honestly. i think reading memoirs of queer people leaving highly restrictive religions (or shifting to a less restrictive form) is helping me so much

(also fair warning, Israel is mentioned many times in this book (Sara Glass has family who live there, this book was written before oct. 7th and published after). there is an introduction/note from the author that makes it very clear that she wholeheartedly disapproves of the Palestinian genocide. ultimately i am not Palestinian so it is not my place to say whether that introduction is sufficient or not, but if you’d rather avoid this book for at least the time being because of that that is completely okay.)