Come out for LGBTQ equality on #NationalComingOutDay with faith-based books, cartoons, videos and worship resources. On Oct. 11, #ComingOutDay urges LGBTQ people & allies to be open about who you are & your support for LGBTQ equality. #FaithfullyLGBT #NCOD
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Vida Dutton Scudder (1861-1954) is a social reformer, professor, #lesbian author - and an official saint in the #Episcopal Church. Her feast day is Oct. 10. For 35 years Scudder lived with author Florence Converse. #FaithfullyLGBT qspirit.net/vida-dutton-...

John Henry Newman, an official Catholic saint and 19th-century British scholar-priest, had a “romantic friendship” with Ambrose St. John. They lived together for 32 years and share the same grave. Newman’s Catholic feast day is Oct. 9. #faithfullyLGBT qspirit.net/john-henry-n...

Happy birthday, #DesmondTutu! He was a Nobel Peace Prize-winning South African activist for racial and LGBTQ equality. He famously fought apartheid, but he was also a major religious voice for LGBTQ people. He was born Oct. 7, 1931. #FaithfullyLGBT qspirit.net/desmond-tutu...

Saints Sergius and Bacchus were 3rd-century Roman soldiers who loved each other. The story of these "gay saints" is told in words and images for their feast day Oct. 7. They are a classic example of paired saints. #FaithfullyLGBT #gay qspirit.net/sergius-bacc...

Metropolitan Community Churches, the first denomination to affirm LGBTQ people, was founded Oct. 6, 1968 by Troy Perry. Q Spirit founder Kittredge Cherry shares photos from her years of MCC ministry for the anniversary. @mccdenomination.bsky.social! #FaithfullyLGBT
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Matthew Shepard was brutally attacked on Oct. 6-7, 1998 in Wyoming. He is a modern #gay martyr whose murder brought international attention to anti-#LGBTQ hate crimes and became a cultural icon, inspiring many. #faithfullyLGBT #MatthewShepard qspirit.net/matthew-shep...

October Q Spirit Newsletter is out! See this month’s issue and sign up for a free subscription at: conta.cc/4hZ6HAy Queer saint Francis of Assisi art, gay martyr Matthew Shepard, rainbow Mary, Hildegard's same-sex love, Nouwen's gay struggle, Euphrosyne/Smaragdus, Rumi, Carl Bean etc #faithfullyLGBT

Galla of Rome was a 6th-century widow who avoided remarriage by growing a beard. She founded a hospital and convent, and begged to have her female beloved Benedicta with her in heaven. Galla’s feast day is Oct. 5. #faithfullyLGBT
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Historical records reveal a queer side to Francis of Assisi, one of the most beloved religious figures of all time. His feast day is Oct. 4. Few know about the 13th-century friar's love for another man and his gender nonconformity. #faithfullyLGBT qspirit.net/francis-assi...

TODAY our communities in Bradford, Bristol, Cardiff, Exeter, Liverpool, London - Bow & Bethnal Green, Reading, Runcorn, and Weymouth gather.
FFI: opentable.lgbt/our-communities
#ComeAsYouAre #FaithfullyLGBT #MoreThanWelcome #PlaceToBelong #RoomAtTheTable

US evangelist Franklin Graham's #GodLovesYou tour is in Manchester tomorrow.
If you've ever felt broken or unwelcome because of who you are:
God created you. Your identity is not sinful. You are beautiful. ✨
Find your place at the table: opentable.lgbt
#ComeAsYouAre #MoreThanWelcome #FaithfullyLGBT

TODAY is #NationalPoetryDay so we're sharing again this poem - Sanctuary by Karen Kaiser - which speaks to us of the experience we hope to create in our Open Table communities:
'You are beloved
and you belong'.
#ComeAsYouAre #MoreThanWelcome #FaithfullyLGBT

Rumi is a 13th-century Persian poet and Sufi mystic whose love for another man inspired some of the world’s best poems and led to the creation of a new religious order, the Whirling Dervishes. #Rumi was born Sept. 30, 1207 in Afghanistan. #faithfullyLGBT
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Good King Wenceslas might be #gay. Yes, the king in the Christmas carol. The king and his page Podiven are real historical figures who loved each other in 10th-century Bohemia. Sep. 28 is the feast day of St Wenceslaus I, duke of Bohemia. #FaithfullyLGBT qspirit.net/gay-king-wen...

Euphrosyne / Smaragdus of Alexandria is a 5th-century saint who left life as a woman to become a male monk in an Egyptian monastery. His own father didn't recognize him until the saint revealed the truth to him shortly before dying. #faithfullyLGBT qspirit.net/euphrosyne-s...

Virginia Mollenkott was a feminist Bible scholar and queer theologian whose 13 books liberated many LGBTQ lives. She died on Sept. 25, 2020 at age 88. Her books include “Is the Homosexual My Neighbor?” and “Omnigender.” #faithfullyLGBT qspirit.net/virginia-mol...

Bullied into killing himself, gay teen Tyler Clementi brought international attention to suicide of LGBTQ youth by jumping to his death Sept. 22, 2010. Anti-LGBTQ religious leaders helped form the hostile atmosphere that drove him to die. #FaithfullyLGBT qspirit.net/tyler-clemen...

John McNeill was a pioneering #gay priest, psychotherapist, author, theologian and Jesuit scholar who inspired many LGBTQ people of faith and allies. He died Sept. 22, 2015. McNeill wrote the 1976 book “The Church and the Homosexual.” @kibbyer.bsky.social #FaithfullyLGBT qspirit.net/john-mcneill...

TODAY we are meeting to plan the #LGBT+ #Christian retreat weekend at St Beuno's North Wales Friday 30 October - Sunday 1 November. READ MORE & BOOK HERE: bit.ly/StBeunosLGBTQ26 #FaithfullyLGBT