April 1-15 Archives

Happy Easter from Kittredge Cherry and Q Spirit! See “The Rainbow Remains”

Happy Easter! Christ is risen! A rainbow shines a queer light from the empty tomb of Jesus in this year’s Easter image: “The Rainbow Remains” by Immanuel Paul Vivekanandh. “The stone rolled away from the tomb becomes the doorway for queer liberation,” he explains....

2026 brings new LGBTQ Christian books

by Kittredge Cherry | | April 1-15, Books

New LGBTQ Christian books are being published in 2026, 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...

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...

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 bullying and bias on April 10, 2026. The annual Day of Silence protest was renamed Day of (No) Silence in 2024 to...

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 self-identify as a “queen of drag,” He battled police in a cream satin gown when they raided a drag ball almost a century before the Stonewall uprising. Swann was the first American to lead a queer...

Day 8: Jesus rises, appears to Mary and friends, and more (Gay Passion of Christ series)

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

“I am the resurrection and the life.” — John 11:25 (RSV) A handsome young Christ in blue jeans leads a joyous jailbreak in “The Passion of Christ: A Gay Vision,” a series of 24 paintings by Douglas Blanchard. He holds hands with a prisoner as he steps upward,...

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 6B: Jesus dies (Gay Passion of Christ series)

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

“While the sun’s light failed… he breathed his last.” — Luke 23:44-46 “Jesus Dies” places Christ’s crucifixion against a 21st-century city skyline in “The Passion of Christ: A Gay Vision,” a series of 24 paintings by Douglas Blanchard. The art and...

Day 3: Jesus has a Last Supper, prays alone and is arrested (Gay Passion of Christ series)

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

“And during supper… one of his disciples, whom Jesus loved, was lying close to the breast of Jesus.” — John 13:2, 23 (RSV) Friends get together for an intimate dinner in “The Last Supper” from “The Passion of Christ: A Gay Vision,” a series of 24...