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Happy Easter from Jesus In Love and Kittredge Cherry!
Happy Easter! Christ is risen! Rejoice! Rainbow light shines from the risen Christ in this year’s Easter image at the Jesus in Love Blog. May the Risen Rainbow Christ light up your life! This glorious...
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Gay Passion of Christ controversy examined in new articles at Huff Post and...
Two major new articles take an in-depth look at the controversy over repeated rejections of Facebook ads for the gay Passion of Christ book. Believe Out Loud, a group promoting LGBTQ equality in the...
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RIP Bill Rosendahl: Early supporter of LGBT Christians through TV “God Squad”
I light a memorial candle for Bill Rosendahl, an early supporter of LGBT Christianity and the first openly gay man on the Los Angeles City Council. He died March 30 at age 70. Bill made a big...
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New in April: LGBTQ Christian books "Justice Calls" and "Signs and Wonders"
Fresh LGBTQ approaches to God and church are expressed in two new books this month: a sermon collection and a provocative theological work. They are “Justice Calls: Sermons of Welcome and Affirmation,”...
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Day of Silence Prayer: Stop bullying God's LGBTQ youth
A prayer by Jesus in Love founder Kittredge Cherry is one of the few religious voices supporting Day of Silence, a national student-led protest of anti-LGBT bullying. It happens tomorrow on Friday,...
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Sor Juana de la Cruz: Nun who loved a countess in 17th-century Mexico City
Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz by Miguel Cabrera, 1750 (Wikimedia Commons) Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz was a 17th-century Mexican nun whose critically acclaimed writings include lesbian love poetry. She is...
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LGBT church history: Axios and MCC at National Council of Churches
LGBT protest at the National Council of Churches in 1992: John Taktikos, Nancy Wilson and Lorna Cramer (Photo by Kittredge Cherry) Important events in LGBT church history came to mind this week when I...
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Biblical same-sex love found in “David and Jonathan” art by Edward Hicks
Tantalizing symbols of Biblical same-sex love appear when scholar Mitch Gould analyzes the painting “David and Jonathan at the Stone Ezel” for the Jesus in Love Blog. It was painted in 1847 by Edward...
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Christina Rossetti: Queer writer of Christmas carols and lesbian poetry
Cover illustration for Christina Rossetti’s “Goblin Market and Other Poems” (1862) by Dante Gabriel Rossetti)Portrait of Christina Rossetti by Dante Gabriel Rossetti Christina Georgina Rossetti was a...
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RIP: Bangladesh LGBT martyrs Xulhaz Mannan and Tanay Mojumdar
In memory ofXulhaz Mannan and Tanay MojumdarLGBT activists in BangladeshMurdered April 25, 2016 I light a memorial candle for Xulhaz Mannan and Tanay Mojumdar, who were hacked to death for being...
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New in May: LGBTQ Christian books
Forgotten LGBT religious history, a queer love story at a British university and Joan of Arc's gender ambiguities are covered in new books this month. They are “Stand by Me: The Forgotten History of...
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First-ever LGBTQ religious children's books published
A page from “Faithful Families” LGBTQ-affirming religious books for kids are available for the first time ever with the launch of the Good News Children’s Book Series this spring. Books such as...
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Madre Juana de la Cruz: Queer saint of 16th-century Spain
Portrait of Juana de la Cruz Vázquez Gutiérrez from Cubas de la Sagra, Madrid, Spain, circa 1600 (Wikipedia) Madre Juana de la Cruz Vázquez Gutiérrez was an abbess in 16th-century Spain who insisted...
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Julian of Norwich: Celebrating Mother Jesus
“Julian of Norwich” by Brother Robert Lentz, OFM, TrinityStores.com Julian of Norwich is a medieval English mystic who celebrated “Mother Jesus.” It’s not known if Julian herself was queer, but some of...
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Pentecost: Holy Spirit brings LGBTQ visions
23. The Holy Spirit Arrives (from The Passion of Christ: A Gay Vision) by Douglas Blanchard Pentecost celebrates the Holy Spirit, an important aspect of God for LGBTQ people and our allies. This year...
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Silencing LGBTQ voices at Methodist conference inspires protest and art
Protests over silencing of LGBTQ voices at the United Methodist Church conference this week inspired a new artwork of a queer Christ. Dozens of protestors at the UMC General Conference put rainbow...
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Harvey Milk Day celebrates equality
“Harvey Milk of San Francisco” by Robert Lentz) Equality for all is celebrated today (May 22) on Harvey Milk Day, the birthday of LGBT rights pioneer Harvey Milk. As America’s first openly gay man...
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Rosa Bonheur: Cross-dressing painter honored “androgyne Christ”
“Rosa Bonheur” by Ria Brodell Rosa Bonheur, the most famous female painter of the 19th century, was a queer cross-dresser who honored what she called the “androgyne Christ.” She had two consecutive...
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New in May: LGBTQ Christian books "Stand By Me,""Speak Its Name" and "Joan of...
Forgotten LGBT religious history, a queer love story at a British university and Joan of Arc's gender ambiguities are covered in new books this month. They are “Stand by Me: The Forgotten History of...
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Joan of Arc: Cross-dressing warrior-saint
“Jeanne D'Arc” by Rowan Lewgalon"Saint Joan of Arc" by Brother Robert Lentz, OFM Joan of Arc was a tough cross-dressing teenage warrior who led the medieval French army to victory when she was 17. She...
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