In my city and perhaps most others, there are many churches that have no official policy of being welcoming to gay, lesbian, bisexual or transgender people. The general assumption, in the GLBT community, is that if we’re not issued an “official” welcome, that means that
Talk about an instance of what seems to be the worst possible timing! Just before the time that Easter, and the time when one of the key events in the Bible is said to have happened and believed by many Christians to have happened (the
A part of Marxist theory contains the concept of “false consciousness!” It’s “ a failure to recognize the instruments of one’s oppression or exploitation as one’s own creation, as when members of an oppressed class unwittingly adopt views of the oppressor class.” (Answers.com) “Where members of
When I went to seminary to prepare for the ministry I looked at all those charming young men and women and decided that if I had been God there were several of them that I wouldn’t have called to be ministers under any circumstances. Two
The following is a compilation of some of my remarks regarding “Christianity and same-sex love that I made on a few blogs, one of which is my own titled, “A Christian Voice For Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, And Transgender Rights,” located at www.christianlgbtrights.org. I thought you
New book shows gay Jesus and female Christ Art that shows Jesus as gay or female has been censored, but now these stunning images by 11 artists fill a beautifully illustrated new art book. Art That Dares: Gay Jesus, Woman Christ, and More by Kittredge
Read the related article The eleventh podcast, or “Godcast” from Whosoever: An Online Magazine for Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Christians, is a special edition featuring the Soulforce Equality Ride stop at Bob Jones University in Greenville, South Carolina. In addition, Whosoever editor Candace Chellew
Read related articles The tenth podcast, or “Godcast” from Whosoever: An Online Magazine for Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Christians, features our first update from the Soulforce Equality Ride with our Whosoever correspondent Mandy Matthias. We also talk with Dottie Berry and Roby Sapp about
It has been almost 10 years since I came out. Listening to many of my GLBT Christian friends agonize over how to talk to the straights in their lives about their sexuality, I realize that most of them go about it in the same ineffective
I’m not really an avid television watcher but I do my fair share. Most times when watching something on the television, it’s a movie playing on cable or a DVD. Other than that, I get my news from C-Span, I watch the Food Network or