Trans theologian and connoisseur of fine heavy music Co-Editor of Trans Life and the Catholic Church Today (T&T Clark, 2024) Read my stuff: https://linktr.ee/nicoleteburbach Can't access my DMs. Opinions are my ownhttps://bsky.app/profile/nicoleteburbach.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/nicoleteburbach.bsky.social/post/3mlt6plubqc2vCorrection: Courage claims that it "does not engage in reparative therapy". This is not necessarily untrue - its handbook merely endorses it and encourages the people who lead chapters to undertake it. [contains quote post or other embedded content]14 May 2026 15:58 +0000at://did:plc:3oc6o2lroga2mqargexft2un/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlt6plubqc2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/nicoleteburbach.bsky.social/post/3mlt5aq2d3s2aR.e. the Courage response to the Group 9 Report: Courage claim they don't endorse conversion therapy. This is a straightforward lie insofar as they *explicitly* endorse conversion therapy for trans ppl. See this extract below from their handbook, & the article it cites https://couragerc.org/2020-handbook-2/14 May 2026 15:32 +0000at://did:plc:3oc6o2lroga2mqargexft2un/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlt5aq2d3s2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/nicoleteburbach.bsky.social/post/3mlsqsm4tfs2cCredal Christianity can have a little death of God theology, as a treat [contains quote post or other embedded content]14 May 2026 11:49 +0000at://did:plc:3oc6o2lroga2mqargexft2un/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlsqsm4tfs2chttps://bsky.app/profile/nicoleteburbach.bsky.social/post/3mlsjfkwgc22x"The moral ascent of the past decades, born from the hard lessons of modernity’s many crucifixions, curves back towards the grave... it is hard to envision the Ascension as ascension. Easier by far to picture it as a disappearance" https://www.newwaysministry.org/2026/05/14/a-gospel-of-air/14 May 2026 09:37 +0000at://did:plc:3oc6o2lroga2mqargexft2un/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlsjfkwgc22xhttps://bsky.app/profile/nicoleteburbach.bsky.social/post/3mlqtfnljgk2q"may help" you mean there is no way to misgender people that isn't disgustingly offensive but you're gonna make yourself feel better by telling a little story about how it might not be [contains quote post or other embedded content]13 May 2026 17:30 +0000at://did:plc:3oc6o2lroga2mqargexft2un/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlqtfnljgk2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/nicoleteburbach.bsky.social/post/3mlnhir5br222There's still time to register for our talk on Traditionalism with Mark Sedgwick. Discover the esoteric philosophy that's been in the background of a shockingly large amount of far right movements, from Evola to Steve Bannon and Aleksandr Dugin! https://londonjesuitcentre.churchsuite.com/events/d0ubsm0p12 May 2026 09:19 +0000at://did:plc:3oc6o2lroga2mqargexft2un/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlnhir5br222https://bsky.app/profile/nicoleteburbach.bsky.social/post/3mllzaaylwk2xOne difficulty with this sort of approach is when religion contains a rationale for accessibility (like Christianity - option for the poor etc). This creates a (not unreasonable) expectation that the tradition ought to be fully graspable by people as they are... [contains quote post or other embedded content]11 May 2026 19:31 +0000at://did:plc:3oc6o2lroga2mqargexft2un/app.bsky.feed.post/3mllzaaylwk2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/nicoleteburbach.bsky.social/post/3mlkw4oytb22yGenuinely think a major problem in these conversations is that people practicing conversion therapy don't know they're doing it because they don't see themselves as therapists or trying to make people straight, and think that's all there is to it [contains quote post or other embedded content]11 May 2026 09:03 +0000at://did:plc:3oc6o2lroga2mqargexft2un/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlkw4oytb22yhttps://bsky.app/profile/nicoleteburbach.bsky.social/post/3mlkvvkyjss2y"It's not conversion therapy" [proceeds to give a manifesto for faith-based SOGICE] https://www.ncregister.com/news/pentin-synod-study-group-911 May 2026 08:59 +0000at://did:plc:3oc6o2lroga2mqargexft2un/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlkvvkyjss2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/nicoleteburbach.bsky.social/post/3mljs5bkg2c2rWake up babe, new transcendental just dropped [contains quote post or other embedded content]10 May 2026 22:19 +0000at://did:plc:3oc6o2lroga2mqargexft2un/app.bsky.feed.post/3mljs5bkg2c2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/nicoleteburbach.bsky.social/post/3mle66ihyr22eOur dearly beloved cat is missing! If this somehow reaches anyone in the E11 area, please keep an eye out for her!08 May 2026 16:39 +0000at://did:plc:3oc6o2lroga2mqargexft2un/app.bsky.feed.post/3mle66ihyr22ehttps://bsky.app/profile/nicoleteburbach.bsky.social/post/3mldeqqppuk2kWhen it's more than just a bit of a mare [contains quote post or other embedded content]08 May 2026 09:03 +0000at://did:plc:3oc6o2lroga2mqargexft2un/app.bsky.feed.post/3mldeqqppuk2khttps://bsky.app/profile/nicoleteburbach.bsky.social/post/3mlawped64s2xEver wondered wtf is up with this guy? Come find out! https://londonjesuitcentre.churchsuite.com/events/d0ubsm0p [contains quote post or other embedded content]07 May 2026 09:47 +0000at://did:plc:3oc6o2lroga2mqargexft2un/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlawped64s2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/nicoleteburbach.bsky.social/post/3ml6fcqba2s25This is genuinely shocking, and a horrible illustration of how all European politics of hate tend towards antisemitism in the end [contains quote post or other embedded content]06 May 2026 09:30 +0000at://did:plc:3oc6o2lroga2mqargexft2un/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml6fcqba2s25https://bsky.app/profile/nicoleteburbach.bsky.social/post/3ml4mgvvpos2iTruly great writing going on at LGB Christians* *transphobic org fronting as a gay Christian group, whose page I'm not going to share but you can google them if you really want05 May 2026 16:33 +0000at://did:plc:3oc6o2lroga2mqargexft2un/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml4mgvvpos2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/nicoleteburbach.bsky.social/post/3ml4ftbrrfc2rThe final doc for Study Group 9 (controversial doctrinal, pastoral & ethical issues) from the recent Synod is out! If youre interested in seeing where the Church is going on things like queerness, while not a policy doc this expresses something of the energies present https://www.synod.va/content/dam/synod/process/implementation/10workinggroups/final-reports/sg9/SG-9_Final-Report.pdf05 May 2026 14:34 +0000at://did:plc:3oc6o2lroga2mqargexft2un/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml4ftbrrfc2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/nicoleteburbach.bsky.social/post/3ml3znfxdcc2vThese events are genuinely fantastic - a chance to hear from some really insightful speakers, but also to meet interesting people and have free-flowing discussion from a range of perspectives. [contains quote post or other embedded content]05 May 2026 10:56 +0000at://did:plc:3oc6o2lroga2mqargexft2un/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml3znfxdcc2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/nicoleteburbach.bsky.social/post/3ml3z4kam7k2vStudy day on Catholic Social Thought and the digital age - 16th June, 11.00-16.00 Register free here https://ccstp.org.uk/articles/2026/5/5/being-human-in-a-digital-age-study-day05 May 2026 10:47 +0000at://did:plc:3oc6o2lroga2mqargexft2un/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml3z4kam7k2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/nicoleteburbach.bsky.social/post/3ml24owgs222nNow up on Spotify! Featuring psychoanalysis, tiny fascists, and a whole lotta alchemy. https://open.spotify.com/episode/4JL8bZwbNIToeQOVISiPSp?si=TGmqcuv0RwC-xSb84op6EA [contains quote post or other embedded content]04 May 2026 16:45 +0000at://did:plc:3oc6o2lroga2mqargexft2un/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml24owgs222nhttps://bsky.app/profile/nicoleteburbach.bsky.social/post/3mkzrd2byo22gWell I've certainly learned something about Specsavers [contains quote post or other embedded content]04 May 2026 13:22 +0000at://did:plc:3oc6o2lroga2mqargexft2un/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkzrd2byo22ghttps://bsky.app/profile/nicoleteburbach.bsky.social/post/3mkuijm7fx22jThe latest episode of SPACE ARCHIVE is live! We do an alchemical reading of Michael Swanwick's absolutely crazy science-fantasy allegory, 'The Iron Dragon's Daughter' (1993). This is honestly one of the weirdest, most interesting fantasy novels I've ever read. https://www.buzzsprout.com/2569818/episodes/1911258502 May 2026 11:01 +0000at://did:plc:3oc6o2lroga2mqargexft2un/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkuijm7fx22jhttps://bsky.app/profile/nicoleteburbach.bsky.social/post/3mktgymxwnk2e"if you cut the tabs off the cerastus legs you can pose the however you like but it will be 10x as difficult to build" Me at 11pm (three hours ago): "this will be fine"02 May 2026 01:01 +0000at://did:plc:3oc6o2lroga2mqargexft2un/app.bsky.feed.post/3mktgymxwnk2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/nicoleteburbach.bsky.social/post/3mkn7qjpefc2sThis should rightly be considered a scandal - just institutional capture, animus, seeming partiality, and even potentially *knowing deception* all the way through. [contains quote post or other embedded content]29 Apr 2026 13:35 +0000at://did:plc:3oc6o2lroga2mqargexft2un/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkn7qjpefc2s