Queer Art in Churches
From JOY Drive with Warren
A queer arts venue in a deconsecrated Sydney church lasted barely a day before protests, complaints and a landlord intervention put its future in doubt. But the collision between queer performance and religious spaces is far from new. Dr Charlotte Farrell explores why queer artists have long borrowed from and challenged religious imagery, why churches have often become homes for radical performance, and what the controversy reveals about censorship, cultural space, and who gets to decide where q