Donald Boisvert: Gay theologian, religion professor, author and Canadian Anglican priest
Donald Boisvert was a gay theologian, religion professor, author and priest in the Anglican Church of Canada. He died on June 19, 2019 at age 67 after a long illness. His books include “Out on Holy Ground: Meditations on Gay Men’s Spirituality” (2000), “Sanctity and...
Orlando martyrs: Pulse gay nightclub massacre recalled in art and prayer
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...
Gloria Anzaldúa: Queer feminist Chicana scholar of spiritual activism
Gloria Anzaldúa is an influential queer Latina feminist scholar whose spirituality often gets overlooked. She died on May 15, 2004 at age 61. One of the first openly lesbian Chicana writers, she grew up in Texas near the U.S.-Mexico border. In school she was punished...
Yook Woo-Dang: Gay Catholic South Korean poet who died to protest anti-LGBTQ discrimination
Yook Woo-Dang was a gay South Korean poet, activist and devout Catholic who took his own life to protest discrimination against LGBTQ people by church and society. He died April 26, 2003, at age 18. “If they send me to hell, Jesus will rescue me,” he wrote in his...
Bangladesh LGBTQ martyrs: Xulhaz Mannan and Tanay Mojumdar
LGBTQ activists Xulhaz Mannan and Tanay Mojumdar were hacked to death for being “pioneers of practicing and promoting homosexuality in Bangladesh” on April 25, 2016 in Dhaka, Bangladesh. The militant Islamist militant group Al-Qaeda claimed responsibility...
Transgender Day of Visibility celebrated with Christian art, books and resources
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...
Adrienne Rich: lesbian poet with spiritual impulses
Adrienne Rich was a lesbian feminist with spiritual impulses and one of the most influential poets of the 20th century. She died on March 27, 2012 at age 82. Her writing was a guiding light to me and countless others, both people of faith and secular readers. The...
Theodore “Ted” Jennings: LGBTQ-affirming Biblical theologian
Theodore “Ted” Jennings is a Chicago Theological Seminary professor who wrote “The Man Jesus Loved” and other landmark books affirming queer people the Bible. He died on March 25, 2020, at age 77 after suffering a stroke. Theodore Wesley Jennings Jr. was born Oct. 24,...
Marielle Franco: Brazilian LGBTQ activist fought for human rights
Marielle Franco was a queer Afro-Latina Brazilian politician and LGBTQ activist who fought for human rights. She was assassinated on March 14, 2018. Franco identified as bisexual. She and her partner, Mônica Tereza Benício, were planning to marry later that year....
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