Last Updated on April 5, 2026 by Kittredge Cherry
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. Vivekanandh came from India to study as a PhD candidate at Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago.
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Rainbow shines from the empty tomb
Vivekanandh discussed the meaning of “The Rainbow Remains” in a reflection that he shared with Q Spirit. It includes these lines:
“The rainbow is not just a symbol of God’s promise to never again destroy the earth—it is the arc of love bending toward justice. And at the empty tomb, that arc meets its fire. The colors are not decorative; they are declarative. Each hue screams: queer lives belong. Trans bodies, nonbinary beauty, gay love, lesbian power, asexual peace, intersex truth—all find affirmation in the resurrected Christ. The tomb could not hold Jesus, and neither will it hold queer people in the shrouds of shame, death, or silence.”
More LGBTQ Easter images brighten the holiday
Eager for even more LGBTQ Easter art? Check out the following Easter greetings from previous years at Q Spirit / Jesus in Love:
2025: “Ascension of Queer Christ” by Guy James Whitworth
2024: “Jesus Rises” from new Large Passion by Doug Blanchard
2024: “Choose Life” Easter anthem premieres online with lyrics by Q Spirit founder Kittredge Cherry
2023 – “Rainbow Jesus” with open arms by Tony Rubino
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
May the Risen Rainbow Christ light up your life!
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Top image credit:
“The Rainbow Remains” by Immanuel Paul Vivekanandh
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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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