In this episode of Our Gay Stories, Chris and I discuss reparative therapy, wearing your heart on your sleeve, and how relationships to our queer community (in particular those of other gay men) are fiercely important.

Who is Christopher Butler?

Christopher Butler (born 1967) is an author and artist from Liverpool, U.K. He received his first professional commission at the age of seventeen when Space Voyager magazine hired him to illustrate three interviews with cast members from the cult science fiction series Doctor Who.

In 2002, Christopher gave up a full time employment to go freelance as an artist. He initially acted as assistant to decorative artist Tony Raymond, working on several large scale projects in houses and stately homes across the UK and Ireland. He discovered digital media in 2003.

Christopher first encountered the Tarot at the age of thirteen through watching a James Bond movie. His fascination for the cards has stayed with him for over thirty years, inspiring him to create several decks of his own. His first published tarot deck was the Quantum Tarot, illustrated for author Kay Stopforth (Kunati Books 2008). Lo Scarabeo published a new version of this deck, Quantum Tarot 2.0 in 2010. They have also published his Healing Light Tarot (2017) and the Healing Light Lenormand (2019).

For Schiffer Books, Christopher has authored/illustrated The Son Tarot: Mysticism, Meditation and Divination for Gay Men, published in 2012. Schiffer also published his Lenormand Cartomancy deck and book set in December 2013. Christopher holds a Bachelor of Divinity degree from Heythrop College, University of London. He is also the recipient of a Kindred Spirit Award, being voted “Favorite Artist for 2013” by readers of Kindred Spirit Magazine.

For more information, visit Christopher’s art web site at christopherbutler.crevado.com

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