29 Facts About Peterson Toscano

Peterson Toscano has since shared his experiences internationally through various media outlets, especially plays.

In 2003, Peterson Toscano began to share the details of his own failed ex-gay odyssey, including the two years he endured at the Love in Action residential program in Memphis, Tennessee.

Peterson Toscano came out as a gay man in December 1998 and now presents his LGBTQ-affirming message through theatre and talks at universities, schools, conferences, churches, gay clubs, theaters and on-line through blogs and YouTube videos.

Peterson Toscano is especially known for highlighting gender non-conforming characters in the Bible.

Peterson Toscano first premiered Transfigurations in November 2007 and in March 2017 released the material as a film.

Moments before Peterson Toscano's film was scheduled to screen though, law enforcement agents raided the festival and shut it down.

Peterson Toscano tells the story in such a way that it is easy to imagine Joseph as a gay or possibly trans adolescent.

Peterson Toscano's work is referenced in The Bible and the Transgender Experience and Retreating Forward: A Spiritual Practice with Transgender Persons.

Peterson Toscano has written about the tension in his work that comes from being an artist, activist, and scholar.

Peterson Toscano has written about the influence Quakerism has had on his performance work.

In February 2003, Peterson Toscano premiered his one-man satire Time in the Homo No Mo Halfway House in Memphis, TN and from that time until he retired it in February 2008, he performed it and spoke about the potential dangers of conversion therapy at venues throughout North America, in Sweden, Denmark, the UK, Cameroon, and South Africa.

Peterson Toscano has presented at universities in North America including American University, Rice University, Haverford College, Colgate University, McGill University, University of British Columbia, Earlham College, University of Illinois, Bard College and James Madison University.

Peterson Toscano has been featured at many conferences including Society of Biblical Literature, Lambeth Conference, Gender Odyssey, Coalition of Essential Schools Conference, California Transgender Leadership Summit, True Colors Conference, Women's History Conference at Sarah Lawrence College, Lavender Language Conference, Friends General Conference, and International Conference on Language, Literature and Identity at University of Yaounde, Cameroon.

In June 2005 the Queer Action Coalition invited Peterson Toscano to join them for a series of protests outside the Love in Action facility in Memphis, Tennessee.

Peterson Toscano helped organize the Ex-Gay Survivor Conference held June 28 to July 1,2007, in Irvine, California.

Peterson Toscano shared some of his story in the local media and presented two of his plays.

Peterson Toscano helped organize an international conference held in Catalonia on May 30,2008, at the University of Barcelona.

In July 2008 Toscano presented his plays The Re-Education of George W Bush and Transfigurations-Transgressing Gender in the Bible in Malta where he spoke out about conversion therapy.

Peterson Toscano has served as an outspoken critic of the ex-gay movement in the UK.

In December 2008 Peterson Toscano traveled to South Africa and highlighted the potential dangers in receiving conversion therapy.

Peterson Toscano made his South African premiere on January7,2009 in Cape Town.

Peterson Toscano believes that gay community needs to do more to accept LGBT people of faith, and by doing so will help to lessen the popularity of conversion therapy groups.

Peterson Toscano has been featured in Yale Climate Connections, The Daily Collegian, and The Campus for various higher education performances.

Peterson Toscano has spoken at university sustainability events including the 2017 Southeastern EcoRep Conference and the New York Coalition for Sustainability in Higher Education.

Peterson Toscano is a volunteer lobbyist for Citizens' Climate Lobby and the co-leader of the Susquehanna Valley CCL Chapter.

Peterson Toscano was featured in the second season of the Be Real program on Logo TV, and has appeared on several TV and radio programs including the Tyra Banks Show, the Montel Williams Show, Faith Under Fire, PBS In the Life, PRI To the Point, Connecticut Public Radio Where We Live, BBC Radio Ulster Sunday Sequence, Radio Lab, and BBC World Service Reporting Religion.

Peterson Toscano appears in and is associate producer for the 2011 film This is What Love in Action Looks Like.

Peterson Toscano was the co-host of the podcast Queer and Queerer with Zack Ford, LGBTQ editor at Think Progress.

In 2014 Peterson Toscano premiered the Climate Stew podcast, which used comedy and storytelling to address climate change.