Clare Balding Is it possible to believe in God and be gay? How does it feel to be excluded from a religious community because of your sexuality? Why do some people still believe being LGBT is a sin? The Book of Queer Prophets contains modern-day epistles from some of our most important thinkers, writers and activists: Jeanette Winterson tackles religious dogma, Amrou Al-Kadhi writes about trying to make it as a Muslim drag queen in London, John Bell writes about his decision to come out later in life, Tamsin Omond remembers getting married in the middle of a protest and Kate Bottley explains her journey to becoming an LGBT ally. Essays from: Jeanette Winterson, Phyll Opoku-Gyimah, Amrou Al-Kadhi, Pádraig Ó Tuama, Garrard Conley, Juno Dawson, Rev. Winnie Varghese, Keith Jarrett, Jay Hulme, Lucy Knight, Tamsin Omond, Erin Clark, Michael Segalov, Jarel Robinson-Brown, John L. Bell, Mpho Tutu van Furth, Karl Rutlidge, Garry Rutter, Rev Rachel Mann, Jack Guiness, Dustin Lance Black, Ric Stott. Afterword: Kate Bottley • STONEWALL: Published in partnership with Stonewall, Europe's largest LGBT rights organisation. Stonewall will be publicising the anthology through their social networks. • SOCIAL MEDIA: Contributors to the book have a combined social media following of over 500k. Stonewall (194k), Ruth Hunt (24k), Kate Bottley (106k), Dustin Lance-Black (97k), Phyll Opoku-Gyimah (16k), Amrou al-Kadhi (8k). • COMPS: It's Not About the Burqa by Mariam Khan, The Good Immigrant by Nikesh Shukla, Undivided by Vicky Beeching, This Book is Gay by Juno Dawson, Oranges are Not the Only Fruit by Jeanette Winterson and Queer Intentions by Amelia Abraham. • LAMBETH 2020: The anthology will be published to coincide with Lambeth 2020, the most important gathering of the Anglican church in the world. The Church of England has already received criticism for its exclusion of same-sex spouses at the event. The inclusion of an essay written by Desmond Tutu's daughter, Mpho Tutu, highlights the church's failure to include LGBT people. Competition: Undivided;Why I'm No Longer Talking to White People About Race;Between the Stops;Saying Yes to Life;Mama's Boy;Oranges are Not the Only Fruit;Girl,Woman,Other;It's Not About the Burqa;. Vicky Beeching;Juno Dawson;Reni Eddo-Lodge; Layla Saad;Sandi Toksvig;Richard Coles;Bernadine Evaristo;
