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I Know Who My God Is explores the role of faith within the LGBTQ+ community, delving into how belief, spirituality, and identity intersect in deeply personal and often complicated ways. For centuries, mainstream religious institutions have positioned themselves in opposition to LGBTQ+ lives, shaping a narrative of exclusion, judgment, and silence. To say that the treatment of LGBTQ+ individuals by many orthodox traditions has been “unkind” is to understate the pain, rejection, and loss countless people have endured in the name of faith.
Yet, faith is not a monolith. For every story of exclusion, there are also stories of resilience, reclamation, and redefinition. For many queer people, the journey has been less about choosing between identity and belief, and more about forging a path where both coexist—where God, or the divine, can be experienced on one’s own terms.
This project seeks to give voice to those stories: of struggle and survival, of questioning and discovery, of love and belonging. It asks: What does faith mean to someone who has been told they don’t belong? How do you reconcile the God you were taught with the God you come to know for yourself? And, ultimately, it asserts that faith is not about who others say you are—it’s about knowing who you are and who your God is.
- Runtime28 minutes
- LanguageEnglish
- CountryUnited States
- DirectorSmita Adhikary
I Know Who My God Is explores the role of faith within the LGBTQ+ community, delving into how belief, spirituality, and identity intersect in deeply personal and often complicated ways. For centuries, mainstream religious institutions have positioned themselves in opposition to LGBTQ+ lives, shaping a narrative of exclusion, judgment, and silence. To say that the treatment of LGBTQ+ individuals by many orthodox traditions has been “unkind” is to understate the pain, rejection, and loss countless people have endured in the name of faith.
Yet, faith is not a monolith. For every story of exclusion, there are also stories of resilience, reclamation, and redefinition. For many queer people, the journey has been less about choosing between identity and belief, and more about forging a path where both coexist—where God, or the divine, can be experienced on one’s own terms.
This project seeks to give voice to those stories: of struggle and survival, of questioning and discovery, of love and belonging. It asks: What does faith mean to someone who has been told they don’t belong? How do you reconcile the God you were taught with the God you come to know for yourself? And, ultimately, it asserts that faith is not about who others say you are—it’s about knowing who you are and who your God is.
- Runtime28 minutes
- LanguageEnglish
- CountryUnited States
- DirectorSmita Adhikary