57 20 2500 https://www.exhibits.lgbtran.org/files/original/8d1837db40638bdd7b24317f85b8234c.jpg 6bfd348e44802dd157a48d0ff25220bb Person An individual. Text Any textual data included in the document Larry Rodriguez is a native of Los Angeles, California.  After an early childhood in Boyle Heights, his family moved to what was then considered the distant suburbs of Los Angeles, Monterey Park.  Larry was raised in the Roman Catholic Church.  Although he attended public schools, in his late teens Larry decided to join the parish choir.  At the age of 21, Larry had his first gay experience with the music director of the folk mass.  When people began to inquire about the nature of their close relationship the director concocted a story that outed Larry, but did not implicate himself.  Larry was asked to leave the choir, if not the church. In a soul-searching experience, Larry recalls the night he was closing up after Saturday night mass.  He had turned out all the lights, approached the altar railing, knelt and prayed:  “God, if being who I am is wrong, then change me.  But if it is not, then find me a people who will love me for who I am and whom I can love.” A short time later, Larry found Metropolitan Community Church in Los Angeles.  The year was 1969 and Reverend Troy Perry was the Pastor.  Larry served in various ministries of the church, and served on the Board of Directors of MCC Los Angeles for a period of 10 years.  He also served as the Worship Coordinator of the church during a pulpit vacancy in 1985. <img src="http://rollingthestoneaway.org/media/profile/larry-rodriguez/Rodriguez%201975%20LA%20March.jpg" />1975 March from MCC Los Angeles to Federal Building to repeal California’s sodomy laws. Rev. June Norris, Rev. James Sandmire, Rev. Don Pederson & Larry (left to right).    On the District level of the denomination, Larry served as the Southwest District Lay Representative from 1977 to 1987, and as a member of the District Committee from 1985 to 1987.  Additionally, Larry has served as the chairperson of the denomination’s Bylaws Committee, as a member of the Commission on Government Structures and Systems, and as Assistant Chairperson of the Commission on the Laity. Larry was elected to the Board of Elders of the denomination at the 1987 General Conference in Miami, Florida, and served on the Board of Elders for ten years.  It was the second time a lay person had served on the Board of Elders. Larry continues to be active in his home church, Founders MCC Los Angeles, working with the Creative Worship Team and Archives Committee. <img src="http://rollingthestoneaway.org/media/profile/larry-rodriguez/Rodriguez%201993%20Wedding.jpg" />Larry with Kees at The Wedding on Mall in Washington, D.C. 1993. Larry earned a Bachelor of Arts Degree and Master of Science Degree in Meteorology from UCLA.  He taught Health, Mathematics, Physics, and Computer Science at Theodore Roosevelt High School in East Los Angeles for 32 years before retiring in 2007.   In the 1990’s, Larry co-founded a Project 10 program at the school which provided support to LGBT students. Larry lives in Culver City, California, with his life partner of 36 years, Kees Van Vliet. (This biographical statement provided by Larry Rodriguez.) Biographical Text Larry Rodriguez is a native of Los Angeles, California.  After an early childhood in Boyle Heights, his family moved to what was then considered the distant suburbs of Los Angeles, Monterey Park.  Larry was raised in the Roman Catholic Church.  Although he attended public schools, in his late teens Larry decided to join the parish choir.  At the age of 21, Larry had his first gay experience with the music director of the folk mass.  When people began to inquire about the nature of their close relationship the director concocted a story that outed Larry, but did not implicate himself.  Larry was asked to leave the choir, if not the church. In a soul-searching experience, Larry recalls the night he was closing up after Saturday night mass.  He had turned out all the lights, approached the altar railing, knelt and prayed:  “God, if being who I am is wrong, then change me.  But if it is not, then find me a people who will love me for who I am and whom I can love.” A short time later, Larry found Metropolitan Community Church in Los Angeles.  The year was 1969 and Reverend Troy Perry was the Pastor.  Larry served in various ministries of the church, and served on the Board of Directors of MCC Los Angeles for a period of 10 years.  He also served as the Worship Coordinator of the church during a pulpit vacancy in 1985. On the District level of the denomination, Larry served as the Southwest District Lay Representative from 1977 to 1987, and as a member of the District Committee from 1985 to 1987.  Additionally, Larry has served as the chairperson of the denomination’s Bylaws Committee, as a member of the Commission on Government Structures and Systems, and as Assistant Chairperson of the Commission on the Laity. Larry was elected to the Board of Elders of the denomination at the 1987 General Conference in Miami, Florida, and served on the Board of Elders for ten years.  It was the second time a lay person had served on the Board of Elders. Larry continues to be active in his home church, Founders MCC Los Angeles, working with the Creative Worship Team and Archives Committee. Larry earned a Bachelor of Arts Degree and Master of Science Degree in Meteorology from UCLA.  He taught Health, Mathematics, Physics, and Computer Science at Theodore Roosevelt High School in East Los Angeles for 32 years before retiring in 2007.   In the 1990’s, Larry co-founded a Project 10 program at the school which provided support to LGBT students. Larry lives in Culver City, California, with his life partner of 36 years, Kees Van Vliet. (This biographical statement provided by Larry Rodriguez.) 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 Larry Rodriguez Catholic Larry Rodriguez MCC Metropolitan Community Church 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 The Upstairs Lounge Fire 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 Larry Stratton Description An account of the resource Larry Stratton, 25, from East St. Louis. https://www.exhibits.lgbtran.org/files/original/eaf1c3794697b599af8bd29f81c59215.jpeg 090639accd2951fc0a4b2ff0ce4b5740 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 LaSaia Wade Subject The topic of the resource 2013 - Living in rural Tennessee, she went to a local community center and demanded space not just for white trans people, she said, but for all trans people. The organization she created there was called Tennessee Transgender Justice Project (TNTJ). Description An account of the resource Wade was concerned by what she saw as a lack of space and resources for trans people to build community. Speaking to the managers of that rural community center she said: "‘You will give us space. You will allow us to have space. And we will not accept a no.’” Wade was determined not to be at risk for not having space, as NBC journalist reports, Wade went on the say: "That’s just my motto. I need to be safe and I will be safe now, so give me my safe space." From there she moved to Chicago and created a black-led, trans-led organization called Brave Space Alliance. to service the most marginalized LGBTQ communities in South Chicago. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived OutFront: Trans Activist LaSaia Wade Refuses 'Not To Be Safe,' June 30, 2016. By Julie Compton. NBC News. https://www.nbcnews.com/feature/nbc-out/outfront-transgender-activist-lasaia-wade-refuses-not-be-safe-n601701 ‘Warrior women together’: Mothers of the Black trans family. By Tyra Bosnic, March 26, 2021. https://www.aljazeera.com/features/2021/3/26/warrior-women-together-mothers-of-the-black-trans-family Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource LaSaia Wade | Brave Space Alliance, the power of the Ballroom Scene, and more. WGN Radio 720, Chicago. Photo credit: LaSaia Wade https://wgnradio.com/wgn-plus/the-cornerstore/lasaia-wade-brave-space-alliance-the-power-of-the-ballroom-scene-and-more/ Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Interview with LaSaia Wade. Transgender Digital Archive. https://www.digitaltransgenderarchive.net/files/ks65hc54n 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 LaSaia Wade Subject The topic of the resource 2013 - Living in rural Tennessee, she went to a local community center and demanded space not just for white trans people, she said, but for all trans people. The organization she created there was called Tennessee Transgender Justice Project (TNTJ). Description An account of the resource Wade was concerned by what she saw as a lack of space and resources for trans people to build community. Speaking to the managers of that rural community center she said: "‘You will give us space. You will allow us to have space. And we will not accept a no.’” Wade was determined not to be at risk for not having space, as NBC journalist reports, Wade went on the say: "That’s just my motto. I need to be safe and I will be safe now, so give me my safe space." From there she cera 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. Laura Gerrity Stole Text LAURA GERRITY Park Slope UMC Brooklyn, NY I've been attending PSUMC for about 6 years, and I first decided to come to this church because I couldn't imagine going to a church where I'd have to hide part of who I was. Hiding my sexuality or my relationship would have made me feel like there was a barrier between me and God, and I could never pray or worship God feeling that. I've been involved in the Worship Committee and Social Action Committee. I am presently the co-president of the UMW and also lead a fellowship circle in our church. I feel very strongly that the church needs to change its stance and allow its gay members to marry within the church. It hurts and causes division within our church community to have a privilege that is afforded some members and not others. 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. Laura states that she "couldn't imagine going to a church where I'd have to hide part of who I was," nor should she -- or anyone else -- ever have to consider such a compromise. Laura has found a place of welcome at Park Slope, where her call to serve God and her gifts for leadership have been affirmed. 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 556 Title A name given to the resource Laura Gerrity 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 Gerrity, Laura Methodist New York New York City Reconciling Ministries Network (formerly Reconciling Congregation Program) Theology United Methodist Church https://www.exhibits.lgbtran.org/files/original/36b9d368e739a5900242c3bbe2133e59.jpg d92e7bd743b6d1401381d26c7102a41c Person An individual. Text Any textual data included in the document lauren@rollingthestoneaway.org Lauren Bennett serves Metropolitan Community Churches (MCC) as the Conference/Meeting Coordinator which includes co-leading MCC’s triennial General Conference. She attends Wesley Theological Seminary, pursuing a Master in Divinity and is in process for ordination with MCC. On Sunday, she attends MCCDC where she co-leads a monthly worship service that moves around the downtown area. In her free time she likes being outside, reading, and drinking coffee. Biographical Text lauren@rollingthestoneaway.org Lauren Bennett serves Metropolitan Community Churches (MCC) as the Conference/Meeting Coordinator which includes co-leading MCC’s triennial General Conference. She attends Wesley Theological Seminary, pursuing a Master in Divinity and is in process for ordination with MCC. On Sunday, she attends MCCDC where she co-leads a monthly worship service that moves around the downtown area. In her free time she likes being outside, reading, and drinking coffee. 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 Lauren Bennett Lauren Bennett RTSA Conference Staff https://www.exhibits.lgbtran.org/files/original/acda8d2cea1f438ca8a1c1c412eb0954.jpg de6f9be3379c68f689e78b867f0a8d59 https://www.exhibits.lgbtran.org/files/original/991a0a502bce4caaefdd21d7e7e10b76.jpg 4ce66dc0070752a78ee60661f0cb10e2 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. Laurene Lafontaine Stole Text THE REV. LAURENE LAFONTAINE Denver, Colorado HOPE Denomination Presbyterian Church (USA) Contribution Date 1998 Contribution Story Laurene is recognized as one of the most influential leaders in More Light Presbyterian's history. Along with Rev. Scott Anderson, Laurene presided as national Co-Moderator of Presbyterians for Lesbian and Gay Concerns during its merger with the More Light Churches Network to form today's More Light Presbyterians. Laurene and Scott ushered in an era of greater political influence within the denomination, stronger governance, fiscal accountability and significant membership growth. In addition to her work with More Light, Laurene was Director of Equality Colorado and has been active in LGBT politics on several fronts for many years. 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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Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 405 Title A name given to the resource Laurene Lafontaine Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Denver, Colorado (USA) Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Laurene Lafontaine Anderson, Scott Clergy Activist Colorado Lafontaine, Laurene More Light Presbyterians for LGBT Concerns Presbyterian Presbyterian Church (USA) Women and Religion https://www.exhibits.lgbtran.org/files/original/234367fdfa4213490676e6c0d44c11f9.jpg 2e9b08e39d56fe31a861ef6057c9b1f2 https://www.exhibits.lgbtran.org/files/original/7a0736d61a181d2f00c997dcee887997.jpg 90f00b5cd20412b61375a098e8701b5b https://www.exhibits.lgbtran.org/files/original/98cb5b7b97f6a704376a4e191edae60e.jpg 5bda5bf975339da245e1fa5b0c64faf8 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. Laurie Fox Stole Text Laurie Fox Denomination Presbyterian Church (USA) Contribution Date 1996 Contribution Story West Hollywood Presbyterian Church is a historical icon in the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community as well as the Welcoming Congregations movement. WHPC was at the forefront of the civil rights movement in Los Angeles and in the early 1960's began to close each service by singing the civil rights anthem "We Shall Overcome" - a tradition that continues to this day. As early as 1964 (five years before the Stonewall rebellion), West Hollywood Presbyterian Church hosted what is believed to be the first openly Gay Men's "Rap" Group in the city of Los Angeles and the church began to minister to the spiritual needs of the Gay & Lesbian community who had been drawn by its message of inclusiveness. Soon nationally known spiritual author Chris Glaser would launch "The Lazarus Project" at WHPC - A program to advocate for Gay & Lesbian spiritual and human rights. In October of 1984, WHPC called an openly gay man, the Reverend Dan Smith, to serve as its pastor. Dan continues to be the only minister in the country serving a Presbyterian congregation who went through the entire call and installation process as an "out" gay man. While proudly continuing its tradition of progressive spirituality and activism, this multi-cultural congregation feeds approximately 4,000 hungry and homeless people each year, builds homes for economically-challenged families under the "Habitat for Humanity" program, offers an HIV Spiritual Support Group, provides a "Children's Church" program and continues to openly take stands on political issues involving civil rights. West Hollywood Presbyterian also claims to espouse a theology that is "perhaps the most pro-feminist in Los Angeles." 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 483 Title A name given to the resource Laurie Fox Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Hollywood, California (USA) Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource West Hollywood Presbyterian Church AIDS California Civil Rights Movement Clergy Activist Feminism Fox, Laurie Glaser, Chris Lazarus Project Ordination Presbyterian Presbyterian Church (USA) Smith, Dan Theology https://www.exhibits.lgbtran.org/files/original/9bce5690e111124626d9aae1e7ef16e7.tiff 3fa0b7366316530ff04c8fcc386d7f73 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 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 Laverne Cox doesn't believe Black people are more transphobic and homophobic Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Yahoo Entertainment. 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Title A name given to the resource Lawrence Tanner Richardson Addresses Queerness and Faith Subject The topic of the resource “With faith, we can overcome any difficulty,” Richardson said. “God has created each of us to be beautiful expressions of all that is divine in this world, and we are not limited in that regard.” Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived The Lawrentian https://www.lawrentian.com/archives/1004868 https://www.exhibits.lgbtran.org/files/original/7b19304ded149e8d7d6801419ee3c3d4.jpg 467fcc853a719826bf8beca167cf820c https://www.exhibits.lgbtran.org/files/original/e285f7d15596db02c0312b7007a29edf.jpg e73e8aa9e2316724de91e3d19732a560 https://www.exhibits.lgbtran.org/files/original/14a31beb00aae4074e55010b3bdb392b.jpg 972345f5df2527acbc83f5ff8084592d 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 Upstairs Is Hit By Biggest Suit $13.9 Million Sought for Deaths by Fire The latest and largest suit resulting from the Up Stairs Lounge fire was filed in Civil District Court Wednesday. The suit, instituted by relatives of a mother and her two sons who died June 24, 1973, in the bar at 604 Iberville, seeks a total of $13.9 million. The suit alleges the city “failed to inspect this bar for a period of in excess of two years, or even make token inspections. “Further, the City of New Orleans has instructed the Fire Department to refuse to release any information in the matter, and has referred everything to the city attorney. Plaintiffs and amounts sought are: Robbert Warren, $6,350,000, for the death of this mother Willie Inez Warren, and his brothers, Eddie Hose Warren and James Curtis Warren plus $2,450,000 for surviving brothers and sisters; Fay Warren, $3 million, for the loss of her husband, James Curtis Warren; and Michael C. Warren, $2.1 million, for the loss of his father, James Curtis Warren. Named as defendants were Anthony and Florence Guarino of 4605 Elysian Fields, said to be owners of the building at the time of the fire; lounge operation Phillip J. Esteve, of 1424 Thalia; State Fire Marshal Raymond B. Oliver; New Orleans Fire Supt. William J. McCrossen; City Director of Fire Prevention David Fontaine, Jr.; Louisiana Rating and Fire Prevention Bureau, Vieux Carre Commission, the city and state and three insurance companies. The suit charges defendants were negligent in failing to maintain a safe building “in spite of actual knowledge the building was a fire trap, with steel bars on windows, and they to provide a reasonable escape route...” It claims the building and business were operated in “gross disregard of safety standards and regulations, by failing to provide adequate means of emergency exits, and in furnishing the premises with highly flammable materials, and failure to provide adequate means of ingress and egress.” The suit alleges the governmental agencies and employees were negligent by failing to make timely inspections and Bar Fire Suit Is Charging 11 Out-of-State Group Asks for $2.6 Million Asking $2.6 million in damages, a group of out-of-state residents whose relatives were burned or died in the June 24, 1973 fire in the Upstairs Lounge in the French Quarter filed suit in Civil District Court against 11 defendants. The suit is based upon several personal injuries to Edward B. Gillis and fatal injuries Joseph H. Adams, Jr., George Steven Matyi, and David Gary, patrons of the bar at 604 Iberville, it said. Damages sought are $100,000 for Mrs. Jean Adams Jordon; $100,000 for Marilyn Adams West and $100,000 for Miss Nancy Ann Adams, sisters of Joseph H. Adams; $500,000 for Tina Matyi and $500,000 for Todd Matyi, youngsters of George Matyi; $1 million for Edward B. Gillis; $150,000 for Becky Gary and $150,000 for Elwyn R. Gary, Jr., parents of David S. Gary. Defendants includes Anthony and Florence Guarino, owners of the building; lounge operator Phillip J. Esteve; State Fire Marshal Raymond B. Oliver; Louisiana Rating and Fire Prevention Bureau; the Vieux Carre Commisison; three insurance companies; and the city and state. The suit alleges the owners were negligent in failing to properly maintain the building and failure to provide adequate emergency exits. The petitions charge the city and state agencies were negligent in failing to discover and correct recognized fire hazards as well as failing to make proper inspections of the building. The suit said Edward Gillis was permanently disabled. Upstairs Suit at $1.1 Million The family of Gerald Gordon, a victim of the 1973 Upstairs Lounge Fire, filed suit in Civil District Court for $1,103,000. Defendants are lounge owner Phillip J. Esteve, building owners Florence and Anthony Guarino and a number of city and state officials and insurance companies. The suit charges the fire at 604 Iberville was a result of negligence in defendants’ failure to maintain the building, provide adequate and safe emergency exits and comply with fire and safety codes. The fire occurred on June 24, 1973, and ordinarily there is a deadline of one year to file suit in such a case, but the petition said a resolution of the Legislature authorizes institution of suit before the end of 1974. 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 Lawsuits Filed Against City and Bar Owner Description An account of the resource A number of lawsuits to recover damages are filed by families of the deceased as well as survivors of the fire. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived The Times-Picayune, June 20, 1974; July 11, 1974; and December 25, 1974. https://www.exhibits.lgbtran.org/files/original/b5395651e930e8bcd944fb09196f69ff.jpg 0c4557c9232b2477a8bd631829575dd0 YouTube Video A video hosted on YouTube. YouTube ID Eleven-character ID assigned by YouTube KBRDLgztinA 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 Lawyer/Activist Rick Stokes Recalls the Social Shifts that Resulted from the California Hall Incident Description An account of the resource From “Shedding a StraightJacket” produced by GLBT Historical Society, October 1996; Paul Gabriel, videographer and curator; Edd Dundas, editor and duplicator. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Repository: <a href="http://www.glbthistory.org" target="_blank" rel="noopener">GLBT Historical Society</a> https://www.exhibits.lgbtran.org/files/original/6adde36ce86e84e193d4b7981f69994f.jpg b22c770d4e373bdcfdc6465bba82a5b6 https://www.exhibits.lgbtran.org/files/original/ca03e81d292699551937aeae2eef8d1a.jpg eb9b7441ab592351fb85bf2abbf5d698 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. LC/NA’S Rainbow Scarf Project Stole Text LC/NA’S RAINBOW SCARF PROJECT<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /> <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" />Evangelical LutheranChurch in America Churchwide Assembly 2007 Chicago, IL Lutherans Concerned/North America wanted to have a way to identify their volunteers at the upcoming ELCA Churchwide Assembly. So members of the Unitarian Church of Evanston, IL volunteered to make 500 rainbow scarves. Word of their efforts quickly spread across the country, and others wanted to participate. One church group told their knitters that they had to understand and accept the reasons for the project, so they held a two-hour Bible study and discussion about lgbt people in the ELCA. All the knitters chose to participate. A retired lesbian pastor said that making this scarf was the first thing she had ever done to stand up for her own sexuality. A grand-mother made a scarf for her gay grandson, and told her knitting group for the first time about him being gay. Many congregations blessed the scarves before shipping them. Some people wore the scarves in Gay Pride parades before sending them in. In the end, LC/NA received about 2,000 scarves! Despite temperatures in the 90’s, they were worn by volunteers and anyone else who wanted to show their support for changing ordination policy in the ELCA, which currently bars partnered gays and lesbians from ministry. <?xml:namespace prefix = v ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:vml" /> The picture of people wearing the scarves appeared in the New York Times on Friday, August 17th, 2007. Denomination Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Contribution Date 2007 Contribution Story I was in Chicago for the ELCA Churchwide Assembly, coordinating the first exhibit of the entire collection of stoles in four years. This is the scarf that I wore. 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 1113 Title A name given to the resource LC/NA’S Rainbow Scarf Project Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Chicago, Illinois (USA) Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource David Lohman Chicago Clergy Activist Evangelical Lutherans of America (ELCA) Illinois Lohman, David Lutheran Ordination Reconciling Works (formerly Lutherans Concerned) Theology 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://www.devdiscourse.com/article/politics/2315461-leader-of-influential-hindu-group-backs-lgbt-rights-in-india 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 Leader of influential Hindu group backs LGBT rights in India Subject The topic of the resource Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government has in the past refused to legalise same-sex marriage. But the recent comments by Mohan Bhagwat, chief of the powerful Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), which is the fountainhead of the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), could force the government to reassess its opposition... Description An account of the resource Bhagwat said the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) community "should have their own private and social space as they are humans and have the right to live as others". He cited Hindu scriptures and mythology as the basis of his support, and added: "Without much hullabaloo, we have found a way with a humane approach to provide them social acceptance." Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived DevDiscourse Reuters | New Delhi | Updated: 11-01-2023 13:39 IST | Created: 11-01-2023 13:36 IST https://www.exhibits.lgbtran.org/files/original/eadc105c069703f6b3572b7fee9520a5.jpg c33d316aeb764fbdfc21aa146ee870a3 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 _Tbo4kieHM8 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 Learning How to be Self Aware as Queer BIPOC Subject The topic of the resource Young man with bi-racial parents talks about becoming self-aware of his issues, including the appeal that whiteness had for him. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Tbo4kieHM8 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. Lee Merkle Stole Text LEE MERKLE DEACON Denomination Presbyterian Church (USA) Contribution Date 1996 Contribution Story This is one of about thirty stoles donated to the collection by First Presbyterian Church of Palo Alto. First Palo Alto, a More Light congregation, has for decades been on the forefront of the movement for full inclusion of LGBT persons into the life and leadership of the church and greater society. Among the many leaders of the movement who have come from this congregation is Mitzi Henderson, former national President of PFLAG and national Co-Moderator of More Light Presbyterians. 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 154 Title A name given to the resource Lee Merkle Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Palo Alto, California (USA) Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource First Presbyterian Church California Henderson, Mitzi Merkle, Lee More Light Presbyterians for LGBT Concerns Parents and Friends of Lesbians and Gays (PFLAG) Presbyterian Presbyterian Church (USA) Theology https://www.exhibits.lgbtran.org/files/original/5cfc1a5856bfc248d21823d1c09d9c62.jpg 32fde639ab26f98af6ea0cc69a77226b Person An individual. Text Any textual data included in the document Leo Treadway is most well-known for his leadership of Lutherans Concerned/North America; the development of the Wingspan Ministry at St. Paul-Reformation Lutheran Church in St. Paul, Minnesota, and through that context his educational and advocacy efforts across a broad expanse of church and society; his creation of the first programming for GLBT youth in Minnesota; and, more recently, his work with the Minnesota Historical Society to insure the preservation and archiving of Minnesota’s GLBT heritage.  While not ordained, Leo became active with the fledgling Lutherans Concerned for Gay People (later Lutherans Concerned/North America) within a month of their formation in the Twin Cities and represented them at the American Lutheran Church Assembly of Congregations in Detroit later that same year (1974). Leaving a marriage, he relocated to the Twin Cities and immediately immersed himself in the activities of the local LCGP chapter, eventually serving as chair of the chapter for several years.  Recognizing the need for expanded organizing at the national level (among gay and lesbian Lutherans), Leo eventually served as co-chair of Lutherans Concerned/North America with Pastor Anita Hill (later to become his colleague with St. Paul-Reformation’s Wingspan Ministry, and finally to be ordained in defiance of ELCA policy). During his tenure as national co-chair (1978-1982), Leo helped to expand LC/NA into an international organization with the recognition of Canadian GLBT Lutherans. He currently serves on a LC/NA Task Force that is developing a Partnership Project with GLBT Lutherans in Brazil.  The Reconciled In Christ Project was developed and implemented under his leadership and he assisted St. Paul-Reformation Lutheran Church in becoming its first registered congregation. A liturgist by avocation, Leo provided leadership and inspiration for the development of Orders for Worship, addressing the needs of both women and men, as well as addressing the positive faith experience of lesbians and gay men.  He collaborated with others to develop Creating Worship That Welcomes and Includes , a resource still available through LC/NA (including a Order of Service in Celebration of Coming Out, and several orders for the Celebration of Union). <img src="http://rollingthestoneaway.org/media/profile/leo-treadway/Pic%20Emcee%20for%20Queer%20Jeopardy%20late%201980s.jpg" />Emcee for Queer Jeopardy game on LGBT history & culture at AIDS conference in Minneapolis late 1980sAt local, national and international levels, Leo encouraged GLBT Lutherans to develop cooperative relationships with other GLBT religious organizations and his work led to the creation of the Lesbian and Gay Interfaith Council of Minnesota. Later, in his role as co-chair for LC/NA, Leo served as one of the founding members of the Lesbian and Gay Interfaith Alliance, a national organization committed to helping the many established and newly emerging GLBT religious groups to work, worship and advocate collaboratively. By 1981, Leo’s continuing work with the local LC/NA chapter in the Twin Cities led him to believe in the importance of finding a home congregation that would be fully welcoming of GLBT people, their friends and families and who would actively advocate on their behalf. That year became a year of "mission development" with St. Paul-Reformation Lutheran Church and resulted, the following year, in the establishment of the Wingspan Ministry.  Leo served as a Ministry Associate with the congregation and Wingspan for another 12 years. During that period, Leo successfully used that congregational base to provide active leadership in community organizing and development with Minnesota’s GLBT communities. In early 1982, working closely with Pastor Paul Tidemann (senior pastor at St. Paul Reformation), Leo helped the Minnesota Council of Churches to adopt their historic "Statement on Ministry To and With Gay and Lesbian Minnesotans." Although adopted by their board with a significant majority, this statement sparked a whirlwind of reaction, ending in the firing of the Council’s Executive Director. A few years later, secretive actions by another Executive Director quietly disavowed that the historic statement had ever really been adopted. In the meantime, church bodies and congregations all across Minnesota were given the opportunity to learn about, discuss, and argue over ministry with their GLBT sons and daughters. <img src="http://rollingthestoneaway.org/media/profile/leo-treadway/Pic%20at%20LCNA%20Assembly%201992.jpg" />At the Lutheran Church North America Assembly 1992Leo’s earlier involvement with the St. Paul Citizens for Human Rights campaign (1977-78) had paved the way for his commitment to advocacy for legal protections for Minnesota’s GLBT citizens. Twenty years of educational and organizing work, advocacy, and leadership led to the passage of statewide human rights protections, signed into law by the governor in 1993. During that journey, Leo served on three task forces appointed by successive Minnesota governors: The Governor’s Task Force on Prejudice and Violence that led to two new laws protecting Minnesotans from hate crimes and upgrading the penalties for such actions; The Governor’s Task Force on Lesbian and Gay Minnesotans, and later The Governor’s Task Force on Gay and Lesbian Minnesotans, both of which paved the way for full human rights protection. During service on all three task forces, Leo strongly advocated the use of public hearings throughout the state, for the first time allowing GLBT Minnesotans the opportunity to speak to state-appointed officials about their experiences with prejudice and discrimination. These hearings throughout Minnesota formed an enduring commitment for Leo to advocacy on behalf of GLBT citizens in small towns and cities all around Minnesota; and he was to become known for his unflagging commitment to helping such communities become recognized and represented in the state’s major GLBT organizations. <img src="http://rollingthestoneaway.org/media/profile/leo-treadway/Pic%20Introduces%20Marcelo%20Bischoff,%20international%20grand%20marshall%20Twin%20Cities%20Pride%201991.jpg" />Introducing Marcelo Bischoff, international grand marshal for Twin Cities Pride 1991 Through this community organizing Leo came to recognize the financial needs of many small and emerging GLBT organizations in the Twin Cities and, more broadly, throughout the state. In accepting the invitation to join the Headwaters Fund as Chair of its Grantmaking Committee, Leo committed the foundation to become increasingly more proactive in funding GLBT programs and projects. He left this volunteer position after achieving his goal and moved on to become involved with the Philanthrofund Foundation, a small foundation from within the GLBT community itself, where he again became involved in the grantmaking process. Before his departure from this board, he helped to design a more proactive outreach to small GLBT organizations in Minnesota and the Upper Midwest. When the HIV crisis hit Minnesota (in the early 1980s), this too became part of Leo’s ministry work through Wingspan.  Although he created and established the "Embrace Hope" series of prayer services for those affected by HIV, Leo is perhaps better remembered for chairing the effort that brought the NAMES Project Quilt to Minnesota during its first display tour of the nation. Leo developed other major efforts to bring public and community attention to the AIDS crisis, including the area premiere of Buddies and a widely publicized piece of guerrilla theatre involving Leo in protesting the restrictive policies being encouraged by the Berean League (a long time enemy to GLBT people in Minnesota). In a less confrontational setting, Leo also served on the HIV Task Force for the Commissioner of the Minnesota Department of Health (a group  whose primary task was to recommend levels of funding for HIV programs in the state). <img src="http://rollingthestoneaway.org/media/profile/leo-treadway/Pic%20with%202nd%20International%20Grand%20Marshal%20for%201993%20TC%20PRIDE%20Glademer%20Lorenzi.jpg" />With Glademer Lorenzi, international grand marshal for Twin Cities Pride 1993 In 1983, Leo began work on a long-time interest and helped to develop the state’s first established programming for GLBT youth, a weekly support group for which Leo provided leadership during the next decade.  From such a humble beginning, Leo was able to provide an enormous amount of training and advocacy for youth-serving organizations and professionals in Minnesota as well as nationally. He developed a high profile poster series on GLBT youth issues (still available from Wingspan Ministries) and managed to have these posters carried in buses throughout the Twin Cities. His work with GLBT youth, and on their behalf, led to his selection as a recipient for the McKnight Foundation Award in 1987. Yet he credits the high point of this portion of his career with the establishment of the Out 4 Good program in the Minneapolis School District--one of the first programs to help GLBT students, teachers, staff, and parents in the nation. As his career and ministry have aged, Leo has now turned his interests to the preservation and archiving of Minnesota’s GLBT population. In addition to donating an extraordinary amount of material to the Minnesota Historical Society, Leo helped them establish the GLBT Collections Working Group, a project he chaired until stepping down in 2003. Currently, Leo is working to establish regional GLBT Collections elsewhere in Minnesota. Despite his continuing commitment to build the MHS Collection, once again Leo is on the road traveling and visiting smaller GLBT communities in Minnesota--something for which he has a great passion.  With numerous articles and contributed chapters to his credit, Leo is now working on two books with a lesbian colleague--one a memoir style reporting of "critical moments in Minnesota GLBT history," and the second a photo essay, seeking to retain a visual memory of Minnesota’s GLBT community organizations and queer spaces.  Although now part of a passing generation of GLBT leadership, Leo has well over 1,000 speaking engagements to his credit, including his well-known Queer Jeopardy program on GLBT history. <img src="http://rollingthestoneaway.org/media/profile/leo-treadway/Pic%20with%20youth%201993%20March%20on%20Wash.jpg" />With Minnesota youth at 1993 March on WashingtonNow living in partial retirement from his previous demanding schedule on GLBT issues, Leo has committed a significant portion of his time helping to strengthen Minnesota’s Asian and Pacific Islander communities through leadership on the Planning Committee of the Dragon Festival. In 2003, Leo was the chief organizer for the Dragon Boat Races and was delighted to see the gay-identified Long Yang Club take first prize in their division.  But despite retirement, Leo continues to work on behalf of various causes which benefit minority communities.  Through his home congregation, Leo worked to help provide sanctuary, housing and support for a Nigerian immigrant family.  Additionally, he works with a new set of programs at St. Paul-Reformation:  Shear Grace (a free haircut program for homeless youth and families), and in partnership with The Sheridan Project (providing meal bags for school children unlikely to have sufficient food over the weekend).  He continues his board membership for AEDA (Asian Economic Development Association), which provides business loans for Asian-American businesses, while also supporting the local Asian American arts community and artists. Leo continues his commitment to GLBT youth, and is a regular speaker at a local St. Paul Middle School's program for GLBT students - some 80 in regular attendance.  For several years Leo collaborated with others in a project designed to raise funds and provide support for GLBT organizations in Uganda - while at the same time, raising awareness of their needs with Minnesota's GLBT communities.  Leo will be returning to Brazil in October 2018 to reestablish and strengthen connections with GLBT Lutherans in that country.  Leo was awarded the "Lifetime Achievement Award for a GLBT Individual" in 2018, by Reconciling Works, at their biennial Assembly in Minneapolis.   Leo is pictured with Squeaker, who appeared with Leo in an edition of "The Lutheran," becoming infamous in the process.  Even with these activities, Leo's current cat (Zazu) remains unimpressed and has made it quite clear that his primary responsibility should be as her minion! (This biographical statement was provided by Leo Treadway.) Biographical Text Leo Treadway is most well-known for his leadership of Lutherans Concerned/North America; the development of the Wingspan Ministry at St. Paul-Reformation Lutheran Church in St. Paul, Minnesota, and through that context his educational and advocacy efforts across a broad expanse of church and society; his creation of the first programming for GLBT youth in Minnesota; and, more recently, his work with the Minnesota Historical Society to insure the preservation and archiving of Minnesota’s GLBT heritage.  While not ordained, Leo became active with the fledgling Lutherans Concerned for Gay People (later Lutherans Concerned/North America) within a month of their formation in the Twin Cities and represented them at the American Lutheran Church Assembly of Congregations in Detroit later that same year (1974). Leaving a marriage, he relocated to the Twin Cities and immediately immersed himself in the activities of the local LCGP chapter, eventually serving as chair of the chapter for several years.  Recognizing the need for expanded organizing at the national level (among gay and lesbian Lutherans), Leo eventually served as co-chair of Lutherans Concerned/North America with Pastor Anita Hill (later to become his colleague with St. Paul-Reformation’s Wingspan Ministry, and finally to be ordained in defiance of ELCA policy). During his tenure as national co-chair (1978-1982), Leo helped to expand LC/NA into an international organization with the recognition of Canadian GLBT Lutherans. He currently serves on a LC/NA Task Force that is developing a Partnership Project with GLBT Lutherans in Brazil.  The Reconciled In Christ Project was developed and implemented under his leadership and he assisted St. Paul-Reformation Lutheran Church in becoming its first registered congregation. A liturgist by avocation, Leo provided leadership and inspiration for the development of Orders for Worship, addressing the needs of both women and men, as well as addressing the positive faith experience of lesbians and gay men.  He collaborated with others to develop Creating Worship That Welcomes and Includes , a resource still available through LC/NA (including a Order of Service in Celebration of Coming Out, and several orders for the Celebration of Union). At local, national and international levels, Leo encouraged GLBT Lutherans to develop cooperative relationships with other GLBT religious organizations and his work led to the creation of the Lesbian and Gay Interfaith Council of Minnesota. Later, in his role as co-chair for LC/NA, Leo served as one of the founding members of the Lesbian and Gay Interfaith Alliance, a national organization committed to helping the many established and newly emerging GLBT religious groups to work, worship and advocate collaboratively. By 1981, Leo’s continuing work with the local LC/NA chapter in the Twin Cities led him to believe in the importance of finding a home congregation that would be fully welcoming of GLBT people, their friends and families and who would actively advocate on their behalf. That year became a year of "mission development" with St. Paul-Reformation Lutheran Church and resulted, the following year, in the establishment of the Wingspan Ministry.  Leo served as a Ministry Associate with the congregation and Wingspan for another 12 years. During that period, Leo successfully used that congregational base to provide active leadership in community organizing and development with Minnesota’s GLBT communities. In early 1982, working closely with Pastor Paul Tidemann (senior pastor at St. Paul Reformation), Leo helped the Minnesota Council of Churches to adopt their historic "Statement on Ministry To and With Gay and Lesbian Minnesotans." Although adopted by their board with a significant majority, this statement sparked a whirlwind of reaction, ending in the firing of the Council’s Executive Director. A few years later, secretive actions by another Executive Director quietly disavowed that the historic statement had ever really been adopted. In the meantime, church bodies and congregations all across Minnesota were given the opportunity to learn about, discuss, and argue over ministry with their GLBT sons and daughters. Leo’s earlier involvement with the St. Paul Citizens for Human Rights campaign (1977-78) had paved the way for his commitment to advocacy for legal protections for Minnesota’s GLBT citizens. Twenty years of educational and organizing work, advocacy, and leadership led to the passage of statewide human rights protections, signed into law by the governor in 1993. During that journey, Leo served on three task forces appointed by successive Minnesota governors: The Governor’s Task Force on Prejudice and Violence that led to two new laws protecting Minnesotans from hate crimes and upgrading the penalties for such actions; The Governor’s Task Force on Lesbian and Gay Minnesotans, and later The Governor’s Task Force on Gay and Lesbian Minnesotans, both of which paved the way for full human rights protection. During service on all three task forces, Leo strongly advocated the use of public hearings throughout the state, for the first time allowing GLBT Minnesotans the opportunity to speak to state-appointed officials about their experiences with prejudice and discrimination. These hearings throughout Minnesota formed an enduring commitment for Leo to advocacy on behalf of GLBT citizens in small towns and cities all around Minnesota; and he was to become known for his unflagging commitment to helping such communities become recognized and represented in the state’s major GLBT organizations. Through this community organizing Leo came to recognize the financial needs of many small and emerging GLBT organizations in the Twin Cities and, more broadly, throughout the state. In accepting the invitation to join the Headwaters Fund as Chair of its Grantmaking Committee, Leo committed the foundation to become increasingly more proactive in funding GLBT programs and projects. He left this volunteer position after achieving his goal and moved on to become involved with the Philanthrofund Foundation, a small foundation from within the GLBT community itself, where he again became involved in the grantmaking process. Before his departure from this board, he helped to design a more proactive outreach to small GLBT organizations in Minnesota and the Upper Midwest. When the HIV crisis hit Minnesota (in the early 1980s), this too became part of Leo’s ministry work through Wingspan.  Although he created and established the "Embrace Hope" series of prayer services for those affected by HIV, Leo is perhaps better remembered for chairing the effort that brought the NAMES Project Quilt to Minnesota during its first display tour of the nation. Leo developed other major efforts to bring public and community attention to the AIDS crisis, including the area premiere of Buddies and a widely publicized piece of guerrilla theatre involving Leo in protesting the restrictive policies being encouraged by the Berean League (a long time enemy to GLBT people in Minnesota). In a less confrontational setting, Leo also served on the HIV Task Force for the Commissioner of the Minnesota Department of Health (a group  whose primary task was to recommend levels of funding for HIV programs in the state). In 1983, Leo began work on a long-time interest and helped to develop the state’s first established programming for GLBT youth, a weekly support group for which Leo provided leadership during the next decade.  From such a humble beginning, Leo was able to provide an enormous amount of training and advocacy for youth-serving organizations and professionals in Minnesota as well as nationally. He developed a high profile poster series on GLBT youth issues (still available from Wingspan Ministries) and managed to have these posters carried in buses throughout the Twin Cities. His work with GLBT youth, and on their behalf, led to his selection as a recipient for the McKnight Foundation Award in 1987. Yet he credits the high point of this portion of his career with the establishment of the Out 4 Good program in the Minneapolis School District--one of the first programs to help GLBT students, teachers, staff, and parents in the nation. As his career and ministry have aged, Leo has now turned his interests to the preservation and archiving of Minnesota’s GLBT population. In addition to donating an extraordinary amount of material to the Minnesota Historical Society, Leo helped them establish the GLBT Collections Working Group, a project he chaired until stepping down in 2003. Currently, Leo is working to establish regional GLBT Collections elsewhere in Minnesota. Despite his continuing commitment to build the MHS Collection, once again Leo is on the road traveling and visiting smaller GLBT communities in Minnesota--something for which he has a great passion.  With numerous articles and contributed chapters to his credit, Leo is now working on two books with a lesbian colleague--one a memoir style reporting of "critical moments in Minnesota GLBT history," and the second a photo essay, seeking to retain a visual memory of Minnesota’s GLBT community organizations and queer spaces.  Although now part of a passing generation of GLBT leadership, Leo has well over 1,000 speaking engagements to his credit, including his well-known Queer Jeopardy program on GLBT history. Now living in partial retirement from his previous demanding schedule on GLBT issues, Leo has committed a significant portion of his time helping to strengthen Minnesota’s Asian and Pacific Islander communities through leadership on the Planning Committee of the Dragon Festival. In 2003, Leo was the chief organizer for the Dragon Boat Races and was delighted to see the gay-identified Long Yang Club take first prize in their division.  But despite retirement, Leo continues to work on behalf of various causes which benefit minority communities.  Through his home congregation, Leo worked to help provide sanctuary, housing and support for a Nigerian immigrant family.  Additionally, he works with a new set of programs at St. Paul-Reformation:  Shear Grace (a free haircut program for homeless youth and families), and in partnership with The Sheridan Project (providing meal bags for school children unlikely to have sufficient food over the weekend).  He continues his board membership for AEDA (Asian Economic Development Association), which provides business loans for Asian-American businesses, while also supporting the local Asian American arts community and artists. Leo continues his commitment to GLBT youth, and is a regular speaker at a local St. Paul Middle School's program for GLBT students - some 80 in regular attendance.  For several years Leo collaborated with others in a project designed to raise funds and provide support for GLBT organizations in Uganda - while at the same time, raising awareness of their needs with Minnesota's GLBT communities.  Leo will be returning to Brazil in October 2018 to reestablish and strengthen connections with GLBT Lutherans in that country.  Leo was awarded the "Lifetime Achievement Award for a GLBT Individual" in 2018, by Reconciling Works, at their biennial Assembly in Minneapolis.   Leo is pictured with Squeaker, who appeared with Leo in an edition of "The Lutheran," becoming infamous in the process.  Even with these activities, Leo's current cat (Zazu) remains unimpressed and has made it quite clear that his primary responsibility should be as her minion! (This biographical statement was provided by Leo Treadway.) 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 Leo Treadway LC/NA Leo Treadway Lutheran Lutherans Concerned https://www.exhibits.lgbtran.org/files/original/8521ff7579623286b933c58bcff236ef.JPG 241c052bd8c98535fb121740c2d1ef3b 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 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 Leon Richard Maples Description An account of the resource Leon Richard Maples, 31, auto mechanic visiting New Orleans from Jacksonville, Florida. (picture taken afternoon of fire.) Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Johnny Townsend collection 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. Leonard and Roger (Donated by Marshall Campbell and Pacific Northwest Chapter, MFSA) Stole Text Given in Memory of Leonard and Roger Who grew up in United Methodist Churches, and left their churches for other faiths, but remained more friendly to Methodism than Methodism was to them. Denomination United Methodist Church Contribution Date 2000 Contribution Story This is one of four stoles (#675-677) given to us by the Pacific Northwest Chapter of the Methodist Federation for Social Action (MFSA). MFSA was founded in 1907 by several Methodist Episcopal clergy (including Frank Mason North, author of "Where Cross the Crowded Ways of Life") to direct church attention to the enormous human suffering among the working class. Immediately the Federation became Methodism's unofficial rallying point for the Social Gospel and achieved in 1908 the adoption of the first denominational social creed. Today, the Federation unites activist United Methodists to promote action on the liberation issues confronting the church and society and to witness to the transformation of the social order that is intrinsic to the church's entire life, including its evangelism, preaching, counseling, and spirituality. As an independent organization, MFSA works primarily through the ministries of the United Methodist Church, supporting and augmenting peace and justice ministries at the local, conference, and national levels, calling the church to expand its understanding of the radical call of the Gospel to be the inclusive, justice-seeking, risk-taking Body of Christ.  These stoles were given to us in advance of the 2000 General Conference of the UnitedMethodistChurch in Cleveland, OH. 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 676 Title A name given to the resource Leonard and Roger (Donated by Marshall Campbell and Pacific Northwest Chapter, MFSA) 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, (USA) Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Marshall Campbell and the Pacific Northwest Chapter of the Methodist Federation for Social Action Clergy Activist Methodist Ordination Reconciling Ministries Network (formerly Reconciling Congregation Program) Theology United Methodist Church United States 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. Leonard Deen Thompson Stole Text LEONARD DEEN THOMPSON LOUISIANA CONFERENCE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH 1963-1985 Men and women dress up and speak aloud. They speak in your name, O Lord, And say all evil against us. Did you not know us in our mother's womb? Did you not walk with us through the waters of baptism? Did you not call us by name? Turn not away from us. Hold us by your hand. And walk with us until your kingdom rules in the hearts of all your creation. Deen 3-28-2000 Denomination United Methodist Church Contribution Date 2000 Contribution Story This stole was given to us in advance of the 2000 General Conference of the UnitedMethodistChurch in Cleveland, OH. 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 672 Title A name given to the resource Leonard Deen Thompson Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Louisiana (USA) Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Leonard Deen Thompson Clergy Activist Methodist Ordination Reconciling Ministries Network (formerly Reconciling Congregation Program) Theology Thompson, Leonard Deen United Methodist Church United States