Realizg that you're gay is sometim difficult. Matag your fah while livg thentilly as an LGBT person is even more difficult - sometim you feel ostracized or isolated om both groups. But you n fd a balance, and...
Contents:
- HOW TO RENCILE YOUR CHRISTIAN FAH WH YOUR GAY LIFE
- BRETHREN MENNONE COUNCILA NONPROF GROUP MTED TO PROVIDG MUTUAL SUPPORT FOR FAI WH GAY, LBIAN, BISEXUAL, TRANSGENR AND TERSEX MEMBERS. THIS CLUS LGBTQ PEOPLE, FAI AND ALLI, TO WORSHIP, TE, AND PROVI MUTUAL SUPPORT.
- ACCS JTICE BROOKLYN GALA TO HONOR LIGATN POWERHOE FAH GAY AND REAL TATE MAVEN NICKI LIVANOS
HOW TO RENCILE YOUR CHRISTIAN FAH WH YOUR GAY LIFE
We uld talk about how homophobic theology is damagg.
Our llective fai, our Prbyterian sisters and brothers have all embraced and empowered to rise above the opprsn, and take on rol of learship, at a time when beg gay was not regnized the church. I still long for the vows that would make my body a cloister and my soul a row of Dogwood tre shadg the throne rerved for God—vows which are doubly unattaable to me as a gay woman. I uldn’t unrstand why I was this way and I prayed and cried to no longer be gay.
Workg for the church as a Latx gay man, I e face-to-face wh hateful dividuals and theologi that aim to circumscribe the liv of LGBTQ people. We mt take our cu om the ballroom muny, those Black and Latx folk who are h harst by church homophobia as well as racism the LGBT muny.
BRETHREN MENNONE COUNCILA NONPROF GROUP MTED TO PROVIDG MUTUAL SUPPORT FOR FAI WH GAY, LBIAN, BISEXUAL, TRANSGENR AND TERSEX MEMBERS. THIS CLUS LGBTQ PEOPLE, FAI AND ALLI, TO WORSHIP, TE, AND PROVI MUTUAL SUPPORT.
My abily to have my homosexualy accepted by my fay and muny is not a luxury which many of my fellow Mlim peers have, so I make my missn to be the one takg up the issue to our imam and peers where they are aaid to speak up. Beg gay and Christian, I have met wh a lot of gnive dissonance.
And when I had a romance wh a man who told me gay marriage was wrong acrdg to his relig upbrgg, I saw even LGBT folks have ternalized vtments stutnal homophobia.
Comg out as gay was my first ll. When I fally me to a place of knowg and acceptg myself as a gay person, was a revelatn.
ACCS JTICE BROOKLYN GALA TO HONOR LIGATN POWERHOE FAH GAY AND REAL TATE MAVEN NICKI LIVANOS
To be lled is a blsg and to be gay is a gift om God.
I’m a gay semarian pursug ordatn the Uned Church of Christ.
I send love and light to my UMC brothers, sisters, and non-bary siblgs who are feelg the effects of a recent cisn to strengthen homophobic and transphobic rtrictns on queer Methodist clergy and people. Yet lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr and queer children and youth ntue to be st out of their ho of worship, and learship rol are forbidn to them, unrmg their digny and full humany. And this is not to say I haven’t experienced homophobia and misogyny my role as a queer mister, but the fact that my nomatn’s public stance and theology is one that embrac, celebrat, and validat the love between me and my partner mak easier to bear.