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Love cannot be bought or sold; it does not make a profit. Love does not hide from truth. Love dives deep. Love takes on flesh. Love is queer. Love is platonic. Love is erotic. Love is asexual. Love confronts evil. Love delights in pleasure. Love touches and weeps and flirts and feeds and creates.Affirmation | By enfleshed | January 21, 2020 | From WorshipWebTagged as: Anti-Oppression, Direct Experience, Forgiveness, Humanism, Intimacy, Lesbian/Gay/Bisexual/Transgender/Queer, Love, Relationships, Secular, Valentine's DayWorship element -
The first time I was told that I was too queer to be a congregation's minister, they asked, "What will the neighbors think?,” as if it were the most natural question in the world. It was then that I understood how grace works: it’s costly. It requires us to be uncomfortable, to get outside...Reading | By Chris Rothbauer | January 9, 2020 | From WorshipWebTagged as: 1st Principle (Worth & Dignity), 3rd Principle (Acceptance & Spiritual Growth), Anti-Oppression, Coming Out, Direct Experience, Diversity, Identity, Inclusion, Integrity, Lesbian/Gay/Bisexual/Transgender/Queer, Living Our Faith, National Coming Out Day, Oppression, Pride Sunday, Prophetic Words & Deeds, Relationships, SolidarityWorship element -
A documentary about LGBTQ immigrants, a documentary about progressive religion in Oklahoma, and an animated short film about refugees have Unitarian Universalist connections.By Elaine McArdle | November 1, 2019 | From LifeTagged as: Immigration, Lesbian/Gay/Bisexual/Transgender/Queer, UU TheologyPage/Article -
Coming out to my family was one of the hardest things I’ve had to do. I realized that my choice was one of life and death, and I needed to let my secret out in order to continue living, and to do so authentically.Reflection | By Adrian L. H. Graham | October 9, 2019 | From Braver/WiserTagged as: 1st Principle (Worth & Dignity), 3rd Principle (Acceptance & Spiritual Growth), Atheism, Coming Out, Community, Courage, Direct Experience, Humanism, Identity, Integrity, Lesbian/Gay/Bisexual/Transgender/Queer, National Coming Out Day, Pride Sunday, Secular, Trust, TruthPage/Article -
The road not taken is not a fork. That’s too simple a thought, flipping some coin. Either/or. Nope. It’s not this or that. No or yes. It’s nor/ neither and all of the above and more. The road taken goes every way at once. There. There. They. Them. Go. Now. Live.Affirmation | By David Breeden | October 6, 2019 | From WorshipWebTagged as: 1st Principle (Worth & Dignity), Agnosticism, Coming Out, Dignity, Direct Experience, Gender, Humanism, Identity, Inclusion, Lesbian/Gay/Bisexual/Transgender/Queer, Pride Sunday, Secular, Self-Respect, Sexuality, Transgender Day of Remembrance, Unitarian UniversalismWorship element -
A Virginia Breakthrough Congregation builds community through Pride.By Andrea Dulanto | September 1, 2019 | From LifeTagged as: Breakthrough Congregations, Lesbian/Gay/Bisexual/Transgender/Queer, SexualityPage/Article -
Like other young gay men of my generation, I had few role models in the 1980s. I’m wrestling with the reality that I am now an elder.By Kenneth Sutton | September 1, 2019 | From UU WorldTagged as: Interdependence, Justice, Leadership, Lesbian/Gay/Bisexual/Transgender/Queer, Men, SolidarityPage/Article
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On a holy night In 1969, In an Inn, also known as a bar, Called the Stonewall Inn, A basement— which had no running running water, Nor safe fire exits— Queer people, of many colors and kinds, Danced together, For it was the only place Where they were allowed to dance, At least, permitted to, by...Opening | By Otto O’Connor | June 11, 2019 | From WorshipWebTagged as: 1st Principle (Worth & Dignity), 2nd Principle (Justice, Equity, & Compassion), 6th Principle (World Community), Activism, America, Anti-Oppression, Coming Out, History, Identity, Lesbian/Gay/Bisexual/Transgender/Queer, National Coming Out Day, Pride Sunday, Prophetic Words & DeedsWorship element -
We light our chalice flame For those who lived their lives in closets of shame; For those who furtively visited the bars, where nobody knew your name; For the Stonewall riot—and the fierce transwomen who fought; For the plague, which still takes far too many, too young, too soon. So many gone. So...Chalice Lighting | By Lori Gorgas Hlaban | June 6, 2019 | From WorshipWebTagged as: 1st Principle (Worth & Dignity), 2nd Principle (Justice, Equity, & Compassion), Anti-Oppression, Coming Out, Direct Experience, Generations, History, Humanism, Lesbian/Gay/Bisexual/Transgender/Queer, National Coming Out Day, Pride Sunday, Prophetic Words & Deeds, SecularWorship element -
Visual meditations.Feature | By Jami Yandle | June 3, 2019 | From UU WorldTagged as: Earth, Gender, Lesbian/Gay/Bisexual/Transgender/Queer, NaturePage/Article -
We are grateful for the gift of our lives and the gift of other people in our lives. Each of us is created with dignity and worth. We are called to love one another and to do nothing to others that we would find hateful to ourselves. We honor the many ways that people live and love....Responsive Reading | June 3, 2019 | From WorshipWebTagged as: Anti-Oppression, Coming Out, Direct Experience, Diversity, Lesbian/Gay/Bisexual/Transgender/Queer, National Coming Out Day, Pride Sunday, SecularWorship element -
There is no excuse for refusing to learn, when there are teachers all around us.Feature | By Sean Parker Dennison | June 1, 2019 | From UU WorldTagged as: Challenge, Gender, Lesbian/Gay/Bisexual/Transgender/QueerPage/Article -
At the core of Unitarian Universalism is the idea that my truth and your truth can both be true, even if they contradict each other.By Alex Kapitan | June 1, 2019 | From UU WorldTagged as: Gender, Integrity, Lesbian/Gay/Bisexual/Transgender/Queer, Truth, UU TheologyPage/Article -
Thanks to my trans siblings, trans and cisgender UUs are talking about the harm caused by a recent article.Feature | By Sam Allen | June 1, 2019 | From UU WorldTagged as: Gender, Lesbian/Gay/Bisexual/Transgender/QueerPage/Article -
Unitarian Universalism has not always made space for the work of trans ministers, but the work of trans ministers has been precious and irreplaceable just the same.Feature | By Julián Jamaica Soto | June 1, 2019 | From UU WorldTagged as: Gender, Integrity, Lesbian/Gay/Bisexual/Transgender/QueerPage/Article -
Unitarian Universalism has not always made space for the work of trans ministers, but the work of trans ministers has been precious and irreplaceable just the same.Feature | By Julián Jamaica Soto | June 1, 2019 | From EditorialTagged as: Gender, Integrity, Lesbian/Gay/Bisexual/Transgender/QueerPage/Article
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Members of TRUUsT, an organization of transgender and nonbinary UU religious professionals, share their stories.Feature | June 1, 2019 | From UU WorldTagged as: Gender, Lesbian/Gay/Bisexual/Transgender/QueerPage/Article -
‘I thought I had to be what other people wanted me to be, but it didn’t work.’Feature | June 1, 2019 | From UU WorldTagged as: Gender, Identity, Integrity, Lesbian/Gay/Bisexual/Transgender/QueerPage/Article -
‘You said it was for the best if my soul remained hidden. . . . I believed you for a time.’Feature | By Gwendolyn Howard | June 1, 2019 | From UU WorldTagged as: Acceptance, Courage, Gender, Integrity, Lesbian/Gay/Bisexual/Transgender/QueerPage/Article
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Blessed are the wanderers, Seeking affirmation. Blessed are the worshipers, Praying from closets, Pulpits, pews, and hardship. Blessed are the lovers of leaving – Leaving family and familiarity, Leaving tables Where love is not being served. Blessed are those who stay....Blessing | By Helen “HP” Rivers | May 28, 2019 | From WorshipWebTagged as: 1st Principle (Worth & Dignity), 2nd Principle (Justice, Equity, & Compassion), 6th Principle (World Community), 7th Principle (Interconnected Web), Acceptance, Anti-Oppression, Coming Out, Compassion, Diversity, Family, Gender, Humanism, Justice, Justice Sunday, Lesbian/Gay/Bisexual/Transgender/Queer, Love, National Coming Out Day, Pride Sunday, Prophetic Words & Deeds, Secular, SexualityWorship element