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...
by Kittredge Cherry | | Calendar, News
Happy Easter! Christ is risen! Rejoice! May the Risen Rainbow Christ light up your life! A rainbow rises from the open arms of Christ in this year’s Easter image: “Rainbow Jesus” by Tony Rubino. Please give now to the 2023 Easter offering at my GoFundMe page...
by Kittredge Cherry | | Calendar, March 16-31, 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”...
by Kittredge Cherry | | Calendar, Featured, March 16-31, 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 posted daily from Palm Sunday through Easter (March 24-31, 2024). All 24 paintings in the original version of Douglas Blanchard’s “The Passion of Christ: A Gay Vision”...
by Kittredge Cherry | | Artists, Calendar, March 16-31
Transgender Day of Visibility (March 31) is celebrated at Q Spirit with transgender Christian books, art and other resources. They include trans Christ figures in art and books such as “Transfaith,” “Transforming” and “Transfigured.” International Transgender Day of...
by Kittredge Cherry | | Artists, Calendar, Featured, Passion of Christ: A Gay Vision
Liberating visions of Jesus as black, Latinx, Native American or female join with the gay Passion of Christ series to help people experience God more fully. “All people are made in God’s image, so it is important to envision Jesus as queer, black, brown, female and...
by Kittredge Cherry | | Calendar, March 1-15
“Feminist Forum: Feminism in Japan and the World” was an influential international monthly magazine covering women in politics, culture, religion and language. It was produced in Tokyo from 1979-86 and became a rare source of news on lesbians in Japan. Audrey...
by Kittredge Cherry | | Calendar
Веселковий Ісусе, ти втілюєш усі кольори світу. Веселки – це мости між царствами: землею та небесами, сходом та заходом, квіром та неквіром. Тож надихай нас памʼятати про цінності, виражені у кольорах веселкового прапора ЛГБТК-спільноти. Червоний – це...
by Kittredge Cherry | | Calendar, Feb 1-15
(Trigger warning: violience.) On Ash Wednesday queer martyrs rise from the ashes as Q Spirit recalls the thousands who were executed for homosexuality throughout history. Many executions were fueled by religion-based hate. This is not just a historical issue. The...
by Kittredge Cherry | | Calendar, Jan 16-31, Saints
International Holocaust Remembrance Day (Jan. 27) honors the victims of the Nazi era, including the estimated 5,000 to 60,000 sent to concentration camps for homosexuality. The United Nations set the date as the anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz-Birkenau,...