Soulforce’s main goal is to “turn this world upside down and inside out in the name of justice and equity for folks across all marginalized racial, sexual, and gender identities” and because of this the movement fits into Claire Sisco King’s Queer Feminist critiques. King analyzes Norman Rockwell’s works in a way that provides an understanding of “gender identity and potentially oppressive gender norms”. Soulforce sees these oppressive forces at work in Christianity and is trying to change the way Christians view those who identify as LGBTQ. Conservative Christians view LGBTQ people as being bad or sinful and so one of this movement’s main focuses is changing this belief. King analyzes Rockwell’s work “Girl at Mirror” as a piece that provides a commentary on gender as a social construct and that femininity in particular is subjugated to social expectations. Soulforce’s movement addresses these ideas that Rockwell’s work espoused to their Christian audience and hopes to change their conservative opinions on the idea of gender and sexuality.
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