In what can only be described as a heartbreaking — but sadly not surprising — moment in Australian church history, Canberra Baptist Church and Hamilton Baptist Church have been officially expelled from the New South Wales/Australian Capital Territory Baptist Association. Their “offence”? Daring to fully welcome and
It’s so much more than rainbow logos What does Pride mean today? Is it the vibrant parade of colors marching down the street? The rush of joy as music blares through the alleys and people dance uninhibitedly. Or is it a political statement, a reminder
There will be parades and observances across America this Memorial Day commemorating U.S. service members who made the ultimate sacrifice. But not all service members will be honored for their acts of service, bravery, and patriotism. Back in the day, LGBTQ+ service members who died
Team Trump Just Killed a Queer Health Project Critical to My Wellbeing All of us rural queers need some attention and respect I was so happy to open an email last week from a research team studying the mental health of thousands of rural queer
We’re all created in God’s image With Easter Sunday already three weeks in the rearview and quickly receding from memory, all Christians are left to attempt to live a resurrected life. But what we LGBTQ+ Christians in particular get is a cold dose of the
We breathe all the time, right? If we don’t then we find ourselves in a lot of trouble! Our breath is a gift in the general scheme of things. We have been created — designed, if you will — to breathe in order to keep
Former first-lady Michelle Obama openly shared her personal thinking as she has done before on an April 23rd podcast to explain why she is again saying “No.” Like anyone else, she didn’t have to explain herself even though she’s been criticized for her choices to
Pope Francis, the “People’s Pope” and one of the Roman Catholic Church’s most beloved pontiffs, who was laid to rest today after passing into the arms of God on Easter Monday at age 88, nonetheless left behind a complicated legacy on LGBTQ+ inclusion in the
A modern-day profile in courage The nation watched with surprised shock back on January 21st at the sight of a national religious leader actually standing up for those she understands her Bible says to treat with mercy in a public rebuke to Donald Trump while
What was I doing on March 31, 2009? I wasn’t observing the first International Transgender Day of Visibility. Back in the U.S. after years in Quebec raising a foster child with my gay partner, I was writing novels and living a Bohemian lifestyle in a Detroit