a queer chaplain
✨ Holding space. Sharing stories. Sparkling the sacred. ✨
Hosted by Bonnie Violet Quintana — a trans femme genderqueer spiritual drag artist and digital chaplain — A Queer Chaplain podcast is where healing meets glitter, spirituality meets skepticism, and the sacred is reclaimed, one story at a time.
This podcast is a soft landing for the tender, the curious, the ex-religious, the spiritual-ish, the seekers, the creators, the joyful, the recovering, and the beautifully complicated. Each episode weaves together interviews, reflections, and spiritual drag — pulling threads from across Bonnie Violet’s work as a community organizer, podcaster, and chaplain.
Whether we’re talking about gender blessings, queer grief, trans joy, drag as ministry, or the awkward holiness of just being human — this is a space for honest conversation, healing possibilities, and connection that doesn’t require belief — just curiosity.
Expect episodes that dip into:
- ✨ Stories from LGBTQ2SIA+ folks healing from and reimagining spiritual life
- 🎭 Sacred drag performances and reflections
- 🧘♀️ Queer recovery, rituals, and rites of passage
- 🎤 Highlights from Bonnie’s many projects like Trans Joy Boise, Drag & Spirituality, Cut & Uncut, and more
- 💒 Spiritual services — from weddings to memorials to drag blessings — and the radical ways we honor each other
This is your digital sanctuary — with rhinestones
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“She’s not here to fix or convert — just to accompany, witness, and help people feel more connected and more themselves.”
🎧 Tune in wherever you get your podcasts.
👀 Watch on YouTube at @aqueerchaplain on all socials.
💌 Join the sparkle at aqueerchaplain.org
a queer chaplain
Drag Sanctuary - Welcome & Intro by Rev Sara LaWall with Sermon by B0NNi33 Vi0L3T
a multi-faith "drag sanctuary" - praise and worship service in collaboration with @aqueerchaplain & @boiseuufellowship
August 20th, 2023
at 10am located at 6200 N Garrett St Boise, ID 83714
FULL SERVICE
• "Drag Sanctuary" - Drag Queens Sermon
• "Drag Sanctuary" - Drag Queens & DragKing Lead Church
Sermon
Bonnie Violet is a trans femme genderqueer spiritual drag artist and digital chaplain. YouTuber & Host of a queer chaplain podcast with such series as @dragandspirituality, @transpirit & Faith Leaders. Co-host of @splinteredgrace with her conservative christian aunt & At the CCC recovery podcast (@castrocountryclub) Creator & Founder of Allies Linked for the Prevention of HIV & AIDS (a.l.p.ha.) & the annual @dragandspirituality
Celebrant/Minister
The Rev. Sara LaWall became our minister in August, 2015. completed her Masters of Divinity at Meadville-Lombard Theological School and was ordained in 2014 at the Neighborhood Unitarian Universalist Church in Pasadena, Cal., where she served as Director of Religious Education.
Praise & Worship
Cali Je is an Episcopalian and a drag artist from Pocatello, ID. She has worked most recently as an advocate for queer people across the state. She grew up Baptist, but was received into the Anglican tradition as a young adult.
Testimony
“As a drag artist I not only found a passion but a permanent part of life. This art form saved me, Frank opened up a part of me I kept hidden. And Frank isn’t just a character I portray, he as much me as I am him. I celebrate my non-binary pride, all and none of my gender-fluidity.” - Frank Siracha
Lipsync Performance
She’s the ethereal being hailing from her woodland realm to bring us a taste of her art. Virgo Moon brings an intense energy with her performances and is very excited to share her vibrations with us today. Virgo follows a lot of Buddhist teachings and uses the lessons of his holiness the Dali llama in her day to day life 💘
#dragqueen #dragsermon #dragchurch #unitarianuniversalist
BIG Thank you to my Patreon members who contribute on a monthly basis to support the work of this podcast and the overall work of a queer chaplain.
To learn more about how to contribute go to patreon.com/bonnieviolet and start you monthly donation today.
For One Time contribution you can contribute via Splintered Grace
Bonnie Violet & Tina Frank
Tina, is a conservative christian woman and Bonnie Violet, a trans gender queer drag queen. While many family members are choosing to no longer speak, we have chosen to sit at the table and engage in difficult conversation to find peace and restoration.
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