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I realized I was a woman, or more precisely at the time, a girl, the day in first grade I noticed boys were looking up my dress when I was on the monkey bars. I started wearing shorts under my dresses. I now prefer pants. I realized I liked other women when I was nineteen and noticed I was...Reading | By Kayla Parker | April 26, 2015 | From WorshipWebTagged as: Anti-Oppression, Direct Experience, Identity, Lesbian/Gay/Bisexual/Transgender/Queer, Living Our Faith, Self-Respect, Young AdultsWorship element -
By the time I was in my late twenties, I was convinced that I would never find love. I had had a few boyfriends, but over and over again, I was exiled to the dreaded Friend Zone. I always suspected that it was because I was “too much”: too smart, too feminist, too radical, too fat, too...Reading | By Ashley Horan | April 26, 2015 | From WorshipWebTagged as: Direct Experience, Gender, Lesbian/Gay/Bisexual/Transgender/Queer, Living Our Faith, Love, Relationships, Young AdultsWorship element
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A few years ago, my little sister moved in with me from our native Los Angeles to the coast of Maine. The move brought a lot of firsts for her: snow, the Atlantic Ocean, and seeing me as an older brother instead of an older sister....Reading | By Andrew Coate | April 26, 2015 | From WorshipWebTagged as: Choice, Direct Experience, Family, History, Identity, Lesbian/Gay/Bisexual/Transgender/Queer, Young AdultsWorship element
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On this Transgender Day of Remembrance, we remember those who have been murdered for being who they are, those who face violence on a daily basis, those who have lost loved ones, and those who worry for loved ones. May we come to a time when we cease to shame children around gender roles and...Prayer | By Sunshine Jeremiah Wolfe | February 19, 2015 | From WorshipWebTagged as: 3rd Principle (Acceptance & Spiritual Growth), Acceptance, Anti-Oppression, Gender, Identity, Lesbian/Gay/Bisexual/Transgender/Queer, Suffering, Transgender Day of Remembrance, Violence, WholenessWorship element -
I want to talk about choice. I want to talk about the fact that just because someone who is out to destroy you says you chose to be the way you are does not mean the path of best protection is to counter with “no I didn’t, it’s not a choice, I was born this way and I’ve always been this...Affirmation | By Alex Kapitan | January 25, 2015 | From WorshipWebTagged as: 1st Principle (Worth & Dignity), 2nd Principle (Justice, Equity, & Compassion), 3rd Principle (Acceptance & Spiritual Growth), 4th Principle (Truth & Meaning), Anti-Oppression, Coming Out, Identity, Lesbian/Gay/Bisexual/Transgender/Queer, Multiculturalism, National Coming Out Day, Pride Sunday, Self-Respect, Unitarian UniversalismWorship element
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How to discuss the truth that some men love men, and some women, women, and some, both, with the children in the church school and church home? Nonchalantly. Without drum-rolls. Without tip-toe preparations. Without calculating and predicting to the nth degree. With candor. With open ears. With...Reading | By Mark Belletini | January 21, 2015 | From WorshipWebTagged as: 1st Principle (Worth & Dignity), 3rd Principle (Acceptance & Spiritual Growth), Anti-Oppression, Gender, Lesbian/Gay/Bisexual/Transgender/Queer, Love, Pride SundayWorship element -
Leader: We believe and trust that all people are equal in humanity: Black or White; Rich or Poor; Gay or Straight. Congregation: All people are equal in humanity. Leader: Our prayer today is that the Government in Uganda will listen to the cry of its people. May they find wisdom and recognize the...Chalice Lighting | By Anonymous | January 21, 2015 | From WorshipWebTagged as: Acceptance, Anti-Oppression, Change, Equity, Evil, Freedom, Human Rights, Lesbian/Gay/Bisexual/Transgender/Queer, Multiculturalism, Multiculturalism, WorthWorship element -
Dear God, Dear Love, hold the people of Uganda in your heart. May you grant courage and safety to our gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender siblings who are in danger this day, In Kampala and Entebbe, along the shores of Lake Victoria and Lake Kyoga, among the kingdoms of Toro, Ankole, Busoga,...Meditation | By Sarah Lammert | January 21, 2015 | From WorshipWebTagged as: Globalism, Lesbian/Gay/Bisexual/Transgender/Queer, Multiculturalism, MulticulturalismWorship element
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My father asked if I am gay I asked Does it matter? He said, No not really I said, Yes. He said get out of my life. I guess it mattered. My friend asked why I talk about race so much? I asked, Does it matter? He said, No not really I told him, Yes. He said, You need to get that chip off your...Reading | By Mark Hicks | January 21, 2015 | From WorshipWebTagged as: 1st Principle (Worth & Dignity), 2nd Principle (Justice, Equity, & Compassion), 6th Principle (World Community), Acceptance, Anti-Oppression, Anti-Oppression, Coming Out, Direct Experience, Disability, Lesbian/Gay/Bisexual/Transgender/Queer, Pride Sunday, Vulnerability, Youth SundayWorship element
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We come together today to celebrate, honor, hold and support your new life. We recognize the complexity that is gender, while also recognizing the complexity that goes into living a life that openly and honestly challenges the simplicity of our culturally imposed binary gender system. It takes...Ritual | By Del Mulhern | January 21, 2015 | From WorshipWebTagged as: 1st Principle (Worth & Dignity), Courage, Earth-Centered, Gender, Lesbian/Gay/Bisexual/Transgender/Queer, Reconciliation, Unitarian Universalism, WholenessWorship element
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I was working with a group of young people at a Safe Schools conference in Boston. They were discussing how to tell their parents they were gay or lesbian. Many of them had suffered harassment, brutality, and ostracism by their peers, and they worried about how to protect their parents from the...Reading | By Elizabeth Tarbox | January 21, 2015 | From WorshipWebTagged as: Christianity, Family, Good Friday, Lesbian/Gay/Bisexual/Transgender/Queer, Unitarian UniversalismWorship element
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Utility | October 22, 2014 | For Preschool | From Chalice ChildrenTagged as: 1st Principle (Worth & Dignity), 2nd Principle (Justice, Equity, & Compassion), 6th Principle (World Community), Equity, Lesbian/Gay/Bisexual/Transgender/Queer, Love, Marriage, Unitarian Universalism, Weddings and Commitment CeremoniesCurriculum page -
Utility | October 22, 2014 | For Preschool | From Chalice ChildrenTagged as: 1st Principle (Worth & Dignity), 6th Principle (World Community), Caring, Compassion, Disability, Diversity, Empathy, Friendship, Gender, Inclusion, Lesbian/Gay/Bisexual/Transgender/Queer, Multiculturalism, Multiculturalism, Unitarian UniversalismCurriculum page
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Activity time: 10 minutes Materials for Activity Story, "Phebe Hanaford Gets the Vote" Preparation for Activity Read the story and prepare to share it with the group. Read the discussion questions....Activity | October 20, 2014 | For Children, Grades 4-5 | From Sing to the PowerTagged as: Change, Democracy, Lesbian/Gay/Bisexual/Transgender/Queer, Transformation, WomenCurriculum page -
Utility | October 20, 2014 | For Preschool | From Chalice ChildrenTagged as: 1st Principle (Worth & Dignity), 6th Principle (World Community), 7th Principle (Interconnected Web), Community, Diversity, Family, Inclusion, Lesbian/Gay/Bisexual/Transgender/Queer, Multiculturalism, Multiculturalism, Race/Ethnicity, Unitarian UniversalismCurriculum page
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What I experienced in the rotunda of an Arkansas courthouse was an ethos of graciousness.By Jennie Ann Barrington | May 19, 2014 | From UU WorldTagged as: Families & Faith Development, Lesbian/Gay/Bisexual/Transgender/Queer, Living Our Faith, Marriage, Marriage EqualityPage/Article -
Over the last 50 years, language around sexuality and gender has shifted and changed in incredible ways. New words have been born; other words have changed meanings and usages....Utility | January 13, 2014Tagged as: Gender, Lesbian/Gay/Bisexual/Transgender/Queer, LGBTQ Welcome & EqualityPage/Article
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Unitarian Universalist Eagle Scout Zach Wahls leads the charge to end the ban on gay Scouts.By Michelle Bates Deakin | November 11, 2012 | From LifeTagged as: Faith Development, Lesbian/Gay/Bisexual/Transgender/Queer, Living Our Faith, Social Justice, Youth/TeensPage/Article -
They would embrace me in my full Amazon glory, or they could fry ice.By Gail R. Geisenhainer | September 9, 2012 | From SpiritTagged as: Acceptance, Lesbian/Gay/Bisexual/Transgender/Queer, Personal Inspiration, Personal StoriesPage/Article -
"Honey, those girls were being chased for at least half a mile once school got out," Ms. Myra recalled. I shook my head knowingly. We had just walked out of the subway station across the street from Boys and Girls High School and were listening to the owner of Cafe 258, one of our original safe...Story | By India McKnight | July 20, 2012 | For Adults | From Building the World We Dream About for Young AdultsTagged as: 6th Principle (World Community), Acceptance, Anti-Oppression, Blame, Caring, Commitment, Community, Direct Experience, Justice, Leadership, Lesbian/Gay/Bisexual/Transgender/Queer, Multiculturalism, MulticulturalismCurriculum page