krutzsch, Kali Handelman

Revealer Editor, Kali Handelman, interviews Brett Krutzsch about his new book Dying to Be Normal: Gay Martyrs and the...

Review

Rituals of Transformation in Jill Soloway’s "Transparent"

January 25, 2016Geoffrey Pollick

Geoffrey Pollick analyzes the use of ritual in Jill Soloway's television show "Transparent."

Sudans

January 12, 2011

Abby Ohlheiser: In the collective gasp that followed the shooting in Tucson on Saturday, the story of the ongoing...

Tainted Love: Reckoning with the Damage of Purity Culture

Sex Workers and Spirituality in the Catholic Church

The Revealer Podcast Episode 17: Sex Education and Religion in Public Schools

Teaching America's Adolescents about Sex

Post-Purity Culture: The New Online Frontier of Evangelical Sexual Ethics

AIDS and the Blessings of Staying: The Ministry of Reverend Jim Mitulski

The Revealer Podcast Episode 11: Mormons and Changing Ideas about Gender and Sexuality

Just The Right Amount of Sugar

Pastor Mary Cosby, Arranged Pentecostal Marriages, and the Real Housewives of Salt Lake City

The Lineage Holders: Gender, Blurred Boundaries, and Buddhism

Mucho Mucho Amor, Mucho Mucho Religion

Secular Sex and Social Justice

Queer Nuns and Digital Dragtivism in the Age of COVID-19

Ramy Season Two: Let’s Talk about Sex, Habibi

The Revealer Podcast Episode 3: The AIDS Epidemic, Queer Identity, & Catholicism

AIDS and the Hidden Catholic Church

Dying to Be Normal: Gay Martyrs and the Transformation of American Sexual Politics

Rituals of Transformation in Jill Soloway’s "Transparent"

Sudans

discover more

Explore 21 years and 4,051 articles of

The Revealer

discover more