We’re celebrating our 37th anniversary! Share the joy with classic photos, musical and artistic tributes, and a donation for Q Spirit. Check out photos of our 1987 church wedding, 2016 legal marriage and LGBTQ activism. #FaithfullyLGBT

We invite you to celebrate our 37th anniversary with a donation to our favorite cause: Kitt’s Q Spirit blog. We got legally married on May 4, 2016 - affirming our 1987 church wedding. It took about 30 years for the law to catch up with our same-sex love!
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Madre Juana de la Cruz was a queer 16th-century Spanish abbess. She said God changed her gender in the womb. In trances she used a deep voice identified as Christ. She dressed male to escape family. Feast day: May 3. #faithfullyLGBT Kevin Elphick qspirit.net/madre-juana-de…

qspirit.net/vivaldo-bartol… and Bartolo, a same-sex pair of medieval holy men, faced disease together with a love that speaks across time to the LGBTQ community and everyone in the age of AIDS and COVID-19. The two men ministered in an Italian leper hospital. #faithfullyLGBT

Today many churches are reading the Bible story about a queer black man being welcomed as an early Christian convert. The Ethiopian eunuch was a triple outsider - a gender-variant foreigner from a racial minority - when Philip baptized him. #faithfullylgbt qspirit.net/ethiopian-eunu…

Christina Rossetti was a 19th-century English poet who wrote #lesbian love poetry - and Christmas carols. Her feast day is Apr 27. A devout Christian who never married, she has been called a queer mystic. Her famous poem is Goblin Market. #faithfullyLGBTQ qspirit.net/christina-ross…

Yook Woo-Dang (육우당) was a gay South Korean poet, activist and devout Catholic who took his own life to protest discrimination against LGBTQ people by church and society. He died April 26, 2003 at age 18, leading to legal reforms. #faithfullyLGBT qspirit.net/yook-woo-dang-…

Lesbian visibility is celebrated at Q Spirit with lesbian Christian saints, books, art and other spiritual resources for Lesbian Visibility Day (April 26) and Lesbian Visibility Week. Art by Angela Yarber #LesbianVisibilityDay #FaithfullyLGBT #lesbian
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LGBTQ activists Xulhaz Mannan and Tanay Mojumdar were killed for being “pioneers of practicing and promoting homosexuality in Bangladesh” on Apr 25, 2016 in Dhaka. “Xulhaz didn’t die. I find his soul everywhere… Xulhaz cannot be erased,” his brother said.
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Amen.

“Hail, O earth full of grace,
the living God is with you.
Blessed are you among all the planets...
Holy earth, mother of love,
pour out your grace on those who suffer,
now and in our divine transformation.”
from #EarthDay at qspirit.net/earth-day-lgbt… #faithfullyLGBT #EarthDay 2024

New book: Religion’s role as a catalyst for LGBTQ political activism is revealed by “Yes Gawd!: How Faith Shapes LGBT Identity and Politics in the United States” by Royal G. Cravens III. Author is activist-turned-scholar at Southern Poverty Law Center #faithfullyLGBT
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Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz was a 17th-century Mexican nun who wrote #lesbian love poetry and had a passionate friendship with a countess. She died April 17, 1695. Sor Juana is a great Latin American poet and early advocate of women’s rights. #faithfullyLGBT qspirit.net/sor-juana-de-l…

“Prodigal Son and His Husband Receive a Blessing” and “The Prodigal Transgender Daughter” are among resources that reveal LGBTQ-positive meanings in the Bible story of a parent rejoicing over a rebellious child who returns home. #FaithfullyLGBT qspirit.net/prodigal-son/

We did it! 😍 🏳️‍🌈 🙏🙏🏾💜🤩Thanks, everybody, for supporting my Easter fundraiser at Q Spirit! Yesterday we met and surpassed the goal of equaling last year. You can still give and see donors’ names and comments at gofundme.com/f/easter-offer… May the risen rainbow Christ be with you!

$76 still needed, so the Easter offering continues today for my LGBTQ spirituality projects. Thanks to 31 donors so far! Readers call it inspiring, informative and “always fabulous.” Your gift brings hope and frees people to experience God in new ways. gofundme.com/f/easter-offer…

Queer black resistance almost a century ago: William Dorsey Swann was the 1st American to lead a queer resistance group and 1st to identify as a “queen of drag.” He fought police at a drag ball on April 12, 1888, way before Stonewall. Art by Jason Tseng qspirit.net/william-dorsey…

Thanks for the shoutout!

My prayer for #DayofSilence #DayOfNoSilence Apr 12 “Silence is memory, remembering those driven to suicide by bullies. Silence is action, calling attention to those silenced when bigotry is disguised as humor... Listen in silence for God.” #FaithfullyLGBTQ qspirit.net/day-of-silence…

New book: Trans influence in the Bible and church lifeis emphasized in “ #Trans The*logy Without Apology: Using Art, Narrative and Historical-Critical Exegesis to Celebrate Transfiguration and Trans Aesthetic in the Bible” by Megan Rohrer #faithfullyLGBT amazon.com/dp/B0CXMPJJFW/…