The Unarian Universalist Associatn has supported full equaly for gay, lbian, bisexual, transgenr, and queer people sce 1970 and markets self to the LGBTQ muny as an clive relign.
Contents:
- LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, TRANSGENR, AND QUEER JTICE
- THE FIRST OUT LBIAN AND GAY UNARIAN UNIVERSALIST MISTERS
LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, TRANSGENR, AND QUEER JTICE
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Lbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgenr, and Queer Jtice. Our ngregatns engage tentnal Lbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgenr and Queer (LGBTQ) welg mistry.
The Unarian Universalist Associatn has supported full equaly for gay, lbian, bisexual, transgenr, and queer people sce 1970 — and today markets self to the LGBTQ muny as an clive relig anizatn. Particularly those that enurage further tolerance agast the lbian, gay, bisexual, and transgenr muny.
The church ordaed s first female mister 1863, s first openly gay mister 1979, and s first transgenr mister 1988.
THE FIRST OUT LBIAN AND GAY UNARIAN UNIVERSALIST MISTERS
The First Out Lbian and Gay Unarian Universalist Misters[1]. I terviewed lbian and gay misters who were ordaed much later, chronologilly, but had important rmatn to ntribute to this story. And I terviewed gay people who were not able to be out at the start of their reers and were willg to talk about what that experience was like.
While I would gladly llect what rmatn I uld, I had to lim my rearch to lbian and gay clergy. Before leavg Kalamazoo, MI to attend Starr Kg semary he had been a regular ntributor to Gays Week, a weekly newspaper for the gay muny that midwtern cy.
Kim Crawford Harvie’s terview is pecially searg s scriptn of what the years were like Provcetown and the ccial role the UU church played the liv of gay men. At many pots the only two people the gay muny uld turn to were Kim and one funeral director who was willg to accept the bodi of men who had died om AIDS. At the same time the Office of Gay Affairs (fortunately soon changed to the Office of Gay and Lbian Concerns) was begng.