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Poem: Christ, what did you feel when your beloved John lay across your lap?
A gay man prays, wondering if Jesus also felt same-sex attractions, in a poem by longtime LGBT church activist and poet Louie Clay (né Louie Crew). Born in Alabama in 1936, Clay is professor emeritus...
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Saint Wilgefortis: Holy bearded woman fascinates for centuries
Saint Wilgefortis statue in the Church of Saint Nicholas in Pas-de-Calais, near Wissant, France (Wikimedia Commons)“Santa Wilgefortis” from “Queer Santas” series by Alma Lopez Saint Wilgefortis prayed...
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Symeon of Emesa and John: Holy fool and hermit who loved each other
“Symeon and John” by Jim Ru Sixth-century Syrian monks Symeon and John were joined in a same-sex union and lived together as desert-dwelling hermits for 29 years. After a tearful split-up, Symeon went...
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David Wojnarowicz: Controversial artist mixed gay and Christian imagery
David Wojnarowicz in a detail from “Painting David” by Douglas Blanchard David Wojnarowicz is a gay artist, writer and activist whose use of Christian imagery still causes controversy more than two...
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Boris and George: Russian saints united in love and death
Saints Boris and George the HungarianBy Brother Robert Lentz, OFM. www.trinitystores.com Boris, a popular medieval saint in Russia and Ukraine, loved his servant George the Hungarian so much that he...
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Advocate.com features "Art That Dares: Gay Jesus, Woman Christ, and More"
Advocate.com posted a big article and slide show based on my book ‘Art That Dares’ today (July 25). The article says:“Kittredge Cherry's eye-opening book, ‘Art That Dares: Gay Jesus, Woman Christ, and...
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Martha and Mary of Bethany: Sisters or lesbian couple?
Mary and Martha by Bernardino Luini (Wikimedia Commons) Mary and Martha of Bethany were two of Jesus’ closest friends. The Bible calls them “sisters” who lived together, but reading the Bible with...
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Jacob and the angel: Wrestling to reconcile body and spirit
“Jacob Wrestling with the Angel” by Leon Bonnat (1876) via Wikimedia Commons When Jacob wrestled with the angel in the Bible, they embodied the struggle between sexuality and spirituality. Artists have...
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Blessed John of La Verna: Kissed by Jesus
Jesus embraces Blessed John of La Verna at the beech tree(from an 1883 biography by Ermenegildo Da Chitignano) Blessed John of La Verna is a medieval Italian friar known for his visions of kissing and...
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Blessed John Henry Newman and Ambrose St. John: Gay saint and his "earthly...
A rare photo of John Henry Newman and Ambrose Saint John together John Henry Newman, a renowned scholar-priest and Britain’s most famous 19th-century convert to Catholicism, was beatified in 2010 amid...
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Mary, Diana and Artemis: Feast of Assumption has lesbian goddess roots
Mary, left, took over the Aug. 15 holiday from the goddess Diana, right A mid-August holiday was once the festival of the lesbian goddess Diana (Artemis), but it has been adapted into a feast day for...
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What if Christ and Krishna made love?
Above: “Krishna and Christ,” artist unknown What if Christ met Krishna? They are two of the greatest teachers of love that the world has ever known. Would they speak of love, even make love? This...
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Saints Bernard of Clairvaux and Malachy: Honey-tongued abbot and the...
“Christ Embracing St. Bernard of Clairvaux” by Francisco RibaltaSee how I yearn, and longing turn to Thee!Yield to my love, and draw me unto Thee! --Bernard of Clairvaux Bernard of Clairvaux was a...
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Bayard Rustin: Gay saint of civil rights and non-violence
“Bayard Rustin and Walter Naegle” by Ryan Grant Long“Bayard Rustin - Pride” by Sean J. RandallBayard Rustin (Wikipedia) Bayard Rustin was a black gay man and chief organizer of the influential 1963...
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Black Madonna becomes lesbian defender: Erzuli Dantor and Our Lady of...
Left: Ezili Dantor Prayer Card from the Vodou Store. Right: The original Black Madonna of Czestochowa The Black Madonna of Czestochowa, one of the most famous Catholic icons, is the model for a Haitian...
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Mel White stands for LGBTQ religious justice then and now
LGBTQ religious activists (from right) Kittredge Cherry, Mel White, Rev. Tanis and Dexter Brecht made an impact at the National Council of Churches annual meeting in November 1994 in New Orleans....
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Give now: New computer for Jesus in Love
Please give now for a new computer system to support my work at Jesus in Love for LGBTQ spirituality and the arts. My current computer is 10 years old. Donate now by clicking the “GoFundMe” button...
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Mychal Judge, gay saint of 9/11 and chaplain to New York firefighters
“Holy Passion Bearer Mychal Judge and St. Francis of Assisi” by Father William Hart McNichols Father Mychal Judge, chaplain to New York firefighters and unofficial “gay saint,” died helping others in...
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Radclyffe Hall: Queer Christian themes mark banned book "Well of Loneliness"
Lesbian author Radclyffe Hall is a crucified Christ figure in a 1928 cartoon by Beresford Egan A queer Christ figure is the main character in the world’s best known lesbian novel, “The Well of...
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Hildegard of Bingen and Richardis: Medieval mystic and the woman she loved
“St. Hildegard of Bingen and Her Assistant Richardis” by Lewis Williams, TrinityStores.com Hildegard of Bingen was a medieval German nun, mystic, poet, artist, composer, healer and scientist. She...
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