Del Medio Pa’ Fuera: Liminality, Identity, and Liberation

The emergence of queer Latinx Faith-based voices in culture, art, and politics raises important questions about how a person can synthesize conflicting identities within oneself and harness the energy from this process to engage in liberatory action. This presentation explores the concept of liminality, which is present at the intersection of queerness, Latinidad, and faith, and how such a space can be the source of hope-filled decolonial liberatory activism. The first part will offer an overview of the intersection, the second part will explore a deep analysis of the dynamics of the liminal space, and the third part will investigate how this process aids liberation. The overall goal of this presentation is to craft an understanding of the internal, spiritual dynamics of queer Latinx Christians to better understand how they have synthesized various apparently conflicting fragments of their identity and harness this power to create a better world.