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On this (No) World AIDS Day, may we not be silent as we approach a year of 1 million AIDS-related deaths.
By Michael J. Crumpler, Kimi Floyd Reisch | December 1, 2025 | From UpliftTagged as: LGBTQ Welcome & Equality -
We’re thrilled to share a new Welcoming Religious Education Study Guide inspired by Imara Jones’s 2025 Ware Lecture at General Assembly: “Love at the Center: Defending Trans Lives and Democracy.”
Study Guide | November 13, 2025 | From UpliftTagged as: #LGBTQ, 1st Principle (Worth & Dignity), 2nd Principle (Justice, Equity, & Compassion), 4th Principle (Truth & Meaning), 5th Principle (Conscience & Democracy), Anti-Oppression, Anti-Oppression, Gender Justice, LGBTQ Welcome & Equality, Transphobia, Unitarian Universalism -
So, this year, I want to invite you to remember at least one person in a deeper way. Choose a name of someone whose story you’ve carried quietly in your heart since you learned of their loss. Learn something about their life, their passions, their joys.
By Kimi Floyd Reisch | November 3, 2025 | From UpliftTagged as: Lesbian/Gay/Bisexual/Transgender/Queer, LGBTQ Welcome & Equality, Transgender Day of Remembrance -
To honor LGBTQ History Month is to hold all these stories together. Pluralism insists that no single history is enough. To resist erasure requires remembering them all, carrying them all, and telling them all.
Discussion Guide | By Kimi Floyd Reisch | October 6, 2025 | From UpliftTagged as: #LGBTQ, 1st Principle (Worth & Dignity), Acceptance, Coming Out, LGBTQ Welcome & Equality -
“The first rule of Bi Club is that you can talk about Bi Club all you want, because most people won’t believe it’s real anyway.” ~ Lindsay King-Miller, Ask a Queer Chick
Reflection | By Kimi Floyd Reisch | September 17, 2025 | From UpliftTagged as: #LGBTQ, LGBTQ Welcome & Equality -
Across the country, we are witnessing a coordinated escalation of political attacks connected to intersecting systems of oppression—white supremacy, Christian nationalism, anti-Blackness, misogyny, and ableism—that threaten all of us.
By Michael J. Crumpler | June 27, 2025 | From UpliftTagged as: #Pride, 1st Principle (Worth & Dignity), LGBTQ Welcome & Equality, Pride Sunday, Unitarian Universalism -
This decision endangers lives, strips rights, and sets a devastating precedent: that transgender and intersex people—especially youth—are not entitled to the care they need to survive and thrive.
By Michael J. Crumpler | June 19, 2025 (reviewed June 2025) | From UpliftTagged as: #LGBTQ, 2nd Principle (Justice, Equity, & Compassion), Gender Justice -
Beloveds,While Rev. Michael Crumpler is still on sabbatical, we wanted to share this this video for use in services and on social media for use for Transgender Day of Remembrance, November 19th, 2024.Reverend Jami Yandle, the Unitarian Universalist Association’s Transgender Support Specialist,…
November 18, 2024 | From UpliftTagged as: LGBTQ Welcome & Equality -
Dear Beloveds,Our Adrian Ballou (LGBTQ and Gender Justice Programs Coordinator) is still out on medical leave. Let us send him good vibes and well wishes in his time away. As such, I am dropping in to let you know about a few things and to remind you of some truths in hopes of helping guide us in…
Newsletter | November 13, 2024 | From UpliftTagged as: LGBTQ Welcome & Equality -
It can be a frightening time to be trans, and to love trans folks. There can be a giant sense of fear and overwhelm, which can make us feel like shutting down. We want to offer more ways to navigate these times.
By Adrian Ballou, Mylo Way | July 2, 2024 | From UpliftTagged as: LGBTQ Welcome & Equality