Everyone has intersecting identities. For my research I studied primarily the intersectionalities of queer and/or trans* identity and religious identity. I studied how a person’s place of worship and their congregants shapes a persons queer and/or trans* identity and self expression. I interviewed ten participants that identified as queer and/or trans* and self identified as a congregant (past or present) in a place of worship (i.e. church, cathedral, synagog, etc.). I found that from the ten participants there were three main themes: stunted self expression, hiding parts of your identity, and integration of identities. Most of the participants experienced negative messages from their place of worship and their congregations which in turn impacted their expression of self. Some participants also touched on the difficulty of being a person of color while being queer and/or trans* and religious. Many of the participants that were people of color experienced stronger ties to their place of worship and their congregants as well as experienced more non-affirming messages about being queer and/or trans*. My hope is that with this research we can better understand how a persons congregation and a persons place of worship can harm or uplift queer and/or trans* identities and their self expression. This may also better help us to reach out to and uplift queer and trans* identities within places of worship.