April 1-15 Archives

Happy Easter from Kittredge Cherry and Q Spirit! See “Jesus Rises” from new Large Passion

by Kittredge Cherry | | April 1-15, Calendar

Happy Easter! Christ is risen! Rejoice! May the Risen Rainbow Christ light up your life! A modern Jesus boldly rises from the dead, liberating all kinds of people, in a new Easter painting by Doug Blanchard. A rainbow seems to shoot from the clasped hands of...

Day of Silence Prayer: Stop bullying God’s LGBTQ youth

by Kittredge Cherry | | April 1-15, Calendar

A prayer by Q Spirit founder Kittredge Cherry is one of the few religious voices supporting Day of Silence, a global student-led protest of anti-LGBTQ name-calling, bullying and harassment. In 2024, it is renamed Day of (No) Silence and set for April 12, 2024. The...

William Dorsey Swann: From slavery to queer freedom in 1880s as America’s first drag queen

by Kittredge Cherry | | April 1-15, Saints

Born into slavery, William Dorsey Swann became the first American to lead a queer resistance group, first to self-identify as a “queen of drag,” and first to use the U.S. legal system to defend the queer community. He battled police in a cream satin gown when they...

Dietrich Bonhoeffer and Eberhard Bethge: Anti-Nazi theologians and soulmates

by Kittredge Cherry | | April 1-15, Saints

Influential German theologian Dietrich Bonhoeffer was an anti-Nazi dissident whom a few scholars believe experienced same-sex attraction. Speculation about his likely gay orientation focuses on his love for Eberhard Bethge, who was his best friend and biographer....

Day 1B: Jesus Enters the City on Palm Sunday (Gay Passion of Christ series)

by Kittredge Cherry | | April 1-15, Calendar, Passion of Christ: A Gay Vision

“And when he entered Jerusalem, all the city was stirred, saying, ‘Who is this?’ And the crowds said, ‘This is the prophet Jesus.’” –Matthew 21:10-11 (RSV) A crowd marches under an arch with a charismatic young man on horseback in “Jesus Enters the City”...

Gay Passion of Christ blog series starts Palm Sunday at Q Spirit

by Kittredge Cherry | | April 1-15, Calendar, Featured, Passion of Christ: A Gay Vision, Resources

A gay vision of Christ’s Passion will run during Holy Week here at Q Spirit. Reflections will be shared daily from Palm Sunday through Easter (April 13-20, 2025). All 24 paintings in the original version of Douglas Blanchard’s “The Passion of Christ: A Gay Vision”...