I was wonrg about the gay terpretatn of Centurn's servant (Matt 8:5-13; Le 7:1-10).
Contents:
- SERVANT OF GOD: HOW A 1960S MAGAZE ADDRSED GAY MEN’S SPIRUAL NEEDS
- SUBS LOOKG FOR DOMS (GAY MEN ONLY)
- DID THE CENTURN AND HIS SERVANT HAVE A GAY RELATNSHIP?
- WAS THE CENTURN REALLY GAY AND IF SO, WHY DID PL SPEAK AGAST HOMOSEXUALY?
- GAY SERVANT ED MEANG
SERVANT OF GOD: HOW A 1960S MAGAZE ADDRSED GAY MEN’S SPIRUAL NEEDS
Subs Lookg For Doms (gay Men Only) - For both subs and doms. Any age. But Gays only!! Leave ments and fd the man for you. * servant gay *
The ver of the December 1960 issue of “ONE: The Homosexual Viewpot, ” tled “Homosexual, Servant of God, ” picturg three kgs on their journey to Bethlehem, memorated Epiphany and Three Kgs’ Day. Archiv Center, Lbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgenr (LGBT) Collectn (NMAH-AC1146-0000017)I stumbled upon the perdil on an early Tuday wter morng durg a vis to the mm’s Archiv Center. I was surprised, however, by the dialogue I enuntered a December 1960 issue of ONE: The Homosexual Viewpot, tled “Homosexual, Servant of God, ” which actively and openly discsed rencilg sexualy and Christian relig inty ne years before the famo Stonewall uprisg New York Cy.
Although a snapshot of the experienc of a very specific group—ONE primarily tered to a cis-genred, male, whe, gay rearship—this issue speaks to the surprisg richns of discsns surroundg queer relign 1960 among clergymen and gay Christian men.
ONE, a publitn released by the early gay rights anizatn the Mattache Society, rporated multiple viewpots on queer relign, cludg the words of well-known ordaed misters like Rev.
SUBS LOOKG FOR DOMS (GAY MEN ONLY)
Did the Centurn and his servant have a gay relatnship? * servant gay *
Wood, thor of Christ and the Homosexual (1960). Clear evince of the personal and munal stggl of queer Christian inty om letter wrers, who are only intified by their ials and O om Bronx, New York, openly cricized Catholic prit Michael Buckley’s book Moraly and the Homosexual that had been released that year: “If Christ were upon the earth today I am sure he would not nsir the homosexual different om those of other sexual sir.
DID THE CENTURN AND HIS SERVANT HAVE A GAY RELATNSHIP?
F om Maywood, California, speaks to the difficulty rencilg his inti, allud to the articl earlier the issue: “I at least try to follow my relig fah, but is extremely difficult to rencile homosexualy and Catholicism. Many of the letters featured this December 1960 issue speak to the importance of relign the liv of the gay male rearship.
WAS THE CENTURN REALLY GAY AND IF SO, WHY DID PL SPEAK AGAST HOMOSEXUALY?
Archiv Center Lbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgenr (LGBT) Collectn (NMAH-AC1146-0000017-17)The sentiments exprsed the letters were also echoed different sectns of the same issue. ONE was one of the first natnwi gay publitns to addrs the topic.
GAY SERVANT ED MEANG
” Gay men, Legg explaed, were stgglg to fd a place wh their relig muni, and this stggle for acceptance ed a great al of personal sufferg—often om the guilt, nial, and self-hatred cemented by Christian lears and their troductn to W. His piece lv to the history of Christiany and homophobia, makg a blunt statement wh the sectn tle, “The Failure of the Church, ” but also lls attentn to the sire and need for fah among his rears. Archiv Center, Lbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgenr (LGBT) CollectnIn this 1960 issue of ONE, historians fd evince that this magaze’s rearship was eager to speak openly about their fah.
As early as 1960, ONE was a major gay publitn that affirmed the experienc of s queer Christian rears and published the words of misters, preachers, and pastors who openly clud queer people their the next fifty years, many of the dividuals on ONE’s mailg list faced addnal challeng—and opportuni—that would affect their relig inty. In 1981 the first se of HIV and AIDS was reported the Uned Stat San Francis, herg a that saw the rise of an anti-gay movement and state-sanctned homophobia champned specifilly by nservative Christian lears and spokpeople the Uned Stat. Many of the sermons, hoi, and handouts wrten by the relig lears featured this issue of ONE would be fotten, their progrs unwrten—or rather, wrten nversatns the 1960s, sparked by this natnwi gay publitn, laid the foundatn for queer-affirmg Christian muni, cludg the Unarian Universalists of the DMV, Gay Spirs, and Digny/Washgton.
Archiv Center, Lbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgenr (LGBT) Collectn, Coll. A major secular, gay publitn talkg about the need for relig muny—and acknowledgg relig trma—was a big step forward along the road of creatg queer-affirmg relig spac, a project that ntu today.