91 20 2617 https://www.exhibits.lgbtran.org/files/original/f0bd535c9fb88d08e31d890dfc987ccf.jpg e8877301e00ba4f58f39f40ad8b8022e https://www.exhibits.lgbtran.org/files/original/be2e4c2226545c33baae1524a0643c36.jpg 7d5d21eab9214096d7801248764fff05 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 The Friend June 24, 1960 Towards a Quaker View of Sex--II A Friend writes: "We have no music...we are not cheap...but..." Was this advertisement for a restaurant in a political weekly also applicable to the Society of Friends? This thought was one of many thrown up at a conference at Hampstead Meeting House on June 11 called by the group of Friends who signed the article in The Friend of May 20 on "Towards a Quaker View of Sex". Anna Bidder took the chair, and representatives were present from the Home Service and Marriage and Parenthood Committees, the Friends Guild of Social Workers, Hampstead Monthly Meeting Elders, a group of Friends at Tunbridge Wells and the Homosexual Law Reform Society, the Joint Secretary of which is a Friend.* Other concerned Friends were also present, including a number of psychiatrists. Anna Bidder first described why the group responsible for calling the conference had begun to meet some three years ago, and how over the years it had been led to attempt a fundamental reassessment of Christian morality on sexual matters. Three other members of the group then spoke from their individual standpoints. Alfred Torrie, with thirty years' experience as a psychiatrist behind him, asked what the Quaker answer was to both the homosexual who views his conduct with disgust and loathing, and to those others, differently constituted, who are unwilling to seek help. He stressed the normality of the homosexual phase through which most of us pass, but also disclosed how much uncharted ignorance there was about the subject. Doctors seldom saw the homosexual in the early stages: when he sought medical help he usually was in deep trouble. Knowledge and compassion were both needed. In the homosexual, as in all men, below his self-disgust was the living Christ. That was the Quaker faith. Duncan Fairn followed with some account of his experiences of the morbid side of the problem from seeing men in prison over the last twenty years or so. He described the impact of the law and its differentiation between the conduct of men and women, and referred to the interest arouse by the Report of the Wolfenden Committee. Although members of the group had begun by having a concern for those in acute need, they had been led to seek an understand of sex in life as a whole. It has been said, humorously, that "sex has come to say", and what the group was trying to do was to work out a valid philosophy of sex with the help of their Quaker insights. The last group member to speak was Keith Wedmore, a barrister who spoke for the younger generation. Experience at a university and in the Army had disclosed for him the wide gap between conventional beliefs and practice. He had been forced to ask himself whether our morality was true, right and practicable. With Alfred Torrie he stressed the homosexual and heterosexual components of our nature. It seemed to him important to understand that it was not so much homosexuality itself which was a problem as the lack of heterosexuality. Was it possible that St. Paul was not the last word on sexual morals? In the group they had come to see that personal relationships were of prime importance. "Personal relationships matter for ever and ever." The conference devoted the afternoon session to criticism of a draft outline for a pamphlet designed to help Friends to know the facts about sexual development in general, and to understand some of the special problems of homosexuality. The discussion was opened by Richard Fox, and the criticisms and suggestions were remitted to the convening group as a guide in the final preparation of the document, which it is hoped will be published. Kenneth Barnes brought the conference to a close by emphasising that the work of the group on "Homosexuality and Other Problems of Sex" over the years had been a profound religious exercise, and that they had tried to make themselves available to the Spirit's leading. There had been a deep sharing of experience. Again and again they had found conventional judgments, when ruthlessly examined, to fall short of their understanding of truth. They believed that there was not sexual experience which could be condemned outright without knowledge of its inner quality. Christ's words to the woman in adultery abode for ever: "Neither do I condemn thee: go and sin no more." _____________ *Venetia Newall 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 Report on Hampstead Conference Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Reproduced by permission of The Friend, June 24, 1960, pp. 892-3. Description An account of the resource The Friend published an account of the June 11 conference at Hampstead Meeting House in its June 24 issue. https://www.exhibits.lgbtran.org/files/original/50f6319c774242e85da100ad6097b958.jpg 8d369dea1ff0ee15e4b02e25bd72c922 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 Memorial Services Held for N.O. Blaze Victims by Eric Newhouse Gay leaders collected money Sunday to bury some of the 30 fatalities of the June 24th French Quarter fire, to aide the hospitalized and to build a church for homosexuals here. More than 200 persons attended church services at St. Mark’s Methodist Church, during the “National Day of Mourning,” including Bishop Finis Crutchfield, bishop of the conference of Louisiana. “The bishop should be commended for having the guts to be here today,” said the Rev. Troy Perry of Los Angeles. Perry, founder of the Metropolitan Community Churches for homosexuals, said numerous New Orleans churches had refused to let the congregation use its facilities for public memorial services. “We had been prepared to go out in the streets because we were turned away right and left by the Sunday Christians, who are even Christian on Sunday,” added Morty Manford, one of the founders of the Gay Activist Alliance in New York. Just One Stigma But he said that was just one of the stigmas of being homosexual. “Many of our sisters and brothers who died at the Up Stairs Lounge bar were gay,” said Manford during the services. “They knew what it was like to live in a condemning society where churches call us sinners, psychologists call us sick, legislators call us criminals, where capitalists denounce us as subversive and Communists denounce us a decadent,” he said. “The irony of it is that we know we are living, feeling productive humans.” Perry told the congregation he had visited the Up Stairs Lounge a year before the flash fire, because the Metropolitan Community Church here had used a back room of it at one time. “It was no den of iniquity,” he said. “People were happy, they were smiling. There were not fistfights.” Last Song According to people who were there last weekend, the last song they ever sang was the one they always sang at the end of Sunday brunch,” he added. “They all joined hands and sang ‘United We Stand, Divided We Fall.’” During the final song, Perry broke in to tell the mourners that a local television station had disregarded his request and had set up cameras outside the church to film people leaving. “For those of you who don’t want to be seen with us,” he added, “this door will take you out through the rear of the church.” No one used the rear door. “In light of the real fear of recrimination felt here, I’m jubilant,” said Perry after the services. 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 Report on Memorial Service Description An account of the resource The Morning Advocate’s Eric Newhouse writes sympathetic account of the July 1st memorial service. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived The Morning Advocate, July 2, 1973. https://www.exhibits.lgbtran.org/files/original/130de05a67148ebb59406553f33f8abe.pdf 89ebbbd7862587ebaad410b27a04acb6 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 Page 1: A Report on the Councils on Religion and the Homosexual January 26, 1969 by Foster Gunnison Jr., Institute of Social Ethics Hartford, Conn. Prepared for: January 29, 1969 meeting, CRH of New York, Holy Apostle Episcopal Church, New York City. Page 2: Out San Francisco way the Methodist Church operates a social service institution called the Glide Urban Center. Its purpose is to provide a bridge between the church and the many and varied social problems afflicting the youth and other residents of that city. In this it is representative of current trends in all of our churches with ministers moving from pulpit to street-corner to tackle first hand the full range of, now well advertised, urban economic and social ills. San Francisco is also the birthplace and chief operating center of several of our country's leading pioneer homophile organizations - groups of militant homosexuals fighting systematically for an equal place for all homosexuals in a traditionally hostile society. Perhaps this is why San Francisco is sometimes called the "Queen City." The Society for Individual Rights, the Mattachine Society, the all-lesbian Daughters of Bilitis, the league for Civic Education, the Tavern Guild of San Francisco, the Vanguard Society - all are headquartered out there, and all played an important part in the development and support of the unique institution now to be related. A few years ago a Methodist minister, Theodore Mr. McIlvenna, working out of the Glide Center took a particular interest in the problems of the homosexual. He was well aware of the way our society treats its homosexual citizens, and well aware of the near total failure of the church to do something constructive about it. And so, in the activist spirit characteristic of Glide, Rev. McIlvenna set himself to this perhaps toughest of all churchly tasks, and began approaching the leaders of the San Francisco homophile organizations. A special retreat was eventually scheduled for the spring of 1964. Sixteen brave and curious ministers of Methodist, Protestant Episcopal, Lutheran, and United Church of Christ denomination met with thirteen militant, skeptical homosexuals from the aforementioned organizations in the now-famous Mill Valley Conference held at the White Memorial Retreat Center in the Golden Gate foothills across the bay from San Francisco. It was a three day affair during which the homosexual found the church, at least as represented here, not to be the bible-thumping, brimstone-spewing condemner of homosexuals as previously envisioned, and ministers found the homosexual, at least as represented here, not to be the amoral, anti-social, wrist-flipping weirdo of time-honored stereotype. The conference was indeed a shared experience - a unique and courageous beginning toward rapprochement of historically antithetical views and attitudes. And it was the first time that the American homosexual had been able to establish meaningful communication with a major social institution on a systematic basic. As a consequence of this exploratory retreat a Council on Religion and the Homosexual, embracing ministers and homophile leaders, the first of its kind anywhere to my knowledge, was incorporated in the State of California as a non-profit educational enterprise. The council got off to a turbulent start. In order to raise funds for operations, it scheduled a benefit "gay" ball for New Years day of 1965 in a downtown hall in San Francisco, clearing first with the police department and receiving assurances that there would be no police harassment or interference. Sure enough, the ill-fated ball was raided in classic free-wheeling, swashbuckling style. The hall was saturated with police. Ministers were rough-shouldered aside. Arrests were made on trumped up charges (1) and some of these resulted in convictions. This was the first time the ministers of the Council were direct witness to a massive anti-homosexual action, not to mention their own abusement. It was a first, dramatic, totally unexpected confrontation with the establishment. They said it as a shocking display of force and crudity, and an unbelievable violation of public word and trust. If there were any ministers associated with the Council who had harbored lingering doubts about their commitment to this new and controversial enterprise, such doubts were dispelled with finality. And the Council, now fully united, promptly called a press conference and brought a million dollar suit against the City of San Francisco. (2) Today the Council is represented with clergy from all the major Christian faiths from Unitarian to Roman Catholic, plus professionals from the social sciences, psychiatry, education and the law, and, of course, a full complement of leaders from the homophile organizations. (1) E.g - a chair collapsed under two spectators who instinctively grabbed each other for support. They were promptly arrested and convicted for disorderly conduct. (2) The civil suit has not as yet been resolved, but relations with police have improved markedly, and news coverage of the whole affair was extensive. Page 3: It is governed by 21 directors elected members at the annual business meetings. Its purposes are to educate - to dispel myths, ignorance, and combat fear and hostility; to initiate dialogue - encourage discussion; to study - to promote research and increase the appallingly inadequate body of knowledge on the subject of homosexual; to defend and protect homosexuals against abuse - to give practical aid and counseling when homosexuals run into difficult or require guidance in their personal lives. Its chosen methods are 1) orientation, and 2) confrontation. It desires that society shall accept homosexuals, and judge all persons on the basis of factors other than sexual preference. In the words of Rev. McIlvenna: "Let us recognize that we are indeed sexual beings, and let us rejoice in our sexuality." It predicts that as social isolation of the homosexual recedes, and education progresses, all members of society will have their attention directed to the correction of a multitude of governmental, commercial, and private discriminatory laws, policies, practices, and attitudes which today collectively destroy the lives of hundreds, and damage thousands more, and render quite impossible of achievement a truly great society. Specifically how does the Council function? First, the Council reaches out to the homophile community itself - out to all homosexuals in the local area. Some serve on the board of the council, others are simply members and attend its regular meetings. Monetary contributions are made to a National Legal Defense Fund - an independent corporation established to fight the long battles through the courts. The Council recently participated directly in a Minneapolis obscenity case which sought to deny homosexuals the right to receive male nude magazines sent through the mails as now permitted to heterosexuals. They fought hard and won. Homosexuals in despair or in need of a job or a place to live are provided the services of professionals or referred to competent sources. Special aid is given to street youths. San Francisco has many abandoned teenagers roaming its streets and wallowing in alcohol, drugs, and homosexual prostitution. The council supports a hospitality center and helps to rebuild their likes - steering them not away from homosexual orientation, but from its commercialization and exploitative applications. Second, the Council buttonholes fellow clergy in the religious community. The aim is to promote a re-examination of official church attitudes in these matters, and, if possible, active participation on the Council. Meetings are held with decision-making bodies of the churches. All of the denominations have been approached. Many have responded. Theologians, bishops, priests and lay leaders are consulted individually and in groups. Special seminars and retreats are scheduled from time to time. Within the congregations of several of the churches, discussion groups - both youth and adult - have started. And the same with student groups in the denominational colleges and the seminaries. In 1966 the Council sent two delegates all the way to London to participate in a joint U.S.-Great Britain interdenominational conference just on homosexuality and attended by noted researchers and some members of parliament. Simultaneously it help a 3-day theological seminar in San Francisco likewise dealing solely with homosexuality, and drew clergymen all the way from the Midwest on east to Massachusetts. And, of course, the work of the council has been documented and discussed in dozen widely circulated church magazines. Third, the council recruits professionals from other fields - anyone who can be put to work advising, counseling, testing homosexuals, or simply re-education their fellow specialists. The need for action and contribution of of time and services is made clear. But the Council also responds with help of its own. Research is underwritten. Subjects for testing are rounded up and presented, or contracted through the mails, and research guidance is provided throughout. In addition, the Council itself participates in other organizations such as the American Civil Liberties Union, and the American Friend's Service Committee. Fourth, the Council challenges public and corporate officials and community leaders. These are tough nuts to crack. Here progress can be agonizingly slow. Such men occupy highly sensitive positions. They are caught in a bind between minority sentiment or personal conscience and unrelenting public opinion or rigid official regulations. The army chaplain won't touch the problem with a ten foot pole. Naval authorities will show only sporadic interest in a few phases of the problem. Letters to the Civil Service and/or Defense Department are exercises in tail-chasing. But the Council has pursued all of these and many more. Page 4: There is, however, occasional progress. A task force for fair employment practices for homosexuals has been organized. Appeals to the police department and Alcoholic Beverage Commission have reduced abuses from these sources. The police have even detailed a public relations officer to maintain continuing liaison with the homophile community. Voter registration drives have been mounted. And along with this, a special candidates' night is held before each election with all candidates invited to attend and express their view. And, it is rumored, woe betide those who don't show up. This may be a bit overstated, but political efforts do seem ready to be having some modest effects. But, again, the Council responds with help of its own. It participates in a police relations campaign to build good will toward law enforcement officials. It participates in anti-venereal disease drives and educates the homophile community to use of caution. It cooperates with the Office of Economic opportunity in the latter's efforts to salvage and accommodate the lost youths of San Francisco. Finally, the Council confronts the general public. It advertises to one and all its varied purposes, activities, and achievements, and it seeks every opportunity for publicity to do this. The Council has been interviews and reported in Newsweek, Time, Look, The Nation, the Wall Street Journal, and gets frequent coverage in the San Francisco papers. It prints and distributes brochures to educate the public. Officers and board members appear on local radio and TV shows. It sends speakers out to high schools, colleges, university graduate seminars, the YMCA, the YWCA, the Junior Chambers of Commerce, women's clubs, and men's fraternal organizations. And, of course, it holds public forums and symposiums. A brief sampling of speakers shows a sociologist, a rabbi, a representative of the Playboy Foundation, a researcher from the famed Kinsey Institute, a public health official, and the executive director of London;s Albany Trust (an overseas homophile outfit.) Once in a while the Council will take to the streets in a physical show of support when the occasion suggests. In 1966 a National Protest Day Demonstration was staged on the steps of the city's Federal Building. That same year, after being first promised, and then later denied, a literature booth at the California State Fair in Sacramento, the Council stationed itself at the entrance to the fair grounds - a location far more strategic than any booth could have afforded - and did a brisk business that well expected earlier expectations. And, as usual, newspaper coverage of the entire affair was lavish. But amid this beehive of activity, certain landmark achievements beyond police relations and political influence stand out. First, in 1965 the Council wrote and published a document entitled "A Brief of Injustices." This document has stood virtually as a a manifesto for the homophile movement in America. It was the first major, comprehensive statement of grievances to come from the movement and gain respectable circulation. It listed in detail - one by one - all the principal areas of discrimination and abuse to which homosexuals were being subjected. And it called again and again for correction and reform. Second, through the Council's persistent efforts, the United Church of Christ became the first denomination to officially and publicly declare its commitment to the Council's work and to back this commitment with funds. Today the Council has the financial support of the United Church of Christ's Board of Homeland Ministry and Northern California Council of Churches, plus the Methodist's California Board of Christian Social Concerns and Glide Urban Foundation, plus the Protestant Episcopal Diocese of California, and, of course, the homophile organizations themselves. It has furthermore won the moral support of the National Council of Churches, the Young Democrats of San Francisco, and a variety of local and regional religious and professional groups. Third, the Council was influential in Protestant Episcopal Bishop Pike's 1965 anointment of a special study committee on homosexuality for the state diocese and his inclusion of homophile representatives on the committee. The committee's sympathetic recommendations for abolishment of abuse and encouragement of future study were adopted by the diocese in 1967. Fourth, the Council was influential in the 1967 Southern California American Civil Liberties Union official statement condemning state laws impinging on homosexual relationships. And fifth, two ministers of the Council, excelling in group coordinating and moderating capability filled the first two chairmanships covering the first four annual meetings of the North American Conference of Homophile organizations, and, by virtue of their patience and perseverance and the respect which they as individuals, commanded, these men were key Page 5: factors in holding the conferences together in these sensitive early stages long enough to allow them to take firm root and continue on as annual events. And indeed, the Council as a whole has stood to all homophile organizations everywhere as a symbol of an awakening social conscience of the future, and - a source of inspiration to better their own efforts and not lose heart in the face of public opinion as it exists today. Now, what about other similar councils around the country? It is difficult to report accurately on this because inter-organizational communications are still somewhat erratic, and, with some exceptions, one is frequently reduced to guesswork unless he does a lot of traveling. I have traveled a little, but the picture can change rapidly from year to year, and sometimes month to month. In 1965 representatives of the grandady San Francisco Council went to Los Angeles and met with other ministers from that city plus some from Dallas. As a result of this meeting two new Councils on Religion and the Homosexual were started. Of these, the Los Angeles group appears to have been more successful to date, and indeed probably ranks second only to the San Francisco enterprise in energy and scope of activities. It meets at least monthly. It operates a counseling center. It has held 3-day retreats and symposiums. It has appeared on local radio and TV. It was publishing its own newsletter for a while, and [illegible]. It has scheduled parties and outings. It even organized an educational field trip to all of the city's bars. And it has taken a great many public forums to which guest speakers are invited, and it makes and and sells duplicated recording tapes of the speeches. Here is a brief sampling of topics covered in the forums or in the monthly discussion meetings: Do homosexuals drink to much? Is "bar-hopping" bad? Must Male and Female homosexuals hate each other? Financial security for the homosexual. On being involved. Our out-moded sex laws. New trends in sex morality. What message does the church have for homosexuals? How homosexuals look at the bible. The homosexual's responsibility to the community. The Dallas Council, on the other hand, after two years of effort, does not appear to have gotten fully off the group as best as I can determine. I do not know why or what can be expected from it in the future. So much for these two. In Miami, in 1967, through the personal efforts of a local homophile leader, the Center for Dialogue - a missionary service center, Lutheran I believe, or perhaps interdenominational - took no problem and scheduled monthly discussion meetings for interested homosexuals. There were plans for setting up similar groups in Tampa and a dozen other Florida cities. I do not know if anything ever came of these, nor even if the Miami operation is still functioning. I have not had word from down there in a good many months. In Hartford, for several years, now, a subdivision of an interdenominational social service sub-committee, by the name of Project "H," has been meeting monthly. Ministers, sociologists, educators, lawyers and other disciplines are represented on it , and it is currently contemplating adding selected members of the homophile community. It offers counseling services as an extension of New York City's venerable George W. Henry Foundation, and it works at public education and legislative reform. It has organized public symposiums, and is now sponsoring a bi-weekly, partially self-sustaining discussion group for local homosexuals. Project "H" is solidly established and rapidly growing in scope and effectiveness. The future for it looks very bright indeed. Neither of the two foregoing organizations are formally identified as Councils on Religion and the Homosexual, as are the others in this report, and neither are directly affiliated with the national and regional networks of homophile organizations spanning the country. But both work to the same end and follow along essentially similar lines. There have been reports of a Council in Ottawa, Canada, and I have had one communication form the minister up there. But it has appeared to be an on-again, off-again effort, and its present existence, if any, remains unverified so far as I am able to tell. Councils were planned for Philadelphia and Chicago with the backing of homophile organizations in those cities, but to Page 6: to my knowledge neither ever really got going, and both I believe are now defunct. A Council did get off the ground in Washington DC a while ago. It lasted for a couple of years or so and then, I understand, evaporated. Off-hand, I know of no additional Councils current or of the past. But, as said, the picture can change very rapidly, and one is always hearing of this or that enterprise being planned or in the works. Why do some Councils succeed and others fail? I am not at all sure I know the answer. With one exception my direct experience with these organizations has been next to nil. I am not sure that it matters much. One always seems to have a different opinion as to why these things happen. I do, of course, hear reports from time to time - about organizations that have failed. I can never know whether they have substance or not. I have heard, for example, that the homophile representatives to a Council were belligerent, or domineering, or defensive beyond what might reasonably be expected. Or that the ministers were apathetic, skeptical, or uncommitted - or perhaps overly committed to the past. Maybe so. Maybe not. I will hazard a guess, however, and suggest that Councils fail because the initial group is simply weak in leadership and organizing capability, and because no effort is made to function systematically with planned and varied programs relevant to the purpose but of equal interest to ministers and homosexuals. Such programs under strong leadership are the best cure for belligerence, and apathy, and lack of commitment. I never knew an organization of any kind to fail that had them. 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 Report on the Councils on Religion and the Homosexual, Jan. 26, 1969, by Foster Gunnison, Jr. Description An account of the resource Organization Collection Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Repository: <a href="http://www.gaycenter.org/community/archive" target="_blank" rel="noopener">National Archive of LGBT History</a> https://www.exhibits.lgbtran.org/files/original/e50ed90ee8f632181a04a56cf5064a2f.jpg 897b180e2c6a31613ef42e18a374d6b1 https://www.exhibits.lgbtran.org/files/original/73faadf4a24b552e465cff7615f1a37a.jpg a05c48de3c2235279fef074a4a3d62d3 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 Request to Rowntree Trust 7 Feb 1960 Description An account of the resource Keith Wedmore sent letter to the Joseph Rowntree Trust outlining the nature and composition of the Quaker Committee on Homosexuality and requesting £100 funding to help cover the group's expenses for one year. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Keith Wedmore Papers https://www.exhibits.lgbtran.org/files/original/92e2a48d72f91bc467ea50ce4afe043b.jpeg 6b916e656194d3a83ee62737fea68723 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://onlysky.media/hemant-mehta/researchers-the-spanish-inquisition-abolished-in-1834-still-hurts-spain-today/ 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 Researchers: The Spanish Inquisition, abolished in 1834, still hurts Spain today Subject The topic of the resource Spain is still trying to heal from the Spanish Inquisition, yet far-right forces are threatening to rise again. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived https://onlysky.media/hemant-mehta/researchers-the-spanish-inquisition-abolished-in-1834-still-hurts-spain-today/ https://www.exhibits.lgbtran.org/files/original/9231a5d1482a2c0cd05937ff8d84b818.jpeg 5e07e5247aa3eff9de6cc3a9fc147e13 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_010 Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource circa 1948 Title A name given to the resource Restored Portrait of Fr. Robert Mary Clement Description An account of the resource This digitally restored photograph depicts the Rev. Robert Mary Clement before the founding of the Church of the Beloved Disciple. At the time, Clement was serving as a parish priest of the Polish National Catholic Church in Perth Amboy, New Jersey. In 1968 he founded the American Orthodox Church of the United States (Western Orthodox). His LGBTQ ministry began in 1968, and the Church of the Beloved Disciple held its first public Mass in New York City on July 19, 1970, openly ministering to gay and lesbian Christians. Clement's ministry would become a pioneering force in the movement for LGBTQ inclusion within historic Christian sacramental traditions. 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 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. Rev. Al Schon Stole Text Rev. Al Schon United Church of Christ St. Louis, MO Al’s Schon’s call to ministry began early in his life and so too the circuitous path towards ordination. As he describes the journey, Al laughs gently and says that God is surely a man, because a woman would have asked for directions. Born and raised in one of the United Church of Christ’s predecessor denominations, Al’s early call to ordained ministry was postponed with the responsibilities of marriage and parenthood. His spiritual pilgrimage led him to the Roman Catholics and a brief sojourn as a Franciscan candidate before returning to the United Church of Christ. Consistently his path included service within and beyond the institutions of the Church. Following many years of serving as a lay leader, Al’s gifts for ministry were affirmed with a call, first to licensed ministry in 2008 as a Pastoral Associate with Peace UCC and now to ordination. As a gay man in the church, Al knows the definition of dissonance and the value of standing in the gap. Patiently and intentionally, he has words to create safe space in the church for all those who sojourn. The Reverend Albert Schon Ordained on May 19, 2012 Peace United Church of Christ St. Louis, MO Denomination United Church of Christ Roman Catholic Church Contribution Date 2012 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 1152 Title A name given to the resource Rev. Al Schon Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant St. Louis, Missouri (USA) Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Katherine and Darlene HawkerSelf Clergy Activist HawkerSelf, Darlene HawkerSelf, Katherine Missouri Ordination Schon, Al St. Louis United Church of Christ https://www.exhibits.lgbtran.org/files/original/10e872b92539369dd98aee5210874a99.png b986c8ef41a4c2528b656ede2f3e8351 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 Spirit Podcast Description An account of the resource Podcasts from WMPG.org and 90.9 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 Rev. Alexis Fuller-Wright Photo Subject The topic of the resource Queer Spirit Podcast Description An account of the resource Rev. Alexis Fuller-Wright is an ordained United Church of Christ pastor and currently serves as the Associate Conference Minister serving UCC congregations throughout the Maine Conference. Before her wise decision to move here, she served congregations in California and New Jersey. The announcement of her appointment said this about her: “Alexis represents a new generation of leadership, called by the Spirit to bring new life and energy into the church.” Alexis and her wife Liz, a science writer, spend their non-working hours chasing after their kids, Nora and Will. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Marvin Ellison and Tamara Torres-McGovern Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Rev. Alexis Fuller-Wright https://www.exhibits.lgbtran.org/files/original/5fc1372820c423e002e3bcb748976f89.png a992a956c22fec9d79bd6edaafdccaf9 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 Spirit Podcast Description An account of the resource Podcasts from WMPG.org and 90.9 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 Rev. Amanda Gerken-Nelson Photo Subject The topic of the resource Queer Spirit Podcast Description An account of the resource Rev. Amanda Gerken-Nelson is an ordained minister in the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America. She currently serves as the Executive Director of Extraordinary Lutheran Ministries, a non-profit that believes the public witness of LGBTQIA+ ministers transforms the church and enriches the world. In this work Amanda has the unique privilege of traveling around the country to encourage and support the 400+ LGBTQIA+ pastors who are transforming the face of the church. Prior to her work with Extraordinary Lutheran Ministries Amanda pastored a Lutheran congregation East Hartford, Connecticut. A graduate of Pacific Lutheran Theological Seminary in Berkeley, California, Amanda grew up on the East Coast and considers herself a true New Englander at heart. On a more personal note, Tamara Torres-McGovern, the co-host of Queer Spirit, happily adds: “I’m lucky that she not only came back to the North East, but that she moved to Maine and, on top of that, she and her wife Tasha became my neighbors!” Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Marvin Ellison and Tamara Torres-McGovern Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Rev. Amanda Gerken-Nelson 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. Rev. Anita Hill Stole Text Rev. Anita Hill Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Saint Paul, MN This deacon’s stole was given to Anita Hill by St. Paul-Reformation Lutheran Church (Saint Paul, MN) in May 1994 when she was installed as “Pastoral Minister,” a term shared with Catholic women who are unable to be ordained. The Rev. Anita C. Hill retired this stole on the occasion of her “extra ordinem” service of ordination by the same congregation on April 28, 2001. Pastor Hill was officially received as a member of the clergy roster of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America on September 18, 2010. Hill played a significant role in the change in policy of the ELCA to allow openly LGBT clergy who are in relationships to serve on the rosters of her denomination. Denomination Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Contribution Story Click <a href="https://www.lgbtran.org/Profile.aspx?ID=36">here</a> for a biographic profile of Anita Hill, in the LGBTQ Religious Archives Network's Profile Gallery. 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 1178 Title A name given to the resource Rev. Anita Hill Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Saint Paul, Minnesota (USA) Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Rev. Anita Hill Clergy Activist Evangelical Lutherans of America (ELCA) Hill, Anita Lutheran Minnesota Ordination St. Paul Women and Religion 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. Rev. Anita Hill Stole Text Rev. Anita Hill Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Saint Paul, MN This deacon’s stole was worn by Anita from May 1994 when she was installed as Pastoral Minister of St. Paul-Reformation Lutheran Church (Saint Paul, MN), until the date of her “irregular” (read extraordinary) service of ordination on April 28, 2001. The Rev. Anita C. Hill was officially received as a member of the clergy roster of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America on September 18, 2010. Hill played a significant role in the change in policy of the ELCA to allow openly LGBT clergy who are in relationships to serve on the rosters of her denomination. Denomination Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Contribution Story Click <a href="https://www.lgbtran.org/Profile.aspx?ID=36">here</a> for a biographic profile of Rev. Anita Hill, in the LGBTQ Religious Archives Network's Profile Gallery. 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 1179 Title A name given to the resource Rev. Anita Hill Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Saint Paul, Minnesota (USA) Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Rev. Anita Hill Clergy Activist Evangelical Lutherans of America (ELCA) Hill, Anita Lutheran Minnesota Ordination St. Paul Women and Religion https://www.exhibits.lgbtran.org/files/original/1c74eb9c4db758c492adf0e1d617c3ac.jpg 3966c7137953304df6402de083594aca 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. Rev. Ann B. Day Stole Text Rev. Ann B. Day United Church of Christ Holden, MA In my childhood, Methodists baptized me, Brethrens welcomed my visits, and Southern Presbyterians raised and confirmed me. But while in seminary, I chose the United Church of Christ as my spiritual home. Barely out to myself in the late 1970s, I did not join the UCC primarily because of its lgbt welcome. I joined because the UCC felt spacious and refreshing to me in its particular way of combining Christ-centeredness, ecumenical commitment, and social justice. That my choice has enabled me to serve the Church in the context of a denomination whose General Synod and other bodies have been bellwethers in the struggles for affirmation of same-gender loving/lgbt persons has been an amazing grace. For twenty years (1987-2007), my partner, Donna Enberg, and I had the privilege of serving as staff for the Open and Affirming Program (ONA) of the UCC Coalition for LGBT Concerns. That there are more than 650 ONA (publicly lgbt-welcoming) churches/settings in the UCC, and that Donna and I are legally married in MA, indicates that things are changing in church and society. For their wonderful company and dedicated work, I am deeply grateful lgbt-affirming UCC national and Conference staff persons, ONA supporters throughout our denomination, ecumenical Welcoming Church colleagues, and all who let their light shine in the service of justice and peace. Courage and joy as we follow the Spirit's lead! Denomination United Church of Christ United Methodist Church Presbyterian Church (USA) Contribution Date 2007 Contribution Story This stole was given in celebration of the United Church of Christ's 50th Anniversary, and for the refuge that the UCC has offered for so many GLBT clergy. David Lohman IWR and Faith Work Coordinator National Gay & Lesbian Task Force's Institute for Welcoming Resources Home of the Shower of Stoles Project 2007 Click <a href="https://www.lgbtran.org/Profile.aspx?ID=69">here</a> to read Rev. Ann B. Day's biographic profile in the LGBTQ Religious Archives Network's Profile Gallery. 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 1096 Title A name given to the resource Rev. Ann B. Day Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Holden, Massachusetts (USA) Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Rev. Ann B. Day Day, Ann B. Massachusetts Methodist Open and Affirming in the UCC (ONA) Presbyterian Presbyterian Church (USA) Theology United Church of Christ United Methodist Church Women and Religion 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. Rev. Anne M. Rousseau Stole Text Rev. Anne M. Rousseau United Church of Christ Needham, MA Beautiful child of God, Wonderfully and fearfully made, Her childhood religion not understanding, Leaves to find her spiritual home. Loving God all the while, hearing her call – Another fearful, misunderstanding denomination says You are not what God means; You are not what God needs! Seeking truth, finding self and voice and face, When it was easier to be discouraged, Hearing her call to ministry, Working to find homes for those with none, Speaking the language of justice and love, Shining on those forgotten, Saving young women’s lives, Serving God and humankind. One day, the United Church of Christ Welcomes and affirms Her soul and her gifts and her ways. Once made invisible by others, You are what God means; You are what God needs. Beautiful child of God: Minister, example, Igniter of hearts to justice and love, Church beacon, God’s good and faithful servant In whom God is surely well-pleased. May God’s grace fill your life, And God’s voice continue to fill your ministry. With love and gratitude, The Outreach Committee and the Open and Affirming (ONA) Committee Congregational Church of Needham, MA United Church of Christ January 2009 Denomination United Church of Christ Contribution Date 2010 Contribution Story Given to the collection by Kathie Carpenter from the Congregational Church of Needham 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 1129 Title A name given to the resource Rev. Anne M. Rousseau Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Needham, Massachusetts (USA) Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Congregational Church of Needham, MA, United Church of Christ Massachusetts Open and Affirming in the UCC (ONA) Ordination Rousseau, Anne M. Theology United Church of Christ 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. Rev. Barbara Pescan Rev. Ann Tyndall Stole Text REV. BARBARA PESCAN REV. ANN TYNDALL Unitarian Universalist Evanston, IL We have been extremely blessed in our ministries. From Starr King School for the Ministry in Berkeley, California, to serving as co-senior ministers at the Unitarian Church of Evanston, more often than not we have been in the company of people who saw us as persons first. Against that background, aspects of our being, such as being lesbians, were visible and received. Teachers, parishioners, colleagues and friends have encouraged us. Although our ministries were refused from time to time, even in the most glaring instance, homophobia was never the only factor in the decision. Other gay men and lesbian women pushed against institutional homophobia before us, so our way was smoothed considerably. Were they allowed, the women and men behind the stoles in this exhibit could give so much to the world so in need of healing! We are daily grateful to Unitarian Universalist Association, congregations and our seminary for giving us opportunity after opportunity to serve. Deepest gratitude to the Welcoming Congregation, Unitarian Church of Evanston for sending this beautiful stole to Shower of Stoles, and to Carol Nielsen who created it. Denomination Unitarian Universalist Contribution Date 2006 Contribution Story This stole was dedicated and given to the project during a large exhibit of stoles at the Unitarian Church of Evanston. 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 1078 Title A name given to the resource Rev. Barbara Pescan Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Evanston, Illinois (USA) Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Carol Nielsen Clergy Activist Illinois Nielsen, Carol Pescan, Barbara Tyndall, Ann Unitarian Universalist Women and Religion https://www.exhibits.lgbtran.org/files/original/c1ffe69fce58fc6b30bd110a82816e82.jpg 6fe877b5a86ea0d8a553815b87316c59 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 Rev. Bill & Ann Eichhorn giving communal charge to ministry 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. Rev. Bob Jones Rev. Paul Whiting Stole Text Rev. Bob Jones Rev. Paul Whiting Metropolitan Community Church I inherited this bandanna stole from my close friend, Rev. Bob Jones, who died of AIDS in August, 1992. Bob was raised in the United Methodist Church in Kansas, where, in the mid-seventies, he had a same-sex relationship blessing. Shortly after the ceremony, the bishop found out and Bob and his partner were asked to leave the church. In 1978 Bob was licensed as clergy in the Metropolitan Community Church. He moved to Liverpool, England in 1988 where he served the MCC congregation until his death. I was raised in the Pentecostal Assemblies in Britain. After attending Mattersey Bible College, I began pastoral ministry and was licensed by the Assemblies of God in 1980. The following year I was outed and ousted. After spending several years exploring a vocation in the Anglican Church, I joined Metropolitan Community Church and in 1988 because transfer clergy. My ordination was affirmed by MCC in 1996 upon moving to the USA. I have served MCC congregations in Manchester, England, Des Moines, IA, Gainesville, FL, West Palm Beach, FL, and most recently, London, Ontario. – Rev. Paul Whiting Denomination Metropolitan Community Church United Methodist Church Assemblies of God Contribution Date 2010 Contribution Story This stole was donated to the collection during Metropolitan Community Churches' General Conference in Acapulco, Mexico in June, 2010. Click <a href="https://www.lgbtran.org/Profile.aspx?ID=148">here</a> to read Rev. Paul Whiting's biographic profile in the LGBTQ Religious Archives Network's Profiles Gallery. 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 1126 Title A name given to the resource Rev. Bob Jones Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Rev. Gordon McCoy AIDS Assemblies of God Canada England Jones, Bob MCC McCoy, Gordon Methodist Ordination United Methodist Church United States Whiting, Paul 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. Rev. Bonnie L. Lipton Stole Text Rev. Bonnie L. Lipton<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /> <?xml:namespace prefix = ns0 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" /><?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" />PilgrimChurch, United Church of Christ St. Augustine, FL God called me to the ordained ministry as a teenager. The church where I worshipped at that time did not permit women to be in any leadership roles, let alone answer the call to the ministry. I left that church, and all churches for a period of my life. But God never stopped calling me… As a middle-aged woman, I began the journey to ministry in my church of many adult years, only to be told that I was not called – due solely to my sexual orientation. Both God and I wept, but… Knowing who I was… Knowing whose I was… Knowing that my God does not make mistakes… I sought out a spiritual home, and was led to The United Church of Christ! I was loved, cared for, mentored, and ordained in this Christ-centered, unifying denomination. I continue to serve the UCC in parish ministry, reaching out in service and mission to our communities and our world. Happy 50th Anniversary, my beloved UnitedChurch of Christ! God IS Still Speaking AND Smiling! June 24, 2007 Denomination United Church of Christ Contribution Story This stole was given in celebration of the United Church of Christ's 50th Anniversary, and for the refuge that the UCC has offered for so many GLBT clergy. David Lohman IWR and 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 1092 Title A name given to the resource Rev. Bonnie L. Lipton Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant St. Augustine, Florida (USA) Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Rev. Bonnie L. Lipton Florida Lipton, Bonnie L. Ordination United Church of Christ Women and Religion 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. Rev. Brenda E. Lee Stole Text Rev. Brenda E. Lee Metropolitan Community Church Chicago, IL Psalm 28:7 The Lord is my strength and my shield: my heart trusts in him, and I am helped. This stole was given to me upon my completion of seminary, the Samuel DeWitt Proctor School of Theology at Virginia Union University in Richmond, VA. The stole holds special meaning for me because my journey in seminary was one which I was had to stand strong in my authenticity as an African-American lesbian minister called to be a voice in the wilderness. My presence was challenged by many of my peers because of their religious belief systems that perpetuated discrimination and homophobia. However, God’s Grace held me and kept me to endure and that experience strengthened me to continue becoming all that God created me to be and do the work that my soul is so ordained to do. For me, this stole represents God’s power in our lives when we trust in God’s Grace. It is through God’s Power and Grace that we who are LGBTQ will overcome the challenges we face in our world today. I am currently serving as a minister in achurch4me? MCC in Chicago, IL. Denomination Metropolitan Community Church Contribution Date 2011 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 1131 Title A name given to the resource Rev. Brenda E. Lee 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 Rev. Brenda E. Lee African American Chicago Illinois Lee, Brenda E. MCC Theology Women and Religion https://www.exhibits.lgbtran.org/files/original/9851e38be7cbf69050199b6d2b9645c6.jpg 8813fbceb54d4bf21bc60abdf6aacbf5 https://www.exhibits.lgbtran.org/files/original/9dad5687f77a56bcef636b055b784141.jpg 0f103ff228a03b4d316b80c02714705b 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. Rev. Brent Dugan Stole Text Rev. Brent Dugan Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) Pittsburgh, PA Rev. Brent Dugan was the well-loved pastor of the Community Presbyterian Church of Ben Avon, Pittsburgh, PA, for 18 years. While there he was very active in the Malawi Partnership between Pittsburgh Presbytery and the Synod of Blantyre, Malawi, Africa, and founded the Community Theater Players in Ben Avon. Before Ben Avon, Brent served two churches in West Virginia after graduating from the Pittsburgh Theological Seminary in 1972. During the memorial service for Brent, his family shared how, at age five, he had built a pulpit from cinder blocks in the backyard to practice preaching. Five days before taking his life, Brent had accepted a call to the Mendocino Presbyterian Church in California. When he disappeared, Brent expected to be disgraced on a local TV 11 o’clock news as a minister possibly violating the rules of his church. Before throwing himself on the mercy of God, the Father, with his Lord, Jesus Christ, at his side, Brent wrote letters to his friends, loved ones, and colleagues in ministry. That Brent was gay came out in these letters after his death. In his letter to the Pittsburgh Presbytery, Brent shared that he had hoped all his life to be swept off his feet by a woman, but that this never happened. So he devoted himself to his church family, to his sister’s children, and to his community. This devotion was deep and moving for everyone he met and yet his closest friends comment that there was a private place in Brent to which he never gave them access. Brent shared after his death that he had had sexual encounters with a man. He exhorted us all to live exemplary lives. To his congregation, Brent wrote, “This incident [his death] will not be easy to overcome, but overcome you must. You are the people of Jesus Christ, God’s Chosen. Please stay together.” Friends in Ministry Denomination Presbyterian Church (USA) Contribution Date 2007 Contribution Story This stole arrived in the mail. 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 1098 Title A name given to the resource Rev. Brent Dugan Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (USA) Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Carol Untch Dugan, Brent Ordination Pennsylvania Presbyterian Presbyterian Church (USA) Theology Untch, Carol https://www.exhibits.lgbtran.org/files/original/4d17e07e4a3e44566eea97b7862b59b5.jpg df1564df9054d9e8456d19f393cd09b9 https://www.exhibits.lgbtran.org/files/original/fa8f740dfdfac6eab0be963afeb2914e.jpg dc40b4894d1967b88062a4ab94de92ba 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. Rev. Cheryl L. Burke Stole Text REV. CHERYL L. BURKE United Church of Christ Eagle, MI My first sense of call to ordained ministry was when I was 16 years old. At 18, I fell in love with a woman and thought that ministry would never be possible. God wouldn’t let me go, however, and I was ordained at age 31 in the Presbyterian Church (USA) in 1988 during their “Don’t ask, don’t tell” period. After five years of “hiding,” something new began to stir in me. After a year of discernment, First Congregational UCC, Huntington, West Virginia extended a call to me, and my journey as an “out” lesbian in the United Church of Christ began. I received ordained ministerial standing in 1995. Since the, I have served as interim pastor at First Congregational UCC, Madison, Wisconsin, and as interim Association Minister for the Chicago Metropolitan Association, Illinois Conference. I was then called as the Association Minister in the Fox Valley Association, Illinois Conference. In 2005, I began serving as an Associate Conference Minister in the Michigan Conference UCC. My partner, the Rev. Dr. Julie J. Kilmer, is also ordained in the UCC. We had our union service in 1998 at the Barrington (Rhode Island) Congregational Church UCC. Denomination United Church of Christ Presbyterian Church (USA) Contribution Date 2007 Contribution Story This stole was given in celebration of the United Church of Christ's 50th Anniversary, and for the refuge that the UCC has offered for so many GLBT clergy. 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 1099 Title A name given to the resource Rev. Cheryl L. Burke Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Rev. Cheryl L. Burke Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Eagle, Michigan (United States) Burke, Cheryl L. Kilmer, Julie J. Ordination Presbyterian Presbyterian Church (USA) United Church of Christ United States Women and Religion