Last Updated on January 14, 2024 by Kittredge Cherry
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.
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Rainbow Jesus opens his arms wide in welcome
Christ stretches his arms wide and a radiant rainbow springs forth in this year’s Easter image: “Rainbow Jesus” by Tony Rubino. The joyful artwork illustrates Christ’s embrace of all, including the LGBTQ community. Even his robes shine with rainbow colors.
Rainbows symbolize the LGBTQ community and are also an important Christian symbol. They show the full spectrum of light and stand for God’s promise to support all life on earth. The colors of the rainbow flag reveal the spiritual values of the LGBTQ community in the Rainbow Christ Prayer by lesbian Christian author Kittredge Cherry of Q Spirit and gay theologian Patrick S. Cheng.
Rubino’s “Rainbow Jesus” is available as a poster in a variety of sizes from Etsy and Amazon. The image also appears on T-shirts at Etsy and Amazon. And Etsy even has it on a pillow.
Artist Tony Rubino was born and raised in New Jersey in a first-generation Italian-American Roman Catholic family. His artwork has been featured in museums in the United States, Italy, Scotland and Greece and has been shown in dozens of galleries from Manhattan to Milan, Paris, and many more. He is a multi-talented creator whose internationally syndicated comic strip “Daddy’s Home” sheds light on the life of a stay-at-home dad in more than 250 newspapers and websites. He is the author of 12 books, including his most recent: “The High Points of Sobriety: A Comical Guide to Addiction Recovery.”
Rubino invites Q Spirit readers to check out his other LGBTQ artwork at: https://tony-rubino.pixels.com/art/gay+pride.
More LGBTQ Easter images brighten the holiday
Eager for even more LGBTQ Easter images? Check out the following Easter greetings from previous years at Q Spirit / Jesus in Love:
2022 – “The Resurrection of the Rainbow Christ-Sophia” by Jeremy Whitner
2021- “Christ the Light” by Kelly Latimore
2020 – “The Wren and the Resurrection” by Regan O’Callaghan
2019 – “Cosmic Christ” by Doyle Chappell
2018 – “Rainbow flower cross”
2017 – “Cross made from flags of the LGBTQ community”
2016 – “Risen Rainbow Christ” by Andrew Craig Williams
2015 – “Jesus murals of Los Angeles”
2014 – “Celtic Cross with Rainbow” by Andrew Craig Williams
2013 – “Queer Christ Rising” by Andrew Craig Williams
2012 – “Queer Resurrection (Atgyfodiad Queer)” by Andrew Craig Williams
Christ is risen indeed! Happy Easter!
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Top image credit:
“Rainbow Jesus” by Tony Rubino
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This post is part of the LGBTQ Calendar series by Kittredge Cherry. The series celebrates religious and spiritual holidays, events in LGBTQ history, holy days, feast days, festivals, anniversaries, liturgical seasons and other occasions of special interest to lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer people of faith and our allies.
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