39 20 2617 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/starting-point-of-nycs-first-pride-march/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">https://www.nyclgbtsites.org/site/starting-point-of-nycs-first-pride-march/</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_04 Title A name given to the resource External Resource: NYC LGBTQ Historic Sites — First Christopher Street Liberation Day March Description An account of the resource Explore the NYC LGBTQ Historic Sites entry documenting the route, starting point, and historical significance of New York City’s first Christopher Street Liberation Day March on June 28, 1970. Type The nature or genre of the resource Hyperlink Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived <a href="https://www.nyclgbtsites.org/site/starting-point-of-nycs-first-pride-march/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">https://www.nyclgbtsites.org/site/starting-point-of-nycs-first-pride-march/</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/. 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/west-side-discussion-group-center/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">https://www.nyclgbtsites.org/site/west-side-discussion-group-center/</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_07 Title A name given to the resource External Resource: NYC LGBTQ Historic Sites — West Side Discussion Group Center Description An account of the resource Explore the history of the West Side Discussion Group Center, one of the Church of the Beloved Disciple’s temporary Manhattan worship locations before the congregation established its permanent home at 348 West 14th Street in 1973. 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/west-side-discussion-group-center/ https://www.exhibits.lgbtran.org/files/original/13e033fbd4fa27ca8b4be5c63ca40872.jpg a91034c68a4af134bacd12b0e30869e4 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_032 Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource circa 1974 Title A name given to the resource External view of church building after remodel Description An account of the resource Following an extensive renovation by parishioners, 348 West 14th Street became the permanent home of the Church of the Beloved Disciple and the center of its ministry to New York City's LGBTQ community. Dedicated in October 1973, the former commercial building was transformed into a church through the labor and financial support of its members, creating one of the first permanently owned houses of worship established by an openly LGBTQ Christian congregation in New York City. From this sanctuary, the church celebrated the Eucharist, ordained clergy, and became a center of LGBTQ religious life and independent Catholic ministry in New York. 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/f255886765194c9a42c4bd4b6b0feefb.png 966e88d4973ac09d5b577957d79ac226 Person An individual. 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 Extraordinary Lutheran Ministries (ELM): Participating Organization Profile Description An account of the resource <a href="https://www.elm.org/">Extraordinary Lutheran Ministries</a> affirms and supports LGBTQIA+ Lutheran rostered leaders and those pursuing a call to rostered leadership, while engaging allied congregations and ministries to proclaim God’s love and seek  justice for all. ELCA Extraordinary Lutheran Ministries Lutheran https://www.exhibits.lgbtran.org/files/original/32a15a6769b1fc0c5ecbb0f997904ab0.jpg 6cb271bca0a20ffa913699209631a280 https://www.exhibits.lgbtran.org/files/original/d3611d0f4d867df0460655857822d6e6.jpg 5eefc5253b087fba80f52a26ad87a917 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. F. L. (Church of the Covenant, Boston MA) Stole Text F. L. UNITED CHURCH OF CHRIST/PRESBYTERIAN Denomination Presbyterian Church (USA) United Church of Christ Contribution Date 2001 Contribution Story This is one of 52 stoles donated to the Shower of Stoles collection by members and staff of Church of the Covenant. Although each of the stoles is unique, all of them are tied together by the inclusion of a piece cloth from a common bolt of blue and ivory material somewhere in the stole. Covenant is both a More Light and Open and Affirming Congregation. Their strong and public advocacy on behalf of LGBT persons in the life and leadership of the church has drawn many LBGT persons to become a part of the Covenant church family. Their 52 stoles represent the largest subset of stoles given to the collection by any one congregation. Church of the Covenant, a federated United Church of Christ and Presbyterian Church, is steeped in history. Located just off the Boston Commons, the Gothic revival building erected in the mid-1800's was one of the first churches built in the Back Bay area. In the 1890's the sanctuary was completely redecorated by Tiffany Glass and Decorating Co., including the creation of an extraordinary set of Tiffany stained-glass windows and a chandelier that is said to be the first electrified light installed in a public building by Thomas Edison. Covenant's history of social justice and human rights work is equally rich. When I visited Covenant, I was intrigued to learn that the church was a designated stop along the "Boston Women's Heritage Trail." One of Covenant's members, Abbie Child, was the head of the Women's Board of Missions of the Congregational Church in the late 1800's. Another member, Dr. Elsa Meder, was one of the first women ordained as an elder in the Presbyterian Church. Elizabeth Rice and Alice Hageman, ordained in 1974 and 1975 respectively, were the first women to serve as pastors at a Back Bay church. When they were joined by Donna Day Lower, the church became the only one in the United States with three women clergy. Since opening the "Women's Lunch Place" in 1982, the church has served as a haven for poor women and their children. It is fitting, then, that one of the Tiffany windows is "Four Women of the Bible," including Miriam, Deborah, Mary of Bethany, and Dorcas. Covenant remains on the forefront of work for equality and justice, and is active in the LGBT Welcoming movement in the Boston area and beyond. 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. 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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 Fa'afafine, fakaleitī, fakafifine — understanding the Pacific's alternative gender expressions Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived By Alan Weedon, Posted Fri 30 Aug 2019 https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-08-31/understanding-the-pacifics-alternative-gender-expressions/11438770 Description An account of the resource Indigenous forms of gender expression have cross-pollinated with western forms to create new forms of gender expression in the Pacific Islands. Discrimination still prevails despite perception of acceptance. https://www.exhibits.lgbtran.org/files/original/84db1ec7d531de328d3fcaecc82be021.jpg 1dc0472da4a13ba9c6bba26bf9626399 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. Text Any textual data included in the document Facing West 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 Facing west: The metaphysics of Indian-hating and empire-building Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Richard Drinnon, University of Oklahoma Press, 1980. https://www.exhibits.lgbtran.org/files/original/73fdeba03df2f5eb017a96e95310b8c7.pdf 6ec9dd8f715343ab9b6c3404e16c9bb6 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 The Gay Synagogue Beth Simchat Torah Post Office Box 1270, GPO New York, N. Y. 10001 It is difficult to fit Beth Simchat Torah into one of the traditional categories of synagogues in America: Orthodox, Conservative or Reformed. The Gay Synagogue conforms to none of them, borrows from all of them, adds a generous note of Hassidic joy and a special flavor of love and spirituality all its own. Call it an Experimental Synagogue if it must be characterized and indeed the form and content of the services are constantly changing. The Gay Synagogue is more than a house of worship. Rather it is dedicated to a total immersion in Jewishness and enjoyment of the many facets of the rich Jewish heritage: language, literature, music, customs, traditions, history, holidays, modern Israel to name a few. The founders and most of the men and women who attend are homosexuals. Why a separate synagogue for gays? Probably there are as many reasons as there are people in attendance. Some find it difficult to relate to Establishment congregations in which they are shunned unless they conceal their predilections. Others have lost interest in a religious life altogether but find a special rapport with this group. Still others, with no religious background whatsoever, are eager to establish a Jewish identity within their own special framework. Perhaps the greatest attraction of all is the opportunity openly to enjoy one's Jewishness and one's gayness. HISTORY The Gay Synagogue's origins were quite spontaneous. A few friends, mindful of the success of the Metropolitan Community Church, a gay Protestant church, decided to form a Jewish counterpart. One person took the initiative. He obtained space in the same Episcopal Church that hosts MCC. He 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 Fact sheet/flyer for The Gay Synagogue Beth Simchat Torah, ~1974-1975 Description An account of the resource In 1973, the Gay Synagogue was felt to be enough of an oddity to require some explanation, even some justification for its existence. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Archives of Congregation Beit Simchat Torah, New York City, NY https://www.exhibits.lgbtran.org/files/original/9afe77c1047f7e95a5c3d6c485ec078c.jpg 659f683aee3a91fb876f14acb8f9f476 https://www.exhibits.lgbtran.org/files/original/e498d40b51a7b791ac4cc29d38c9fb8d.jpg 22caaefa43734b0a4dd8cc5b03a26013 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 Fairn biographical info Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Library of the Society of Friends, London. Reproduced by permission of the Religious Society of Friends in Britain. Description An account of the resource Biographical data on Richard Duncan Fairn from the Dictionary of Quaker Biography. https://www.exhibits.lgbtran.org/files/original/4790f16cba1f464b12cf9445aa047186.jpg c9dc9bcfcb4fff5e1e5a38e65babdc27 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 Faisal Alam 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. Faith Hope Love - Reconciling Ministries Network's Convocation (Solidarity Stole) Stole Text Faith Hope Love Reconciling Ministries Network’s Convocation Nashville, TN September 2007 This stole, and hundreds like it, was created by Parents Reconciling Network, an extension ministry of RMN. These stoles are distributed at every gathering of RMN and the wider United Methodist Church as a visible witness in support of ending the denomination’s anti-homosexual stance. Denomination United Methodist Church Contribution Date 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/. 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Text Any textual data included in the document FALL ANV WINTER SATURVAY PROGRAMS Starting in November, the shul will begin a new program of Shabbat activities on Saturday mornings and afternoons. The first Saturday in each month, Shabbat services will be held at 10:30 AM. The tone will be intimate and joyous, similar to our Yorn Tov morning services, with singing, readings, and a Torah Service. At 12:00 noon, we will share a Shabbat kiddush. On the third Saturday of the month, an afternoon discussion group will be held, on topics of lively interest to all. The discussions beginning at 1:30 PM will be informal, lasting for approximately two hours. A shaleshudis (Sabbath meal) will follow. The afternoons will end with Havdallah at around 5:00. The first Shabbat morning service will take place Saturday, November 5, at 10:30 AM. The first discussion session will be held Saturday, November 19, at 1:30 PM. The topic will be that old favorite, Gay Morality. All views will be entertained. 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 Fall and Winter Saturday Programs Subject The topic of the resource The November 1977 newsletter announced a monthly program to extend the Shabbat experience throughout the day. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived CBST Archives https://www.exhibits.lgbtran.org/files/original/29727eaa3929b3363ffdc09a704c8917.jpg 9678c1c3f5300fc0c84f45f87e9f7f2d 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 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 CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) - Writer Gordon Langley Hall, adopted son of Dame Margaret Rutherford, has changed his sex through an operation and is planning to marry a South Carolina Negro man - with the approval of most of his British family. ... Miss Hall said she and Simmons "are already married by common law" and had planned a ceremony Dec. 1 at a Negro Baptist Church where his father is a deacon. But they dropped that plan, she said, after threats that the church would be bombed. 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 Family Approves: Man who changed sex to marry a Negro. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived The Associated Press. "Man Who Changed Sex to Wed Negro." Clipping. 1968. Digital Transgender Archive, https://www.digitaltransgenderarchive.net/files/8910jt737 (accessed December 05, 2022). 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 YouTube Video A video hosted on YouTube. YouTube ID Eleven-character ID assigned by YouTube VszCIXzmheM 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 Father Divine Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived The New York Times, May 19, 1935 https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1935/05/19/issue.html https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/14/us/mother-divine-dead-peace-mission-leader.html https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Father_Divine_(album) "Shout the victory": The history of Father Divine and the Peace Mission Movement, 1879-1942 Watts, Jill Marie. University of California, Los Angeles ProQuest Dissertations Publishing, 1989. 8922222. https://www.proquest.com/openview/5cf783995d050eaad53eec5c68cbec5b/1?pq-origsite=gscholar&cbl=18750&diss=y https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VszCIXzmheM Subject The topic of the resource What conditions made him so attractive and allowed him to thrive? Description An account of the resource He required celibacy and held communion feasts instead of regular sermons. 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. Father Rich Rasi Stole Text Father Rich Rasi Catholic Massachusetts In 1997, I traveled from Ohio to my hometown in Massachusetts to attend my first DignityUSA Convention. Every attendee was given a stole, and each of us was asked to vest and be vested by another attendee. I was standing next to an imposing stranger who vested me. That stranger turned out to be Father Rich Rasi, a well-known figure in the Dignity community. I felt honored when I learned that Rich had been a presider for Dignity/Boston liturgies for twenty years, and was a co-founder of Dignity/Provincetown. Unfortunately, Rich died in 2002, but he left behind many whom he had inspired to live "passionate and honest lives". – Paul Keaveney Denomination Roman Catholic Church Contribution Date 2013 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 1189 Title A name given to the resource Father Rich Rasi Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Massachusetts (USA) Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Paul Keaveney Catholic Clergy Activist Dignity Keaveney, Paul Massachusetts Rasi, Rich Roman Catholic 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. YouTube Video A video hosted on YouTube. 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Title A name given to the resource Ferris LeBlanc Description An account of the resource Ferris LeBlanc, buried in Potter’s Field as no one claimed his remains. https://www.exhibits.lgbtran.org/files/original/6c1d832703ce65eff4e349178e1eedd2.jpg 2171abf4f34df26a06469a071a6fb80c https://www.exhibits.lgbtran.org/files/original/1828d0fb3b830b36d2121017ce3acdcb.pdf d2d60b5773809d2165a3642c091c0706 https://www.exhibits.lgbtran.org/files/original/6f7ffff62f63d0e65b2c210266177e91.pdf 74ddb43bd51cbe0e8f751aea55ed1ebf https://www.exhibits.lgbtran.org/files/original/3cf46a6d62ad4da4078249163e764bfe.pdf ac268d7e5b8904d071dd1ad157ced47e 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 Friends Home Service Committee Friends House Euston Road London N.W.1 20th February, 1963 TO: Members of the Executive & Finance Committee and the Working Group on Extension Matters. Dear Friend, After consultation with the Deputy Chairman of General Committee and the Chairman of the Executive Committee it has been decided to call a special meeting of the above two committees on Thursday, February 28th, at 5 p.m., in Room 37 at Friends House, to consider what responsibility we may have to help those embers of the Society who are perturbed by the publication of the essay, "Towards a Quaker View of Sex", and by the publicity it has aroused. The Chairman of the Literature Committee and the Chairman of the group of Friends responsible for the publication of the essay have also been invited to attend. As some Friends may have other previous engagements immediately before the meeting tea will be served at 5 p.m. We are sorry for this short notice, but we hope that as many members of the groups as possible will be able to attend. In case you have not seen the essay a copy is enclosed. Yours sincerely, George H. Gorman General Secretary The Friend March 8, 1963 Publications Procedure to Be Re-Examined The following minute was received from the executive Committee of the Friends Home Service Committee: "The Executive Committee of the Home Service Committee has met with a number of Friends connected with its literature and extension work and with the chairman of the group that prepared the essay Towards a Quaker View of Sex in an an endeavor to see whether anything helpful might be said to Meeting for Sufferings in face of the criticism levelled against the essay and the unhappiness which many Friends are feeling. We recognize that the publication of the essay under the imprint of this Committee gives rise to misunderstanding, but it has for many years been our practice to publish papers written by concerned Friends or groups of Friends and it was, therefore, natural for this particular group to approach the Committee. We on our part were glad, recognizing the depth of their concern, to undertake the publication and we feel that publication on any other basis would not have prevented confusion in the public mind. The clear statement that the essay does not embody the official view of the Society has been generally accepted in Press comments as well as in the television broadcast. We recognize also that the timing of the broadcast, which was initiated by the BBC, was unfortunate and that distress was caused to many Friends by its taking place before the essay was published. In light of this experience the Committee proposes to re-examine its policy in regard to its publications and the questions of publicity which arise in relation to them and will report to Meeting for Sufferings in due course if so desired. Meanwhile, we hope that Friends will read the essay carefully, recognising that it is the outcome of prayerful con- ___________________________ CENTRAL OFFICES OF THE SOCIETY OF FRIENDS FRIENDS HOUSE, EUSTON ROAD, LONDON, N.W. 1 To member of Meeting for Sufferings and Elders who regularly attend At a Meeting for Sufferings held in London 1st March 1963 Minute 6: "Towards a Quaker View of Sex" The attached Minute is received from the Home Service Committee, and Derek Crosfield has spoken to it. The Home Service Committee has from time to time issued pamphlets on subjects of interest to Friends and enquirers, and has not in general submitted these before publication to a representative body of Friends. The essay "Towards a Quaker View of Sex" is the work of a serious, informed and responsible group of Friends working under sincere concern; its publication by the Home Service Committee and the use of the word "Quaker" in the title have given the impression to many that the views of the group are the views of the Society. The publication has attracted immense publicity, some frivolous but much serious, including warm commendation and strong criticism. Many Friends have been deeply distressed by the publication in this way of so controversial an essay without adequate consultation, and by the resulting publicity. We accept the offer of the Home Service Committee to reconsider their procedure in sponsoring publications and to report to us at a later meeting. Stephen C. Morland Clerk this time Stephen Thorne (signature) Recording Clerk 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 FHSC Responds to Criticism Description An account of the resource Gorman responded quickly to criticism by calling a special meeting of the Friends Home Service Committee executive committee that released a statement (minute) that was received by the Meeting for Sufferings. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Reproduced by permission of The Friend, March 8, 1963, p. 271; and HSC Quaker Group on Homosexuality records, Friends House, London 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 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. 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 Fighting the stereotypes Subject The topic of the resource Racial stereotypes of India; freedom of religion Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Corsair, Volume 70, Number 23, 26 April 1995 California Digital Newspaper Collection