2025 General Assembly - LGBTQ and Multicultural Ministries Events

Promotional image for LGBTQIA+ programming at the 2025 UUA General Assembly in Baltimore, June 18–22. Features a rainbow chalice, diverse silhouettes under “GA,” and event details. Includes a QR code and invites viewers to follow @UUA_lgbtq on Twitter and Instagram. More info at www.uua.org/lgbtq/generalassembly.

LGBTQ @ GA 2025

Promotional image for LGBTQIA+ programming at the 2025 UUA General Assembly in Baltimore, June 18–22. Features a rainbow chalice, diverse silhouettes under “GA,” and event details. Includes a QR code and invites viewers to follow @UUA_lgbtq on Twitter and Instagram. Learn more about LGBTQIA+ at GA.

LGBTQ and Multicultural Ministries Events @ 2025 General Assembly — Baltimore

The LGBTQIA+ and Multicultural Gathering Space is Room 327 in the Baltimore Convention Center (BCC). Most events can also be attended via Zoom. Please use the hyperlinks to register for the Zoom for each event. All times are Eastern Time Zone.

Wednesday, June 18

  • LGBTQ Meet & Greet
    Rev. Michael Crumpler, UUA LGBTQ and Multicultural Programs Director
    Jes Martinez-Hunt, UUA Conflict Engagement Coach & Trans Support Consultant
    • 1:00pm-2:30pm ET | BCC 327 | In-Person & Virtual
    • Please join us for a time of fellowship and celebration. There will be music! There will be trivia! There will be fun! Bring a song, a poem, a story … and YOUR BEAUTIFUL SELF!!!!
    • All LGBTQIA+ people and allies are welcome to join us for this event.
  • Barry Street Essay: Tricksters & Tyrannies (Watch Party)
    Rev. Leela Sinha, Church of the Larger Fellowship
    • 2:45pm-4:15pm ET | BCC 327 | In-Person & Virtual
    • The purpose of convening the Berry Street Conference, for the delivery and receiving of the Berry Street Essay, is to contribute to the practical strength of liberal ministries. The essayist is chosen by a committee of three and a scribe. This year’s essayist is the Reverend Leela Sinha. A response will be given by the Reverend Adam Robersmith.

Thursday, June 19

  • Meet the Moment: Freedom’s Unfinished Work
    Rev. E.N. Hill, Minister at the Unitarian Universalist Church at Tallahassee
    • 9:00am-10:00am ET | BCC 337-338 | GA Registration Required
    • As we honor Juneteenth, commemorating the day in 1865 when the last enslaved Black Americans learned of their freedom, we gather in the spirit of truth, love, and liberation. This year’s UUA General Assembly theme, “Meet the Moment,” urges us not to shrink from our present-day challenges but to rise with moral courage, collective wisdom, and deep faith.
    • Join us as we honor our ancestors, recommit to collective liberation, and affirm the profound truth at the heart of our Unitarian Universalist faith: None of us is free until all of us are free.
  • Meet the Moment Wave Cohort — Day 1: Queer and Trans Communities in Crisis
    Rev. Michael Crumpler, UUA LGBTQ and Multicultural Programs Director
    Maij Mai, TRUUsT Administrator
    • 10:30am-12:00pm ET | GA Registration Required
    • In the face of an increasingly hostile political climate marked by rising anti-LGBTQ+ legislation and rhetoric, we will gather to reflect on and continue our Wave Cohort focused on “Queer and Trans Communities in Crisis.” This Wave Cohort will make space for reflection, collective care, and visionary responses in a time of profound spiritual and social urgency.
    • Join us as together we affirm a collective call to bold action: to foster liberatory spiritual communities, to speak with moral clarity, and to embody theologies of justice, love, and transformation.
  • Building Trans Justice, Safety, and Belonging
    Alex Kapitan, Co-Leader of Transforming Hearts Collective

    • 1:00pm-2:30pm ET | Ballroom I & II | GA Registration Required

    • Political and legislative attacks on trans people have escalated to a life-threatening point for many trans people. Learn more about this landscape and gain tools to advocate for trans rights and ensure your congregation is a space of safety and belonging for trans/nonbinary people and our families in this moment.

  • UPLIFT Access Community Gathering
    Gretchen Maune, UUA Accessibility Resources Coordinator
    • 3:00pm-4:30pm ET | BCC 327 | In-Person & Virtual
    • Join the UUA’s Accessibility Resources Coordinator to learn all about UPLIFT Access and how our accessibility resources can benefit your congregation. Come with questions, leave with answers! ASL, CART, and visual descriptions will be provided.
  • TRUUsT Community Gathering (TRUUsT members and guests)
    TRUUsT Steering Committee
    • 5:00pm-6:30pm ET | BCC 327 | In-Person & Virtual
    • TRUUsT is hosting a community dinner at GA for members and friends to gather in fellowship, deepen connections, and hear updates on our work and our ongoing commitment to the UU trans community. This is a time to nourish our spirits, strengthen relationships, and affirm the power of trans leadership in Unitarian Universalism. An RSVP link will be sent directly from TRUUsT—stay tuned!

Friday, June 20

  • Meet the Moment Wave Cohort — Day 2: Queer and Trans Communities in Crisis
    Rev. Michael Crumpler, UUA LGBTQ and Multicultural Programs Director
    Maij Mai, TRUUsT Administrator
    • 10:30am-12:00pm ET | GA Registration Required
    • In the face of an increasingly hostile political climate marked by rising anti-LGBTQ+ legislation and rhetoric, we will gather to reflect on and continue our Wave Cohort focused on “Queer and Trans Communities in Crisis.” This Wave Cohort will make space for reflection, collective care, and visionary responses in a time of profound spiritual and social urgency.
    • Join us as together we affirm a collective call to bold action: to foster liberatory spiritual communities, to speak with moral clarity, and to embody theologies of justice, love, and transformation.
  • Bad Faith: Christian Nationalism’s Unholy War on Democracy
    Rev. Michael Crumpler, UUA LGBTQ and Multicultural Programs Director
    Jes Martinez-Hunt, UUA Conflict Engagement Coach & Trans Support Consultant
    • 1:00pm — 2:30pm ET | BCC 327 | In-Person & Virtual
    • Preview the powerful and disturbing documentary that reveals how Christian Nationalism has become one of the most powerful political forces in the nation by spreading fear and anger and distorting political issues into battles between good and evil. Their ultimate goal – highlighted in their Project 2025 manifesto – is the destruction of church-state separation, inclusive religious freedom, LGBTQ+ and women’s rights, inclusive public schools, the rights of religious minorities and nonbelievers, and more… all while enshrining their narrow and extremist religious beliefs into law for us to suffer under.
    • Watch the film’s trailer (Vimeo)
  • TRUUsT Faithify Meeting with Religious Professionals and Board Presidents
    Rev. Julian Jamaica Soto, TRUUsT Executive Director
    • 3:00pm — 4:30pm ET | BCC 327 | In-Person & Virtual
    • Join TRUUsT at GA for a special gathering designed for religious professionals and congregation board presidents to learn about our $25,000 Faithify campaign in support of the trans Unitarian Universalist community. In this urgent political climate, your leadership and solidarity can help us fund vital resources, spiritual care, and public witness for trans UUs nationwide. Come hear how your congregation can take meaningful action and be part of this growing movement for justice and affirmation.
  • A Call to Action: Stories of Intersex and Faith Documentary
    Mx. Anunnaki Ray Marquez & Megan DeFranza, PhD
    • 5:00pm — 6:30pm ET | BCC 327 | In-Person & Virtual

    • Preview the documentary “Stories of Intersex and Faith”—an approved resource for renewing Welcoming Congregation status. This Pride month, come hear from the most marginalized and misunderstood members of the LGBTQ+ community. Post-screening conversation with Intersex activist/UU seminarian Mx. Anunnaki Ray Marquez and Director/theologian Megan DeFranza, PhD.

    • Watch the film’s trailer (Vimeo)

Saturday, June 21

  • Meet the Moment Wave Cohort — Day 1: Queer and Trans Communities in Crisis
    Rev. Michael Crumpler, UUA LGBTQ and Multicultural Programs Director
    Maij Mai, TRUUsT Administrator
    • 10:30am-12:00pm ET | GA Registration Required
    • In the face of an increasingly hostile political climate marked by rising anti-LGBTQ+ legislation and rhetoric, we will gather to reflect on and continue our Wave Cohort focused on “Queer and Trans Communities in Crisis.” This Wave Cohort will make space for reflection, collective care, and visionary responses in a time of profound spiritual and social urgency.
    • Join us as together we affirm a collective call to bold action: to foster liberatory spiritual communities, to speak with moral clarity, and to embody theologies of justice, love, and transformation.
  • OWL Sexuality Education as a Community Care Innovation
    Melanie Davis, PhD, UUA OWL Program Manager
    Rev. Melanie Davis, Minister of Sexuality Education & Justice at UCC National Ministries
    Rev. Ranwa Hammamy, UUA Side With Love Congregational Organizer
    Rev. Michael Crumpler, UUA LGBTQ and Multicultural Programs Director
    • 1:00pm-2:30pm ET | Ballroom 1 & 2 | GA Registration Required
    • For 25 years, Our Whole Lives Sexuality Education has offered a safe space for learning and becoming. Restrictions on school-based sexuality education make OWL essential today. Join UUA and UCC OWL leaders, the UUA Organizing Strategy Team, and UPLIFT Action to learn how congregations can expand community access to OWL.
  • Five Practices of Welcome Renewal Orientation
    Rev. Michael Crumpler, UUA LGBTQ and Multicultural Programs Director
    • 3:00pm — 4:30pm ET | BCC 327 | In-Person & Virtual
    • Join us for a special event introducing the Five Practices of Welcome Renewal—an ongoing program designed to help Unitarian Universalist congregations live into their commitment to LGBTQ+ inclusion and justice. Originally launched in 2019, this renewal initiative encourages congregations to practice Welcome every year, year-round. If you are looking to reinvigorate your Welcoming efforts, this is a meaningful opportunity to affirm your commitment and build a congregational culture of radical hospitality in your community.
  • Ware Lecture
    Imara Jones
    • 7:00pm — 8:00pm ET | Hall F and Swing | GA Registration Required
    • Each year, the UUA President extends an invitation to a prestigious guest to captivate the General Assembly as the esteemed Ware Lecturer. Imara Jones will take the stage in 2025! An award-winning journalist, thought-leader, and changemaker, Imara is known for challenging conventional thinking and inspiring bold action to transform our world.