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Advocate NL 6/15/26
2+ mon, 3+ week ago (52+ words) Hello folks, Audience Editor Edgar Ramirez, back in your inbox, hoping you all had a great weekend!We'd like to kick this week off with a powerful opinion piece from Rev. Mike Schuenemeyer, reflecting on religion and the LGBTQ+ community....
Why I created a transgender Jesus for our time
5+ mon, 1+ week ago (1013+ words) Artist Cosimo Cavallaro explains why his latest work reimagines Christ through a trans lens at a moment of political urgency. Cosimo Cavallaro created a transgender Jesus sculpture. The Rutherford County Library board terminated Luanne James after she said she would…...
Notorious anti-LGBTQ+ New York Archbishop Dolan retires — here are his worst moments
8+ mon, 3+ week ago (746+ words) Archbishop Timothy Dolan; Bishop Ronald Hicks Cardinal Timothy Dolan had a long record of homophobia and transphobia. His successor, Ronald Hicks, has a mixed record on LGBTQ+ issues, but some Catholic activists are hopeful. With the retirement of Cardinal Timothy…...
I'm queer, Catholic, and beloved by God
4+ mon, 1+ week ago (1080+ words) In this personal essay, Madalyn Goff reflects on growing up Catholic, grappling with guilt, and learning that faith and queerness don’t have to exist in opposition. Rainbow light fills the interior of Iglesia El Rosario in San Salvador, reflecting the…...
Black LGBTQ+ survivors speak out about conversion therapy in religious spaces
4+ mon, 4+ day ago (1422+ words) Two Black gay men share how conversion therapy rooted in religious teachings shaped their lives—and the lasting trauma these practices continue to cause in Black communities. A person leans back against a church pew with light shining through church…...
17 queer clergy taking the Gospel back from Christian nationalism
10+ mon, 1+ day ago (690+ words) As Christian nationalism seeks to fuse church and state, we're here to celebrate queer clergy who are proving that faith and freedom don’t have to be opposites. They embody a radically inclusive Christianity, one that loves beyond borders, votes beyond…...
How a Black-led, queer-affirming church is thriving in the South
7+ mon, 3+ week ago (1303+ words) A gay Atlanta church leader opens up about serving the LGBTQ+ community in a time of uncertainty for many. Bishop O.C. Allen III and husband Rashad Burgess; Vision Cathedral of Atlanta The service marked a week until Vision Cathedral’s 20th anniversary and…...
I was dropped from a faith podcast for being queer
4+ mon, 3+ week ago (682+ words) My life isn’t a “hot topic.” Queer minister Rev. Anne-Marie Zanzal reflects on faith, dignity, and what happens when LGBTQ+ identity is treated as a debate. Rev. Anne-Marie Zanzal reflects on faith, identity, and the harm of treating queer lives…...
Blessed be our rights: 20 American Christian churches, ranked on LGBTQ+ support
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (14+ words) Advocate.com...
Gay Trump ally Peter Thiel: Fear of technology will bring on the Antichrist
11+ mon, 2+ week ago (399+ words) Peter Thiel speaking at The Cambridge Union in Cambridgeshire, U.K., 2024 Thiel once suggested that environmental activist Greta Thunberg could be the Antichrist, although not in his latest lectures. Peter Thiel, the gay technology baron and ally of Donald Trump and JD…...