21st century Archives - Page 5 of 6

Freda Smith: LGBTQ activist, first woman ordained by Metropolitan Community Churches

by Kittredge Cherry | | Dec 1-15, Saints

Freda Smith was a pioneering lesbian pastor, LGBTQ activist and the first woman ordained in Metropolitan Community Churches. She died on Dec. 3, 2019, at age 84 after suffering a stroke. She was known for her memorable sermons and speeches advocating for and...

Louie Crew Clay: LGBTQ church activist, founder of Integrity, Rutgers professor

by Kittredge Cherry | | Nov 16-30, Saints

Louie Crew Clay was a longtime LGBTQ church activist who founded of the Episcopal LGBTQ group Integrity in 1974. He died on Nov. 27, 2019 at age 82, peacefully at a hospital in Newark, New Jersey, with his husband by his side, a few days after suffering a stroke. As...

List of top 12 progressive Christians includes Q Spirit founder Kittredge Cherry

by Kittredge Cherry | | News, Theology, Uncategorized

Q Spirit founder Kittredge Cherry is included on a new list of the top 12 progressive Christians compiled by Sunshine Cathedral, which bills itself as “the world’s largest progressive queer church.” “When I say or hear ‘Christian,’ I don’t think of nationalists...

Transgender women asylum seekers: Detention led to death for Roxsana Hernandez and Johana Medina

by Kittredge Cherry | | Saints

Transgender women asylum seekers from Central America show the injustice faced by LGBTQ people trying to immigrate. LGBTQ refugees and asylum seekers from Ukraine and other parts of the world face hardships too. On the anniversaries of their deaths, transgender women...

Chriton Atuhwera / Trinidad Jerry: LGBTQ Ugandan activist killed by homophobic attack

by Kittredge Cherry | | Saints

LGBTQ activist and Ugandan refugee Chriton Atuhwera, known online as “Trinidad Jerry,” died on April 12 from burn wounds sustained in a homophobic firebomb attack in a Kenyan refugee camp. He was 22. The attack occurred on Block 13, where approximately 300 LGBTQ...

Q Spirit adds LGBTQ history calendar by Louie Crew Clay

by Kittredge Cherry | | Calendar, News

More than 1,000 people and events are included in the LGBTQ history calendar compiled by gay Episcopal pioneer Louie Crew Clay. It was added to the Q Spirit website in May 2021 and can be viewed at: LGBTQ history Louie Crew Clay (1936-2019) was a Rutgers University...

Gay marriage of liberators Lincoln and Jesus imagined by artist

by Kittredge Cherry | | Artists, Saints

Research suggests that liberators Abraham Lincoln and Jesus Christ were both queer, so an artist created an image of their same-sex marriage. “Abraham Lincoln Jesus Christ Gay Marriage” by Mark Allyn is posted here in honor of Lincoln’s birthday on Feb. 12. Allyn is a...

RIP Barbara Marian: Q Spirit supporter, LGBTQ ally, arts patron, feminist religion teacher, woman of faith

by Kittredge Cherry | | News, Saints

I celebrate the life of Barbara Marian, devoted supporter of Q Spirit, LGBTQ ally, art patron, feminist religion teacher, and woman of faith. She died on Nov. 12, 2019 at age 77, surrounded by her loving family. I was shocked and saddened by Barbara’s passing. She was...

Gay Jesus film office firebombed

by Kittredge Cherry | | News

A Brazilian comedy on Netflix about a gay Jesus is under attack, with the offices of its creators firebombed on Christmas Eve. An online petition to shut down the show got more than 2 million signatures. “I condemn this act of violence and support the right to portray...

Famed Jesuit priest James Martin tweets gay Jesus art — and upsets alt-right media

by Kittredge Cherry | | News, Passion of Christ: A Gay Vision

Vatican consultant James Martin recently showcased a gay Jesus painting by Doug Blanchard, which has long been featured by Q Spirit’s Kittredge Cherry in her book and blog. Breitbart News and other major right-wing extremist media responded with an attack in late...