Eltab
Lord of the Hidden Layer
An LGBT Cleric of Lleira.
Normally, Lleira is seen as the goddess of illusions and lies - and here come the pitchforks and torches my way - but consider this:
Lleira knows her fundamental self. She covers herself in many layers of illusions, masks, social fictions, false identities, &c. Yet she can always get back to her core. An LGBT may be thought of as a person who is having a longer harder search to find their own fundamental self; the usual answers do not fit or feel shallow; unsatisfying. An LGBT can ask Lleira for insight and guidance to discern the fictions &c for what they truly are - who would know better? - and direction toward their own fundamental core.
Such a cleric might use this IRL example from geology:
Understanding the rock layers at the Grand Canyon is simple and straightforward. They are flat, brilliantly colored, and the river gorge exposes them to view. There are few plants to get in the way of seeing. Working out the geologic history of this region is EASY.
Understanding the rock layers of central New York State is harder. The original sedimentary rock was disrupted by volcanic intrusions. That igneous rock metamorphosed the rock around it (like a capsule). Then the whole thing was crumpled, bent, and folded by mountain-building. Erosion has exposed only some of the rock. Vegetation grows all over the place. A stream might cut down through rock layers or it might cut "sideways" because of the orientation of the rock. Working out the geologic history of this area is HARD.
For most people, figuring out their fundamental self and living true to it is like describing the rocks of the Grand Canyon. For LGBT, it is more like NY State. There are so many twists and turns and false starts to sort through. This is where Lleira comes in: she has experience with all that.
This has the added benefit that a traditional cleric of Lleira may not see it that way at all - but has he been deceived by one of The Lady's illusions? Who can know for sure; how would you be able to tell?
Normally, Lleira is seen as the goddess of illusions and lies - and here come the pitchforks and torches my way - but consider this:
Lleira knows her fundamental self. She covers herself in many layers of illusions, masks, social fictions, false identities, &c. Yet she can always get back to her core. An LGBT may be thought of as a person who is having a longer harder search to find their own fundamental self; the usual answers do not fit or feel shallow; unsatisfying. An LGBT can ask Lleira for insight and guidance to discern the fictions &c for what they truly are - who would know better? - and direction toward their own fundamental core.
Such a cleric might use this IRL example from geology:
Understanding the rock layers at the Grand Canyon is simple and straightforward. They are flat, brilliantly colored, and the river gorge exposes them to view. There are few plants to get in the way of seeing. Working out the geologic history of this region is EASY.
Understanding the rock layers of central New York State is harder. The original sedimentary rock was disrupted by volcanic intrusions. That igneous rock metamorphosed the rock around it (like a capsule). Then the whole thing was crumpled, bent, and folded by mountain-building. Erosion has exposed only some of the rock. Vegetation grows all over the place. A stream might cut down through rock layers or it might cut "sideways" because of the orientation of the rock. Working out the geologic history of this area is HARD.
For most people, figuring out their fundamental self and living true to it is like describing the rocks of the Grand Canyon. For LGBT, it is more like NY State. There are so many twists and turns and false starts to sort through. This is where Lleira comes in: she has experience with all that.
This has the added benefit that a traditional cleric of Lleira may not see it that way at all - but has he been deceived by one of The Lady's illusions? Who can know for sure; how would you be able to tell?
