38 20 2617 https://www.exhibits.lgbtran.org/files/original/861e48c0f8a435daf11fd222ae0c9723.jpg c03bf3ea57f193f1ff385a4a6db02a71 https://www.exhibits.lgbtran.org/files/original/532b1116d91887afce4457c6f8f791dd.jpg 9314dba0ef2dbd01ddfe8494b90d296e https://www.exhibits.lgbtran.org/files/original/3d6f3558c8f2a7a5cbc80cd4669976bc.jpg 9dac2721910d65ec38857787665ac234 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Shower of Stoles Description An account of the resource Items (stoles) for the Shower of Stoles exhibit Stole A stole in the Shower of Stoles exhibit Honoree The person honored by the creation of thestole. Ellen Taube Stole Text At a wedding when I was 3 ½ years old, I discovered I was different from other little girls. The bride’s beauty struck no responsive chord in me as it did in my three older female cousins. During the wedding I watched the pastors, including my grandfather. I knew that someday I would be doing what I saw them doing. Growing up in the Lutheran Church – Missouri Synod, I could not claim either the sexuality or the call to ministry that I knew were God’s gifts to me. I graduated from Seminary and was ordained in 1990, and served two calls. I lived in compliance with the ELCA’s Visions and Expectations as a closeted lesbian person, in a gradual downward spiral of loneliness and isolation. In spring of 2000, my Senior Pastor began to pray for the gift of companionship for me – a prayer I had never dared to pray for myself. In the spring of 2001, I quietly resigned my call to receive God’s gift of a life partner, hoping the ELCA would find a way to welcome me as a partnered lesbian pastor. In fall of 2002, I was in a safe place to share my story with the church as part of the “Journey Together Faithful” dialogue. My name was removed from the ELCA clergy roster in December 2002. I continue to attend an ELCA congregation, using God’s gifts in worship leadership and catechetical instruction. Denomination Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Contribution Date 2015 Contribution Story Originally a part of the collection of stoles housed by ReconcilingWorks: Lutherans for Full Participation, this stole was donated by them to the Shower of Stoles Project in 2015. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 1228 Title A name given to the resource Ellen Taube Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Mountain Iron, Minnesota (USA) Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Ellen Taube Evangelical Lutherans of America (ELCA) Lutheran Minnesota Reconciling Works (formerly Lutherans Concerned) Taube, Ellen Women and Religion https://www.exhibits.lgbtran.org/files/original/dcef1e02730b922403df72164ec08655.jpg 6adbad38eb22976098ffd61b333344ca Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource The Historical Development of BIPOC Trans-spiritual Leadership Still Image A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Embarkation of Moriscos from Valencia Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived New World Encyclopedia https://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/Morisco Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Shower of Stoles Description An account of the resource Items (stoles) for the Shower of Stoles exhibit Stole A stole in the Shower of Stoles exhibit Honoree The person honored by the creation of thestole. Emily Davidson Stole Text EMILY DAVIDSON Minister's Daughter Denomination Presbyterian Church (USA) Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 274 Title A name given to the resource Emily Davidson Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Unknown Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Anonymous https://www.exhibits.lgbtran.org/files/original/a54bf3ceb208cb4d1e0e0854fda1485b.jpg 5b3acd883017df25f4dd3a3727e7d9b7 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource The Historical Development of BIPOC Trans-spiritual Leadership Website A resource comprising of a web page or web pages and all related assets ( such as images, sound and video files, etc. ). URL https://enfleshed.com/ Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Enfleshed Description An account of the resource Homepage of the ENFLESHED website. A former Enfleshed image. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived ENFLESHED: Spiritual nourishment for collective liberation https://enfleshed.com/blogs/news/what-we-mean-by-collective-liberation/ Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Co-directors: Robert Monson, Rev. Anna Blaedel, Rev. M J Kaiser leadership spiritual trans inclusive transgender https://www.exhibits.lgbtran.org/files/original/d9f5b7c34f1202861399aa1f3119cfa9.jpg 6cb1c593517e7eb6c938e9236c118228 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Shower of Stoles Description An account of the resource Items (stoles) for the Shower of Stoles exhibit Stole A stole in the Shower of Stoles exhibit Honoree The person honored by the creation of thestole. Erin Stole Text ERIN Roman Catholic Toledo, OH EMPOWERED BY THE SPIRIT, LIMITED BY MY CHURCH My journey to ministry in the Roman Catholic Church has been one of grace. I was not active in my church growing up. In college, I became active in Campus Ministry and it changed my life. I learned that God is love; that we are created in the image and likeness of God and therefore we have inherent dignity and worth. Studying theology in graduate school and preparing to minister within my church was incredibly empowering. My course work opened my eyes to a whole new way of seeing the world. I was introduced to liberation theology and social justice. I knew that I was called to be a campus minister. Then, I came out, and discovered what the Roman Catholic Church teaches about ''homosexuals''. I realized that my relationship with my partner is considered "intrinsically evil and objectively disordered". I have yet to discover how that label helps me to know that I am created in the image of God and have inherent dignity and worth. Serving in official church ministry, I quickly discovered the limitations placed on me as a lesbian in a covenant relationship. My ministry became a difficult and painful cross. I loved the work I knew as a campus minister. I was in a graced place to help students struggling to find their places in the world as people of faith. I love my Church, and its social justice theology. However, the deep sadness of not being able to be fully myself, not being able to allow the people to know me, was degrading. To constantly have to play the pronoun game, to deny my relationship with the woman that I love, who has taught me what God’s love is, and what God’s Grace is, was too much. I have left the ministry that I love because I could no longer stand living in constant dichotomy. I remain active in ministry outside the bounds of denominational politics and control. I am Empowered by the Spirit. I have answered my call. It is my church’s choice not to value the gifts of LGBT community brings to ministry, but I will stay faithful to the Spirit who calls. Denomination Roman Catholic Church Contribution Date 2007 Contribution Story This stole was blessed and given to the Project at a special ecumenical worship service on November 4, 2007 in Toledo, OH. David Lohman Faith Work Coordinator National Gay & Lesbian Task Force's Institute for Welcoming Resources Home of the Shower of Stoles Project 2007 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 1116 Title A name given to the resource Erin Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Toledo, Ohio (USA) Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Erin Catholic Ohio Ordination Roman Catholic Theology https://www.exhibits.lgbtran.org/files/original/e8f017acb60f2108100a4db1bae179a6.jpg c40a3f7be280e2d87a3c2dddfc25e31d https://www.exhibits.lgbtran.org/files/original/0efd9e8f4731a9acb3bd9154891c71b9.jpg 601d036e26a2f60de2136b903f91edc6 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Shower of Stoles Description An account of the resource Items (stoles) for the Shower of Stoles exhibit Stole A stole in the Shower of Stoles exhibit Honoree The person honored by the creation of thestole. Erin Swenson Stole Text Erin Katrina Swenson was ordained in November 1973 by Atlanta Presbytery of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.), as Eric Karl Swensen. Eric served as a chaplain at the Georgia Regional Hospital in Atlanta before moving to Dalton, Georgia to become the Minister of Education there. Eric returned to Atlanta in 1977 to become chaplain at the Georgia Retardation Center, finally becoming a pastoral counselor in 1982. Eric has held professional positions with the Atlanta Psychiatric Clinic, Brookwood Center for Psychotherapy, The Center for Pastoral Care, and St. Luke's Training and Counseling Center. In 1995 Eric underwent a gender transition, and after many months of examination had her ordination sustained by the Presbytery of Greater Atlanta on October 22, 1996. She is currently practicing in Atlanta and is Parish Associate at Ormewood Park Presbyterian Church. Denomination Presbyterian Church (USA) Contribution Date 1999 Contribution Story Erin Swenson broke new ground within mainstream Christian Protestant faith groups on October 22, 1996, when the Presbytery of Greater Atlanta, by a vote of 186 to 161, sustained her ordination as a Presbyterian minister. Erin had transitioned from male to female in 1995/96 after 23 years of ordained service, and with the Presbytery's vote in 1996 she became the first mainstream minister to make a gender transition while remaining in ordained office. In 1999, Erin co-founded, with Raja Qasim, the Southern Association for Gender Education, Inc. (SAGE), an interfaith educational agency devoted to providing gender education for colleges, universities, medical groups, and faith organizations. Through SAGE Erin has presented her program across the country since 1999 in settings both large and small, from Massachusetts to San Francisco. In 1991, she was elected to the Board of More Light Presbyterians, an organization devoted to the full inclusion of GLBT people in the life and ministry of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.). Erin continues to maintain warm relationships with her former spouse and their two daughters as well as her extended family. In 2003, Erin became the chair of the Health Ministries Committee of the Presbytery of Greater Atlanta. According to Erin, "My ministry is about bringing full understanding and compassion not just for people who are differently gendered, but for everyone who lives in a culture where rigid gender roles impose unhealthy and unrealistic expectations for abundant living." Martha Juillerat Founder, Shower of Stoles Project 2006 The LGBTQ Religious Archives Network's oral history with Erin Swenson can be accessed <a href="https://www.lgbtran.org/Interview.aspx?ID=40">here</a>. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 388 Title A name given to the resource Erin Swenson Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Atlanta, Georgia (USA) Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Erin Swenson Atlanta Clergy Activist Georgia More Light Presbyterians for LGBT Concerns Presbyterian Presbyterian Church (USA) Qasim, Raja Swenson, Erin Transgender activism Women and Religion https://www.exhibits.lgbtran.org/files/original/4a27ef24511a9177b009d51bc66b4c75.jpg 4fb9200f7c2ec89d87e30875ca0e5f77 Person An individual. Text Any textual data included in the document Erin Swenson broke new ground within mainstream Christian Protestant faith groups on October 22, 1996, when the Presbytery of Greater Atlanta, by a vote of 186 to 161, sustained her ordination as a Presbyterian minister. Erin had transitioned from male to female in 1995/96 after 23 years of ordained service, and with the Presbytery’s vote in 1996 she became the first mainstream minister to make a gender transition while remaining in ordained office. <img src="http://rollingthestoneaway.org/media/profile/erin-swenson/Pic%20piano.jpg" />Young Swenson playing parents’ grand piano.Erin was born Eric Karl Swenson in Buffalo, New York, in 1947. She moved to Atlanta, Georgia with her family in 1957 and attended Sandy Springs High School before entering the Georgia Institute of Technology in 1965. She met her wife in 1967, and entered Columbia Theological Seminary in 1970, just four months after the birth of their first daughter. After graduating from Columbia with honors in 1973 and completing a clinical internship, Erin became Minister of Education at First Presbyterian Church of Dalton, Georgia. After the difficult birth of their second daughter in 1976, which left her severely disabled, the family moved back to Atlanta where Erin completed a graduate degree in Pastoral Counseling while working as a Clinical Chaplain at the Georgia Retardation Center. <img src="http://rollingthestoneaway.org/media/profile/erin-swenson/Pic%20Camp%20Calvin.jpg" />Met Sigrid (pictured here), later wife, in 1967 at Camp Calvin in Atlanta. Erin joined the staff of the Atlanta Psychiatric Clinic and Center for Personal Growth in 1981 as a pastoral clinical psychotherapist after completing her Th.M. in Pastoral Counseling at Columbia Theological Seminary. In 1984, she became Director of the Center for Pastoral Care, a joint ministry of Peachtree Presbyterian Church and the Episcopal Cathedral of St. Philip in Atlanta. Erin co-founded, with Karen Faulk, the Brookwood Center for Psychotherapy in 1987, where she kept her practice until her gender transition in 1995. In 1995, Erin was awarded the Distinguished Service to the State award by the Georgia Association for Marriage and Family Therapy for her work in advancing Georgia’s professional licensing legislation. She also co-founded, and for ten years led, the Premarital Workshop, a ministry of the Episcopal Diocese of Atlanta, during which time nearly 1,000 couples were assisted in preparation for life together. <img src="http://rollingthestoneaway.org/media/profile/erin-swenson/Pic%20Roy%20Barnes.jpg" />Erin with daughter Lara meeting with Georgia governor Roy Barnes about Medicaid waiting list. While studying for her doctorate she was listed in Who’s Who in American Colleges and Universities, and completed her Ph.D. in Psychological Services at Columbia Pacific University in 1989. Erin’s gender transition was a turbulent time for her personally. Her marriage ended in 1995, at about the same time that the church challenge was beginning. Her clinical practice took a sharp nosedive because of the local publicity of her gender transition, and by the end of 1996, she was all but unemployed. She began the slow reconstruction of her counseling by specializing in gender and gender identity issues for individuals and couples. <img src="http://rollingthestoneaway.org/media/profile/erin-swenson/Pic%20Susan.jpg" />Erin & Susan Craig lead sold-out  luncheon program on Bisexual & Trans Presbyterians at 2002 General Assembly.  In 1999, Erin co-founded, with Raja Qasim, the Southern Association for Gender Education, Inc. (SAGE), an interfaith educational agency devoted to providing gender education for colleges, universities, medical groups, and faith organizations. Through SAGE Erin has presented her program across the country since 1999 in settings both large and small, from Massachusetts to San Francisco. In 1998, she was elected to the Board of More Light Presbyterians, an organization devoted to the full inclusion of GLBT people in the life and ministry of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.). She served as co-moderator from 2000-2002. <img src="http://rollingthestoneaway.org/media/profile/erin-swenson/Pic%20sandwich.jpg" />LGBT “sandwich”—Susan Craig, Bear Ride, Erin, Michael Adee.Erin continues to maintain warm relationships with her former spouse and their two daughters as well as her extended family. She also continues to practice as a gender specialist in her practice in downtown Atlanta. According to Erin, “My ministry is about bringing full understanding and compassion not just for people who are differently gendered, but for everyone who lives in a culture where rigid gender roles impose unhealthy and unrealistic expectations for abundant living.” (This biographical statement provided by Erin Swenson.) Biographical Text Erin Swenson broke new ground within mainstream Christian Protestant faith groups on October 22, 1996, when the Presbytery of Greater Atlanta, by a vote of 186 to 161, sustained her ordination as a Presbyterian minister. Erin had transitioned from male to female in 1995/96 after 23 years of ordained service, and with the Presbytery’s vote in 1996 she became the first mainstream minister to make a gender transition while remaining in ordained office. Erin was born Eric Karl Swenson in Buffalo, New York, in 1947. She moved to Atlanta, Georgia with her family in 1957 and attended Sandy Springs High School before entering the Georgia Institute of Technology in 1965. She met her wife in 1967, and entered Columbia Theological Seminary in 1970, just four months after the birth of their first daughter. After graduating from Columbia with honors in 1973 and completing a clinical internship, Erin became Minister of Education at First Presbyterian Church of Dalton, Georgia. After the difficult birth of their second daughter in 1976, which left her severely disabled, the family moved back to Atlanta where Erin completed a graduate degree in Pastoral Counseling while working as a Clinical Chaplain at the Georgia Retardation Center. Erin joined the staff of the Atlanta Psychiatric Clinic and Center for Personal Growth in 1981 as a pastoral clinical psychotherapist after completing her Th.M. in Pastoral Counseling at Columbia Theological Seminary. In 1984, she became Director of the Center for Pastoral Care, a joint ministry of Peachtree Presbyterian Church and the Episcopal Cathedral of St. Philip in Atlanta. Erin co-founded, with Karen Faulk, the Brookwood Center for Psychotherapy in 1987, where she kept her practice until her gender transition in 1995. In 1995, Erin was awarded the Distinguished Service to the State award by the Georgia Association for Marriage and Family Therapy for her work in advancing Georgia’s professional licensing legislation. She also co-founded, and for ten years led, the Premarital Workshop, a ministry of the Episcopal Diocese of Atlanta, during which time nearly 1,000 couples were assisted in preparation for life together. While studying for her doctorate she was listed in Who’s Who in American Colleges and Universities, and completed her Ph.D. in Psychological Services at Columbia Pacific University in 1989. Erin’s gender transition was a turbulent time for her personally. Her marriage ended in 1995, at about the same time that the church challenge was beginning. Her clinical practice took a sharp nosedive because of the local publicity of her gender transition, and by the end of 1996, she was all but unemployed. She began the slow reconstruction of her counseling by specializing in gender and gender identity issues for individuals and couples. In 1999, Erin co-founded, with Raja Qasim, the Southern Association for Gender Education, Inc. (SAGE), an interfaith educational agency devoted to providing gender education for colleges, universities, medical groups, and faith organizations. Through SAGE Erin has presented her program across the country since 1999 in settings both large and small, from Massachusetts to San Francisco. In 1998, she was elected to the Board of More Light Presbyterians, an organization devoted to the full inclusion of GLBT people in the life and ministry of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.). She served as co-moderator from 2000-2002. Erin continues to maintain warm relationships with her former spouse and their two daughters as well as her extended family. She also continues to practice as a gender specialist in her practice in downtown Atlanta. According to Erin, “My ministry is about bringing full understanding and compassion not just for people who are differently gendered, but for everyone who lives in a culture where rigid gender roles impose unhealthy and unrealistic expectations for abundant living.” (This biographical statement provided by Erin Swenson.) Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Erin Swenson Erin Swenson Presbyterian https://www.exhibits.lgbtran.org/files/original/a03211e7f078d1118891d210739570e5.jpg 958fbe8e91c9714e2ef6ecd2e28d5efb https://www.exhibits.lgbtran.org/files/original/4921deb015443099c07497b81d3b396e.jpg d9a133e91ac1a6181050fd7429d1d888 https://www.exhibits.lgbtran.org/files/original/7dd31a6c57b1c96735c64672d72f9a0d.jpg f4ed278b9a6712022eb16c9a6cfd3856 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Shower of Stoles Description An account of the resource Items (stoles) for the Shower of Stoles exhibit Stole A stole in the Shower of Stoles exhibit Honoree The person honored by the creation of thestole. Erwin C. Barron Stole Text Erwin C. Barron I have been your pastor for ten years, ten years of weekly wearing this stole to worship a loving God. Ten years of teaching your children and youth with questions, explorations, faith and hugs. Ten years of marrying your brides and grooms with laughter and joy. Ten years of burying your loved ones with tears and shared grief. Ten years of studying the Bible together, exploring God's word for our lives. Ten years of living the Christian life together, traveling God's journey together. Yet, you did not know me, for I hid in fear and secrecy. And when, finally, God sent me the love of my life, when we committed ourselves in faith and covenant to live together in love, you reject me! As an honest, loving, "partnered" gay man, I cannot be your pastor, cannot wear this stole. I do not fit your view of morality, your exclusive club. So, I must leave the Presbyterian ministry, with tears and regret, but leave I must. Sending this stole as my witness. Denomination Presbyterian Church (USA) Contribution Date 1995 Contribution Story This stole was one of the original 80 stoles that were on display on Sept. 16, 1995 when I set aside my ordination before Heartland Presbytery (see stole #1 for details). Over the years we were asked a number of times to change something written on a stole, ususally because someone who had been closeted was now out and wanted to add their name, or to amend a story. This particular stole saw three different manifestations. We first received it in 1995, identified only by the initials "E.B." About a year later, Erwin sent us a letter telling us that he had decided to leave his very successful youth ministry position at Westminster Presbyterian Church in Minneapolis. He and his partner were planning a commitment ceremony, and he no longer felt he could remain closeted. Although he felt this would be the end of his career in parish ministry, he wasn't sure what would come next, so he asked that we add his new story anonymously. About a year later, though, Erwin finally was ready to add the third and most important piece to his stole -- his full name. Erwin was President of the founding Board of the Shower of Stoles Project before returning to graduate school to pursue a PhD in ethics. He is now living in California. Martha Juillerat Founder, Shower of Stoles Project 2006 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 30 Title A name given to the resource Erwin C. Barron Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Minneapolis, Minnesota (USA) Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Erwin C. Barron California Church Trials Minneapolis Minnesota Ordination Presbyterian Presbyterian Church (USA) https://www.exhibits.lgbtran.org/files/original/97925daa23468d2a0b0d22f7814d3c8c.jpg a253f64605c7623c5011cae0b1801f28 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource The Upstairs Lounge Fire Still Image A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. Text Any textual data included in the document AM applying to the La. ABC Board for a permit to sell alcoholic beverages at retail at the following address: The Upstairs, 604 Iberville St., in the Parish of Orleans. Philip J. Esteve, Prop. AM applying to the Collector of Revenue, State of Louisiana, for a permit to sell beer at retail at the following address: The Upstairs, 604 Iberville St., in the Parish of Orleans. Philip J. Esteve, Prop. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Esteve Prepares to Open Upstairs Lounge Description An account of the resource Philip Esteve applies for liquor license for 604 Iberville Street. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived The Times-Picayune, October 11, 1970 https://www.exhibits.lgbtran.org/files/original/f0097686f2f5e5ef9a4da1a9c2c5a147.jpg b0a4222b07f4d844f552d96f9348deb5 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Queer Sacramentality: The Church of the Beloved Disciple Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context CBD_020 Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1974-06-30 Title A name given to the resource Eucharistic Catholic Church banner at the 1974 New York City Pride March Description An account of the resource Carried by members of the Church of the Beloved Disciple during the Fifth Annual Christopher Street Liberation Day March on June 30, 1974, this processional banner features heraldic imagery created by the Church of the Beloved Disciple in honor of the Eucharistic Catholic Church, founded by Archbishop George Augustine Hyde in 1946. By designing and publicly displaying a coat of arms for the Eucharistic Catholic Church, the congregation affirmed its spiritual and historical continuity with Hyde's pioneering ministry. The banner proclaimed the Church of the Beloved Disciple's understanding of itself as the successor to the Eucharistic Catholic Church, continuing its mission of providing a sacramental home for LGBTQ Christians within the historic Catholic tradition. Type The nature or genre of the resource Still Image Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Church of the Beloved Disciple Archive, https://beloved-disciple.com https://www.exhibits.lgbtran.org/files/original/edb99a14e3c720194faa629e43d4825d.jpeg 686dd7b083161185334203b010446aad Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource The Historical Development of BIPOC Trans-spiritual Leadership Still Image A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Eunuchs of the Mughal empire. Subject The topic of the resource The privileged life that Mughal eunuchs enjoyed. Description An account of the resource Francisco Pelsaert, during his visit to the Mughal court as a Dutch merchant in the seventeenth century, took notes on the prestige and power enjoyed by the third gender, or eunuchs, in the imperial household. “They can get whatever they desire- fine horses to ride, servants to attend them outside, and female slaves inside the house, clothes as fine and smart as those of their master himself,” he is noted to have written in his travelogue. The elevated stature of eunuchs during the Mughal era has been documented for years by foreign travelers and historians. “Even the stigmatized community of hijras in India today seem to carry something of the special powers, the baraka, of the eunuchs of earlier times, and they invoke Mughal eunuchs as their ancestors.” Historian Ruby Lal uncovered this history in her article ‘Harem and eunuchs: Liminality and Networks of Mughal Authority.’ Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived When eunuchs were the mid-rung of power in the Mughal empire, by Adrija Roychowdhury, The Indian Express. New Delhi, July 19, 2018. https://indianexpress.com/article/research/eunuch-security-guards-bihar-mughal-empire-history-5266102/ https://www.exhibits.lgbtran.org/files/original/e899f21c9436b528ee365986527f7943.jpg 9b3dbe0645bec515df1d0114dfaa852f Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Second Stone Description An account of the resource Issues of the Second Stone publication. Issue An issue of a recurring publication. Issue Number The number of the issue (within a volume) 117 Publication Year The year the issue was published 1989 Publication Date The date the issue was published October 1989 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Evangelicals Together Newsletter Description An account of the resource An early ad for Second Stone as published in the October 1989 issue of the Evangelicals Together Newsletter. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Actions and Events 1987-1997. Action: Federal Building AA89.1006 1989: Documents 1989, 1. 1989. MS ACT UP Los Angeles Records: Actions and Events 1987-1997 Box 5, Folder 44. ONE National Gay & Lesbian Archives. Archives of Sexuality and Gender, https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/NBGKTG855761771/AHSI?u= kans96975&sid=AHSI&xid=c14300ef. Accessed 29 June 2020. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Shower of Stoles Description An account of the resource Items (stoles) for the Shower of Stoles exhibit Stole A stole in the Shower of Stoles exhibit Honoree The person honored by the creation of thestole. Eve Hinderer Stole Text EVE HINDERER Park Slope United Methodist Church Brooklyn, New York I was immediately drawn into the warmth of the ministry of PSUMC and was impressed with the outreach of the Central American festival. I visited for two years while still at Judson Church. In the spring of 1988, I adopted Park Slope Methodist as my church. My first role in the church was to organize the Central American festival. This began my sojourn as chair of the social action committee, a position I had for two and a half years. For a period of 6 months thereafter, I created and chaired the Reconciling Task force, an effort to probe any special needs we had, and to inquire into our identity as a distinct group in the congregation. The response was erratic, and the effort, I felt, insufficiently supported, and I terminated the group. Before leaving NYC last year, I was serving on the nominating committee, was secretary of United Methodist Women, and was attending Reconciling Committee meetings. Denomination United Methodist Church Contribution Date 2000 Contribution Story This is one of thirty one stoles from Park Slope United Methodist Church included in a display of UM stoles at the 2000 General Conference of the UMC in Cleveland. All are made from identically sized pieces in turquoise, lavender and purple cotton batik, With only 200 members, Park Slope has donated the largest number of stoles to the collection from a single United Methodist congregation. A diverse community, Park Slope's creed is: Hand in hand, we the people of the Park Slope United Methodist Church -- black and white, straight and gay, old and young, rich and poor -- unite as a loving community, in covenant with God and the Creation. Summoned by our faith in Jesus Christ, we commit ourselves to the humanization of urban life and to physical and spiritual growth. A scrappy congregation utterly committed to putting their faith into action, Park Slope has been unrelenting in its pursuit of justice for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people in the UMC. In 1999, the Reconciling Ministries Network (RMN) inquired about the possibility of having a display of the Shower of Stoles at the General Conference the following April. At the time, there were only around twenty United Methodist stoles in the collection. We decided to introduce the Shower of Stoles to the Reconciling community by bringing the twenty UM stoles and about a hundred others to RMN’s Convocation in Denton, TX over the Labor Day weekend. Stoles started to trickle in during the fall, and by February they began coming in droves. In all, we received 220 United Methodist stoles – the vast majority of them arriving within eight weeks of the Conference. Thanks to a monumental effort by a number of volunteers who pitched in to help record, inventory, sew labels and make last-minute repairs, all of the new stoles were present in Cleveland. Twenty more people brought stoles directly to Cleveland, bringing the total number on display to 240. Towards the end of the General Conference, twenty eight lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender United Methodists and allies stood on the Conference floor in silent protest over the Conference’s failure to overturn the ban on LGBT ordination – a profound witness and act of defiance for which they were later arrested. As these twenty eight moved to the front of the room, another 200 supporters stood up around the balcony railing, each wearing one of the new United Methodist stoles. Hundreds more stood in solidarity as well, in the balcony and on the plenary floor, wearing symbolic “stoles” made from colorful bands of cloth. A group of young people from Minneapolis, members of a Communicant’s Class, had purchased bolts of cloth the preceding evening and stayed up all night cutting out close to a thousand of these “stoles”. In less than eight months, a handful of stoles had grown to become a powerful, visible witness to the steadfast faith of LGBT United Methodists nationwide. Martha Juillerat Founder, Shower of Stoles Project 2006 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 542 Title A name given to the resource Eve Hinderer Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Brooklyn, New York (USA) Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Park Slope United Methodist Church Clergy Activist Hinderer, Eve Methodist New York New York City Ordination Reconciling Ministries Network (formerly Reconciling Congregation Program) Theology United Methodist Church Women and Religion https://www.exhibits.lgbtran.org/files/original/2d23d9b917195253ff42061203340f75.pdf 5f79405764fcdfbd96669d523c9488a8 Still Image A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. Text Any textual data included in the document MEMBERSHIP DRIVE CONTINUES Over 60 people have siged up for 1975 membership so far, with almost no prompting from the committee. Another 40 would make it more feasible for us to pay the rent at our new place, when we find one. Annual dues: $18, payable in up to three install- ments, the last of which must be in by January 30 to qualify for a vote in elections for the new board. A few members have given us checks for $30, which was last year's dues figure, and we accepted them gratefully. Get membership forms from and give checks to Jeff Katz. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Excerpt from a 1975 newsletter from CBST Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived CBST Archives https://www.exhibits.lgbtran.org/files/original/c9b57582365b1a908c82ce363a797284.jpg 6cd4c9ca8bdbc0d384c5183c86ebaffa Still Image A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. Text Any textual data included in the document Congregation Beth Simchat Torah is delighted to invite you to join us on Friday, September 11, 1992, 14 Elul 5752 at 8:00 p.m. for Shabbat services and the installation of our first rabbi Rabbi Sharon A. Kleinbaum Installation Address: Rabbi Alexander Schindler, President. Union of American Hebrew Congregations Onet Shabbat reception to follow 57 Bethune STreet, New York 212-929-9498 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Excerpt from Rabbi Sharon Kleinbaum’s Installation Drash, Installation Invitation Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived CBST Archives Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Courtesy of Rabbi Sharon Kleinbaum https://www.exhibits.lgbtran.org/files/original/ca5986338c9dcaf84de9049644b84e07.pdf c9edbe6a2e5b152987ee0dc4568fe414 Still Image A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. Text Any textual data included in the document Dear Mr. Lieber: We stood at the base of Mount Sinai as one Jewish people. We endured together at Auschwitz as one Jewish people. We rallied, fought, and won the land of Israel for all Jewish people as one Jewish people. Sadly, the concept of one Jewish people, which has sustained us through thousands of years, is in peril within the ranks of the West Side Jewish Community Council. Your project, the Jewish Peoplehood Fair, is being used as a staffing ground by a bigoted and vocal minority to divide rather than to unite. We of Congregation Beth Simchat Torah, New York's Gay Synagogue, sought in good faith and with the best motives to participate in the Fair, but our participation was blocked by a segment of the Council that believes one part of the Jewish community has the right to deny another part the full enjoyment of Jewish life. Although we stand firm in our position that we are well within our rights to demand participation in the fair, although numerous members of the council have backed us in this, although governmental agencies concerned with Human Rights have assured us that our participation cannot be denied us, the members, congregants, and friends of the Gay Synagogue of New York have chosen not to press for inclusion in the Fair at this time. Our decision stems, in part, from an awareness that we have become a focal point for infighting and intrigues that seem to be the order of the day at the West Side Jewish Community Council. Should we continue to press for our rights, and should serious division occur within the ranks of the Council, it is inevitable that gay Jews would be used as scapegoats to take the blame for all the troubles of the Council, just as all Jews have been used throughout history as scapegoats for the troubles of others. In spite of the injury that has been perpetrated upon us because of this matter, the larger issue of human rights and dignity for all Jewish people remains our uppermost concern. We choose to take the lead in easing above petty prejudice and squabbles. Therefore, we have come to our decision for Shalom Bayis, and for our deep commitment to the principles of Am Israel, One Jewish People. But, let it be noted, we are withdrawing our application only for the 1982 Fair. We hope that those in the Council who have the true feeling of community in their hearts and minds can comprehend the sadness and bitterness within our congregation. Be assured that we will continue to strive toward the day when the term "One Jewish People" can be more to us than an empty slogan. IRVING COOPERBERG, CHAIRMAN, BOARD OF TRUSTEES Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Excerpts from The Jewish Week, 1992 Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived CBST Archives https://www.exhibits.lgbtran.org/files/original/5e9606b9beefab80b1c2f708af57091d.pdf 9f4f835b242979606ca6add7225742f7 Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Text Any textual data included in the document Dialogue January, 1964 Sex is an explosive subject whenever it is discussed. It is particularly explosive for college students. This report attempts to analyze sexual morality objectively and understandingly. Whiel many think about sex, rarely do they individually attempt to analyze it in moral terms. There is a morality to human actions and we must attempt to discover what it is for sex. To stimulate this search, we reprint this report which will challenge the beliefs of many. We want to change; we do want thought. But, be careful of rationalization. Sex is a psychological drive so strong as to easily lead to self-deception, which either rejects it or succumbs to it. Anyone who will use this article as an excuse for sexual license is a fool who ignores an opportunity to attempt to realistically come to terms with himself and perverts the search for insight and understanding into a tool of his own whim. The Editors These exerpts are taken from a report published by the British Society of Friends which represented solely the views of the individual members of The Friends who prepared this statement. [This article contains lengthy excerpts from Towards a Quaker View of Sex.] DIALOGUE January, 1964 Vol. Iv., No. 1 DIALOGUE Dialogue is a journal of significant discussion pledged to stimulate a free clash of opinion. By reflecting thought of all persuasions, we are seeking to challenge the intellect and motivate active social concern. editor-in-chief: Brian Olmstead managing editor: Adam J. Sorkin associatge editors: Judith L. Bourne, Richard Greenblatt, Chris Kinder, Stephen LeRoy, Fred M. Rosen, Nancy Rosen art editor: Amy Vladeck cover design: Peter Salwen first wood cut: Joel Perlman second wood cut: Forrest German advisor: William Rogers Dialogue is published by the education are of the Cornell United Religious Work. Opinions expressed in signed articles do not necessarily reflect the views of the editors nor does any comment necessarily represent that position of CURW. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Excerpts in Dialogue journal Jan 1964 Description An account of the resource The journal Dialogue, published by Cornell United Religious Work, published significant excerpts from the study in its January 1964 issue. These excepts focused on sexual practice and morality; homosexuality largely ignored, Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived HSC Quaker Group on Homosexuality records, Friends House, London https://www.exhibits.lgbtran.org/files/original/a1b0a823ba4ed657de0908dc26ec62cf.jpg f7e92209e710d67d2cd5aeb307b67c25 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource The Historical Development of BIPOC Trans-spiritual Leadership Still Image A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Exhibition Cover Image https://www.exhibits.lgbtran.org/files/original/a6a6d1b7b4306ef367973e52b81c8c1e.jpg 702d9bbf9921e73f32d8b507719f0b58 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource The Historical Development of BIPOC Trans-spiritual Leadership Still Image A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Expulsion of the Jesuits from Spain and New Spain Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Tumacacori National Historic Park, Arizona: National Park Service https://www.nps.gov/tuma/learn/historyculture/jesuit-expulsion.htm#:~:text=King%20Carlos%20III%20of%20Spain,special%20courier%20from%20the%20viceroy. Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Image https://www.quora.com/Why-were-the-Jesuits-expelled-from-the-Americas-in-1767 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Queer Sacramentality: The Church of the Beloved Disciple Hyperlink A link, or reference, to another resource on the Internet. URL <a href="https://www.nyclgbtsites.org/site/gay-activists-alliance-zap-at-the-nyc-marriage-bureau/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">https://www.nyclgbtsites.org/site/gay-activists-alliance-zap-at-the-nyc-marriage-bureau/</a> Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context LINK_02 Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1971-06-04 Title A name given to the resource External Resource: Gay Activists Alliance “Zap” at the NYC Marriage Bureau (1971) Description An account of the resource Explore documentation of the Gay Activists Alliance’s June 1971 action at New York City’s Marriage Bureau, which responded to the controversy surrounding Clement’s Holy Union ceremonies and the city’s refusal to recognize same-sex relationships. Includes links to historic YouTube videos. New York’s City Clerk Herman Katz became incensed over the publicity of a same-sex “illegal marriage” being officiated by Clement in April 1971. Katz threatened legal action against Clement for performing what he called mock marriages. In response, the Gay Activists Alliance held one of its most famous and creative zaps, an engagement party for two same-sex couples, complete with wedding cake, on June 4, 1971, at the Marriage Bureau in the Municipal Building. New York’s City Clerk Herman Katz became incensed over the publicity of a same-sex “illegal marriage” being officiate by Clement in April 1971. Katz threatened legal action against Clement for performing what he called mock marriages. In response, the Gay Activists Alliance held one of its most famous and creative zaps, an engagement party for two same-sex couples, complete with wedding cake, on June 4, 1971, at the Marriage Bureau in the Municipal Building. Type The nature or genre of the resource Hyperlink Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived https://www.nyclgbtsites.org/site/gay-activists-alliance-zap-at-the-nyc-marriage-bureau/