Table of Contents
Foreword Kathleen Wynne xiii
Prologue: Bernice and the Biblical Two-Step 1
Part I Surviving and Becoming
1 Queer Evangelism and a Little Girl 7
2 The Revolution 19
3 Teenage Trotskyist 25
4 Getting Kicked on Route 66 29
5 Que(e)rying Parenthood 37
6 Casino Capitalism 41
7 An Atheist Goes to Church 47
8 Survivor 53
Part II Life after Death
9 Some of the Women I've Loved 59
10 Rural Life 71
11 Bright Lights, Big City 77
12 You Only Think You Want a Revolution 87
13 The Beast's Belly 95
14 Wage Against the Machine 105
15 Sheroes 115
16 When Church and State Reply 123
Part III The Traces Not Left Behind
17 The Letter Always Arrives 135
18 How to Get Laws Passed with Little. Power 139
19 Speaking Out for PTSD and First Responders 149
20 Girls and Women 155
21 All Creatures Great and Small 163
22 Political Chaplaincy 169
23 The Radical Reverend 173
24 Queer Critic 179
25 In Recovery 185
26 Forever the Young Radical 195
Epilogue: Just Do the Impossible 207
Appendix: A Statement from the Honourable Tracy MacCharles regarding the Reverend Doctor Cheri DiNovo 211