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Our Unitarian Universalist faith affirms that no person’s identity is dictated by laws and legislation. In accordance with our First Principle, transgender, genderqueer, non-binary, and ALL persons possess inherent worth and dignity, which includes the right to define who we are.
By Susan Frederick-Gray | October 23, 2018 | From UpliftTagged as: LGBTQ Welcome & Equality, Welcome & Inclusion for LGBTQ -
House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi hosted a hearing with the Poor People’s Campaign on September 26, 2018. Rev. Michael Crumpler represented the UUA at this event, and offered his testimony along with Darin Brooks, a fast food worker involved with the Poor People’s Campaign. Below is a…
By Michael J. Crumpler | October 16, 2018 | From Uplift -
It is my greatest privilege to introduce our new Multicultural Ministries intern from Harvard Divinity School, Jade Sylvan. Jade will be assisting the UUA Multicultural Ministries Office with LGBTQ and Intercultural programs. …
By Michael J. Crumpler | October 12, 2018 | From Uplift -
I did a little research on the history of National Coming Out Day. It began in 1988 with the premise that coming out as a queer or trans person was the most basic form of activism one could do, because of the rationale that it is harder for people to hate queer or trans people if they know one.
By Sara Green | October 10, 2018 | From UpliftTagged as: LGBTQ Issues, LGBTQ Welcome & Equality, Youth Ministry -
On this 30th Anniversary of National Coming Out Day, let us “come out“ in support of our sisters and brothers, mothers and fathers, neighbors and friends courageously living their truth by committing to act in solidarity and give generously to causes affirming our inherit worth and dignity.
By Michael J. Crumpler | October 10, 2018 | From Uplift -
Editor’s Note: This charge was offered by Dr. Janice Marie Johnson, UUA Multicultural Ministries and Leadership Director, for the installation of Reverend DC Fortune on Saturday, September 29, 2018 at the Unitarian Universalist Congregation of the South Jersey Shore, NJ. We are…
By Janice Marie Johnson | October 10, 2018 | From Uplift -
The demon that rapes you has a way of making its home within you. You spend the remainder of your life laboring to exorcize this demon that is not you. Today, this demon was exorcised as Dr. Christine Blasey Ford sat before the world and uttered her truth.
By Michael J. Crumpler | September 27, 2018 | From Uplift -
A new approach to Welcome Renewal has come! To learn how to begin the Five Practices of Welcome Renewal at your congregation, please attend one (or more) of our monthly orientations.
Webinar | By Michael J. Crumpler | September 23, 2018 | From UpliftTagged as: LGBTQ Welcome & Equality, Welcome & Inclusion for LGBTQ, Welcoming Congregation Program -
Sunday, September 23rd is Bi Visibility Day. Today and everyday, let’s let our bi family and friends know #WeSeeYou and we love you! #UPLIFTbisexuals #BiVisibilityDay #BiVisibilityWeek
By Marie Alford-Harkey, Debra Haffner | September 17, 2018 | From Uplift -
It is our fault as people of faith that the virus is what it is in the world. American religion, both liberal and conservative, is responsible for the rapid spread of AIDS in the 1980s and the 500K deaths by 1990.
By Michael J. Crumpler | September 6, 2018 | From Uplift