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Theodore “Ted” Jennings: LGBTQ-affirming Biblical theologian

by Kittredge Cherry | | March 16-31, Saints

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

by Kittredge Cherry | | March 1-15, Saints

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....

Peter Gomes: Gay black Harvard minister preached “scandalous gospel”

by Kittredge Cherry | | Feb 16-29, Saints

Peter Gomes was a gay black Baptist minister at Harvard and one of America’s most prominent spiritual voices for tolerance. He came out in 1991 and used his national celebrity as a “gay minister” to make the religious case for LGBTQ people, even though he reportedly...

Malcolm Boyd: Pioneering gay Episcopal priest who ran with Jesus

by Kittredge Cherry | | Feb 16-29, Saints

Malcolm Boyd is a pioneering gay Episcopal priest, activist and author who died at age 91 on Feb. 27, 2015. His best-known book is “Are You Running with Me, Jesus?” a collection of conversational prayer-poems with a million copies in print. The 1965 classic includes...

Marcella Althaus-Reid: Queer theology pioneer

by Kittredge Cherry | | Feb 16-29, Saints

Marcella Althaus-Reid was a queer theologian who sparked controversy and opened minds with books such as “Indecent Theology” and “The Queer God.” Born and raised in Argentina, she became the first woman appointed to a chair in the School of Divinity at the University...

Ibrahim Farajajé: Queer theologian, AIDS activist, interfaith scholar, spiritual leader

by Kittredge Cherry | | Feb 1-15, Saints

Ibrahim Abdurrahman Farajajé was a queer theologian, HIV/AIDS activist, interfaith scholar, multi-ethnic artist, and spiritual leader. He died on Feb. 9, 2016 at age 63 in Oakland, California. Formerly known as Elias Farajajé-Jones, he was born on Dec. 19, 1952 and...

Madonna of Montevergine: Patron of LGBTQ people since medieval times

by Kittredge Cherry | | Feb 1-15, Saints

The Madonna of Montevergine has a reputation for helping queer people since medieval times — including the miraculous rescue of a male couple left to die in Italy more than 750 years ago. Processions to her shrine have been called “ancestral gay pride” marches...

David Kato: Ugandan LGBTQ rights activist and martyr

by Kittredge Cherry | | Jan 16-31, Saints

David Kato, Ugandan LGBTQ rights activist, is considered a father of Uganda’s gay rights movement. He was beaten to death on Jan. 26, 2011 in a case that some blame on anti-gay religious rhetoric. The anniversary of his death has become an annual event called Kuchu...

Mary Oliver: Lesbian poet, mystic of nature

by Kittredge Cherry | | Jan 16-31, Saints

Lesbian poet Mary Oliver, winner of the National Book Award and Pulitzer Prize, is a mystic of nature who became an LGBTQ saint by popular acclaim. She died on Jan. 17, 2019, at age 83. Her poetry expresses intimacy with nature and compassion for humanity, using...

Top 34 LGBTQ Christian books of 2022 named

by Kittredge Cherry | | Books

Check out the top 34 LGBTQ Christian books of 2022 — including theology, Bible, memoir, church life and history by diverse authors. The list was announced today by lesbian Christian author Kittredge Cherry at Qspirit.net. “Just looking at this list makes me feel...