Indeed. I relate to this so much as a gay member of a large Irish-American Catholic extended family whose parents converted to to Baptist after I completed first grade at the same Catholic school my dad attended.

Whooo! What a bunch of labels in there, huh?

People sometimes ask me why I write about Catholic issues since I was only briefly a Catholic. Or, why do I write about Evangelical Christian issues given I realized I was an atheist when I was 16.

People rarely ask me why I write about queer issues given I currently identity as queer and gay, but I do so for the same reasons.

My family are Catholic. Until recently, my favorite cousin worked as a social worker in the same Catholic school system I attended for first grade. I've enjoyed midnight Christmas mass with her. She quit her job over rising queer oppression at her school. How do I not identify with all that?

The Baptist church I attended as a teenager was a critical part of my life. I met my first boyfriend in church. I lost my first boyfriend for church reasons. My pastor tried to convince me to go to a conversion therapy camp, which he offered to pay for personally out of "love."

How do I not identify with all that?

No, I'm not a Catholic. No, I'm not a Baptist. But Baptist and Catholic will always be part of who I am, just like gay and queer will always be part of who I am.