April 1-15 Archives

Roberto Gonzalez: Gay pastor brought LGBTQ rights to Argentina

by Kittredge Cherry | | April 1-15, Saints

Roberto Gonzalez was a trail-blazing gay pastor and LGBTQ-rights activist in Argentina. He died on April 8, 2024, at age 78 in Buenos Aires after several months of hospitalization. He is survived by his husband, Norberto D’Amico, who pastors the church that Gonzalez...

New gay Passion of Christ art makes its Holy Week debut: The Large Passion

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

A dark-skinned Jesus appears in a second, larger gay vision of Christ’s Passion. Prints of the Large Passion are being released for first time ever in April 2025. Artist Doug Blanchard expands on the success of his first version of “The Passion of Christ: A Gay...

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 and art will be shared online 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...