Alcuin

Alcuin: Medieval scholar and abbot who wrote homoerotic texts

Alcuin of York was an 8th-century English scholar and abbot who served as advisor to Emperor Charlemagne and wrote homoerotic poetry and letters....
Stormé DeLarverie

Stormé DeLarverie: Butch lesbian at Stonewall Uprising

Stormé DeLarverie was a biracial butch lesbian “drag king” entertainer and one of those credited with starting the Stonewall Rebellion that launched...
Harvey Milk photo by Scott Sella

Harvey Milk: LGBTQ rights pioneer stood for equality

Pioneering LGBTQ rights activist Harvey Milk is the first and most famous openly gay male elected official in California. His birthday (May 22) is a...
Basil, Gregory and John Chrysostom

Saints Basil and Gregory Nazianzus: “Two bodies with a single spirit”

Influential fourth-century saints Basil the Great and Gregory Nazianzus were so close that Gregory said they were like “two bodies with a single...

Rosa Bonheur: Cross-dressing painter honored “androgyne Christ”

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...
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Mychal Judge, gay saint of 9/11 and chaplain to New York firefighters

Mychal Judge, chaplain to New York firefighters and unofficial “gay saint,” died helping others in the terrorist attack on the World Trade Center on...

Julian of Norwich: Celebrating Mother Jesus

Julian of Norwich is a medieval English mystic who celebrated “Mother Jesus” and had important relationships with women. Her feast day, May 8,...

Joan of Arc: Cross-dressing warrior-saint and LGBTQ role model

Joan of Arc was a tough cross-dressing teenage warrior who led the medieval French army to victory when at age 17. Joan is a queer icon, girl-power...
Q Spirit presents LGBTQ spirituality through the Jesus in Love Blog. Saints, history, books, art and more are covered in articles by lesbian Christian author Kittredge Cherry.
Harvey Milk: LGBTQ rights pioneer stood for equality

Harvey Milk: LGBTQ rights pioneer stood for equality

Pioneering LGBTQ rights activist Harvey Milk is the first and most famous openly gay male elected official in California. His birthday (May 22) is a state holiday.  He has been called a martyr for LGBTQ rights -- and for all human rights. “If a bullet should enter my...

2025 brings new LGBTQ Christian books

2025 brings new LGBTQ Christian books

New LGBTQ Christian books are being published in 2025, including theology, Bible, history, memoir, church life and spirituality by diverse authors. Q Spirit presents summaries of LGBTQ Christian books released this year, plus lists of titles that are coming soon or...

Earth Day: LGBTQ spirituality affirms the Earth

Earth Day: LGBTQ spirituality affirms the Earth

On Earth Day queer spirituality affirms that God’s all-inclusive love extends to the Earth itself. Many LGBTQ people join with others to care for creation on Earth Day (April 22). LGBTQ people have been involved in the environmental movement from the start, including...

Julian of Norwich: Celebrating Mother Jesus

Julian of Norwich: Celebrating Mother Jesus

Julian of Norwich is a medieval English mystic who celebrated “Mother Jesus” and had important relationships with women. Her feast day, May 8, always falls near Mother’s Day in the United States. She had some queer ideas about God, shared her hermit's cell with a...

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Top 24 LGBTQ Christian books of 2024 named

Top 24 LGBTQ Christian books of 2024 named

Check out the top 24 LGBTQ Christian books of 2024 — including theology, Bible, memoir, church life and history by diverse authors. The list was announced today by lesbian Christian author Kittredge Cherry, founder of Qspirit.net. “Literary books were this year’s...

Litany of Queer Saints

Litany of Queer Saints

LGBTQ saints and martyrs are remembered in the Litany of Queer Saints from Q Spirit. The prayer was created by Q Spirit founder Kittredge Cherry. She also wrote a major essay on why we need LGBTQ saints. Both traditional and alternative saints are featured. It is a...

Queer Nativity scenes show love makes a family

Queer Nativity scenes show love makes a family

I create my own queer Nativity scenes for the Christmas season. One has two Marys at the manger with the baby Jesus, and the other features two Josephs with the Christ child. I put Mary with Mary and Joseph with Joseph—just like putting two brides or two grooms on top...

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