The Black Church, a ndu for spirualy and social change, has cultivated untls lears throughout history. Wh an creasg number of Black clergy speakg out support of the lbian, gay, bisexual, and transgenr (LGBT) muny, this legacy ntu. “As preachers, we have to echo a msage of clivy of all people the fay […]
Contents:
- GAY BLACK PASTORS REVEAL 'DOWN LOW' LIFTYL ON NEW 'IYANLA: FIX MY LIFE'
- WHY I BEME HONT ABOUT MY TTH AS A BLACK, GAY PREACHER
- GAY PREACHERS AND PASTORS
GAY BLACK PASTORS REVEAL 'DOWN LOW' LIFTYL ON NEW 'IYANLA: FIX MY LIFE'
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As we near the end of Black History Month, we’re featurg ten lbian, gay, transgenr, same genr lovg, and queer lears (pictured clockwise) who are makg history as they pave the way for the wele and affirmatn of all people across Christian tradns. ” In 1977, his h song “I Was Born This Way” beme the first gay liberatn dance h.
Harmon is the -director of Many Voic, an anizatn mted to creatg a natnal movement for gay and transgenr jtice om wh the Black church. " Beyond her LGBTQ activism, DeLarverie also anized and performed at fundraisers for women who suffered om domtic vlence and their Jam Baldw (Photo by Ted Thai)The LIFE Picture Collectn/GettyJam Baldw (1924-1987)A wrer and social cric, Baldw is perhaps bt known for his 1955 llectn of says, "Not of a Native Son, " and his groundbreakg 1956 novel, "Gvanni's Room, " which picts them of homosexualy and bisexualy. Baldw spent a majory of his lerary and activist reer tg others about Black and queer inty, as he did durg his famo lecture tled “Race, Racism, and the Gay Communy” at a meetg of the New York chapter of Black and Whe Men Together (now known as Men of All Colors Together) and playwright Lorrae Hansberry her New York Cy apartment April Attie / Getty ImagLorrae Hansberry (1930-1965)Hansberry was an activist and playwright bt known for her groundbreakg play “A Rais the Sun, ” about a stgglg Black fay on Chigo’s South Si.
The inic work was then ma to a 1961 film starrg Sidney Poier and Ruby to “A Rais the Sun” fame, Hansberry — who never publicly acknowledged she was a lbian — joed lbian rights group Dghters of Bilis and ntributed letters about femism and homophobia to s magaze, “The Ladr, ” acrdg to LGBTQ historian Eric Marc, host of the “Makg Gay History” podst.
WHY I BEME HONT ABOUT MY TTH AS A BLACK, GAY PREACHER
Now 79, Miss Major, known to many simply as “Mama, ” ris Ltle Rock, Arkansas, where she ntu to be a vol Sprg's mayor Ron On, April 18, Khan / LA Tim via Getty ImagRon On (Born 1950)When On was elected mayor of Palm Sprgs, California 2003, he ma history by beg the first openly gay Ain Amerin man elected mayor of an Amerin cy. Wh an creasg number of Black clergy speakg out support of the lbian, gay, bisexual, and transgenr (LGBT) muny, this legacy ntu.
Acrdg to a 2008 poll, among Amerins who say they have bee more favorable toward gay and lbian people the past five years, 21% said that their relig lears were a ntributg factor. He pots out that often people do not take an anti-gay posn based solely on what they believe to be accurate biblil teachgs.
Typilly they are predisposed to anti-gay sentiment then fd scripture to jtify those beliefs.
GAY PREACHERS AND PASTORS
Fully clive of gay and lbian upl. Almost immediately after New York beme the sixth state to pass marriage equaly, Middle Collegiate Church nducted marriag for three gay and lbian upl, simultaneoly.
The importance of fay is often central to the church’s advocy for marriage for gay and lbian upl. Two gay pastors, who for years have been keepg their homosexualy secret, will reveal their “down low” liftyl to their fai and ngregatns an emotnal three-part seri premiere of OWN’s Iyanla: Fix My Life, which kicks off on Saturday.