June 1-15 Archives

Rainbow Christ Prayer in 29 languages: LGBTQ flag reveals the queer Christ in translated prayers

by Kittredge Cherry | | Calendar, June 1-15

Available in 29 languages, the Rainbow Christ Prayer matches the colors of the LGBTQ Pride flag with the many faces of the queer Christ. Here the prayer is presented in the original English, Spanish, Arabic, Chinese, Dutch, Dholuo, Estonian, French, German, Hebrew,...

Rainbow Christ Prayer: LGBTQ flag reveals the queer Christ

by Kittredge Cherry | | Calendar, Featured, June 1-15, Resources

Colors of the LGBTQ rainbow flag reveal the many faces of the queer Christ in the following Rainbow Christ Prayer by lesbian Christian author Kittredge Cherry and gay theologian Patrick S. Cheng. The Rainbow Christ Prayer honors the spiritual values of the LGBTQ...

Marsha P. Johnson: African American transgender woman at Stonewall Uprising

by Kittredge Cherry | | Aug 15-31, July 1-15, June 1-15, Saints

Marsha P. Johnson was an African American transgender woman activist and one of those credited with starting the Stonewall Rebellion that launched the modern LGBTQ liberation movement. A lifelong Christian, she was nicknamed “the Saint of Christopher Street” during...

James Tinney: Black gay professor who founded LGBTQ church in 1982

by Kittredge Cherry | | June 1-15, Saints

James S. Tinney was a black gay professor who founded an African American LGBTQ church in Washington DC in 1982. He died at age 46 on June 12, 1988, from complications due to AIDS. Born in Kansas City, he was ordained as a Pentecostal minister when he was 18 and...

Orlando martyrs: Pulse gay nightclub massacre recalled in art and prayer

by Kittredge Cherry | | Calendar, June 1-15, Saints

LGBTQ people and allies use art and prayer to remember the 49 martyrs killed in the massacre at the Pulse gay bar on June 12, 2016, in Orlando, Florida. A mass shooter killed 49 people and left 53 wounded at the Pulse gay nightclub in Orlando, Florida. The hate crime...

Codebreaker Alan Turing honored in queer spiritual art

by Kittredge Cherry | | June 1-15, Saints

Alan Turing is a gay icon, pioneering computer scientist and British codebreaker. He is sometimes called a gay saint because his wartime codebreaking saved millions of lives, and a gay martyr because he was driven to suicide by court-ordered “chemical castration”...

Homosexuality of Jesus explored by 18th-century philosopher Jeremy Bentham

by Kittredge Cherry | | June 1-15, Saints

Biblical arguments for LGBTQ rights and a queer Jesus may seem like new ideas, but they were pioneered about 200 years ago by an influential British philosopher — in writings that were never published until the 21st century. Philosopher Jeremy Bentham (1748...

Trinity Sunday: Holy Spirit blesses same-sex couple as Gay Passion of Christ series ends

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

Celebrate Trinity Sunday with visionary LGBTQ resources, including the last image from the gay Passion of Christ series, an icon of a Trinity with rainbow halos, the “Sparkle Creed” and “Rainbow Trinity Prayer.” The Holy Spirit blesses God and Christ as a same-sex...

Uganda Martyrs raise questions on religion and LGBTQ rights

by Kittredge Cherry | | June 1-15, Saints

Tough questions about homosexuality, religion and LGBTQ rights are raised by the 45 Uganda Martyrs whose feast day is June 3. In 2024 their feast day falls two months after Uganda’s Constitutional Court upheld one of the world’s harshest anti-LGBTQ laws, including the...

Pentecost: Holy Spirit brings LGBTQ visions

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

Pentecost celebrates the Holy Spirit, an important aspect of God for LGBTQ people and our allies. The Spirit brings flaming gender fluidity and inspires change in the church. On Pentecost the church remembers the descent of the Holy Spirit onto the apostles in tongues...