Bending gender to more fully loving animals: #FaithfullyLGBT #animalrights #amreading #StFrancis

One of the unforeseen benefits of becoming vegan is a deeper connection to the animals. When I went vegan, the animals began coming into my mind and speaking to me. That's how I wrote CINNAMON, a dairy cow's (and her farmer's) path to freedom (Adelaide Books -- New York and Lisbon).

Just the other day, I read with great interest in QSpirit that St. Francis was queer. I have long been interested in St. Francis of Assisi, who is strongly associated with animals, and this new information put everything in perspective. Suddenly, I knew why I was drawn to St. Francis. Perhaps he helped me on my journey to becoming vegan.

I've included this most interesting quote from the article in QSpirit:

Francis is one of several medieval religious leaders who wrote about Jesus as mother. He also applied the term “mother” to Moses, Peter, Paul, prelates in general, and himself. Other queer medieval saints who used the genderbending metaphor of mother for Jesus include Julian of Norwich, Aelred of Rievaulx, Bernard of Clairvaux and Anslem of Canterbury. The idea of Mother Jesus began to be replaced by devotion to Mary in the late Middle Ages.

Here is the link to the entire article: https://qspirit.net/francis-assisi-queer/

Special thanks to Kittredge Cherry, the publisher of QSpirit, who works tirelessly to bring us the important information that we otherwise wouldn't know about.

CINNAMON, my most recent novel, is available on amazon.com: Cinnamon: A dairy cow’s (and her farmer’s) path to freedom: Mason, Janet: 9781958419786: Amazon.com: Books

CINNAMON is also available through your local bookstore and library

(just ask them to order it if they don’t have it).

For more information on my novel THEY, a biblical tale of secret genders published by Adelaide Books click here.

To learn more about The Unicorn, The Mystery, click here:

The Unicorn, The Mystery now available from Adelaide Books — #amreading #FaithfullyLGBT

For more information on my novel Loving Artemis, an endearing tale of revolution, love, and marriage, click here.

You can get copies of Tea Leaves, a memoir of mothers and daughters at your local library, your local bookstore or wherever books are sold online.

 To order your copy, click here: Tea Leaves: Mason, Janet: 9781594932786: Amazon.com: Books