Posts Tagged ‘LGBT-Affirming Religious Voices’
Christians Vote For LGBTQI Justice
Yesterday, we launched a #ChristiansVote campaign to transform the narrative about Christian voters. Join us to proclaim loud and clear that we are Christians called to justice! ADD YOUR NAME: This Christian Votes for Justice About two years ago, I got a message on Facebook from my cousin in Tennessee. I had never talked with him…
Read MoreHonoring The Wisdom Of Our Bodies
As a young girl I grew up believing God had created humans perfectly in His image (Genesis 1:27). God made me with brown eyes, olive skin, small hands and feet, a soft heart and a quirky personality. I grew up believing that God saw me, his creation, as good. And therefore, so did I. I…
Read More10 Ways To Include LGBTQ People In Your Congregation
1. Hire LGBTQ leaders to serve in your congregation: 2. Host small groups conversations on LGBTQ inclusion: 3. Denomination-wide policy changes can lead the way: 4. Organize your congregation to show up at LGBTQ events: 5. A note to LGBTQ people—our presence makes a difference: 6. Believe Out Loud with inclusive language and church-wide statements: 7.…
Read MoreChanging Minds: A Young Seminarian Learning to Love
As a young seminarian in the late 1970’s, I enjoyed being a graduate student on the campus of a major university in the Midwest. The big library and vast intellectual community were a thrill, but the greatest joy was attending Sunday services at the university’s chapel, an elaborate modernist/Gothic building on the edge of campus.…
Read MoreNaomi Christine Leapheart Appointed Task Force’s New Faith Work Director
The National LGBTQ Task Force is pleased to announce the appointment of Naomi Christine Leapheart, MDiv as the organization’s Faith Work Director. “I’m delighted to join the National LGBTQ Task Force as the Faith Work Director. What a joy it is to be able to go to work every day and use my experience and…
Read MoreUnited Methodist Church’s “Way Forward” Erases LGBTQI People
Last Wednesday the executive committee of The United Methodist Church Council of Bishops announced that they had sent out invitations to the people they hoped would constitute the special commission formed at General Conference to discuss the vexing issue of whether and how the church will continue to discriminate against LGBTQI people. Lots of people…
Read MoreCatholic & LGBT Advocates Give Mixed Reactions To Pope Francis’ Latest Remarks
Pope Francis’ latest comments on LGBT issues, in which he both called for more competent and case-by-case pastoral care for transgender people and said there was a “world war to destroy marriage,” have provoked strong reactions. You can read a report on the papal remarks by clicking here, and you can find New Ways Ministry’s response by…
Read MoreNorth Carolina LGBTQ Faith Organizer Training Postponed
First and foremost, we send prayers of love, comfort, and healing to the family of Keith Lamont Scott and all other families in North Carolina and beyond who have lost loved ones as a result of state-sanctioned violence. As a coalition of LGBTQ affirming people of faith, we are committed to equality and justice for…
Read MorePainting Mary Daly: Lesbian Feminist Pioneer
You don’t have to be perfect to be a saint. The saints who comprise my Holy Women Icons are far from perfect, but each one has made a difference in the lives of countless queer women. By giving iconography a folk feminist twist—by painting these women and calling them holy—it is my hope that their…
Read MoreBelieve Out Loud Director James Rowe Says Goodbye
I started working at Believe Out Loud almost five years ago. Before that time, I had no idea that there were places to turn to talk about the intersection of being LGBTQ and Christian, other than to talk about it from the harmful narrative that had been forced upon most of us for far too…
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