He writes a year after the suicide of Marcelle Cooks-Daniel. He comments that in addition to Marcelle having felt invisible, "He was very angry about the games and dynamics among the queer communities and within the trans communities."
The movement's motto, which signaled to black LGBTQ communities that safe spiritual access would finally be provided, proclaimed that 'God is love and love is for everyone.'
Unity Fellowship Church, Los Angeles (UFCLA) was founded in 1982 by Reverend Carl Bean for openly gay and lesbian African Americans. The first meetings were held in the private residence of Rev. Bean, on Cochran Avenue in Los Angeles. In 1984, a…
A fire department snorkel was used to remove the body of man, one of 20 killed Sunday night when fire raced through the Upstairs, a French Quarter bar.
Published in 2010, this panel discussion includes the filmmaker, as well as Raffi Freedman-Gurspan, a trans woman from Central America who is an American trans activist supporting Herwig and the concept of religious freedom for trans people. The…
Also on the 25 anniversary, Blamires invites Douglas Galbraith to write about the significance and role of TQVOS in the development of the larger church and society's understanding of human sexuality and homosexuality.
The Washington Post and The Washington Daily News (afternoon paper) printed similar accounts on the day the report was released; although the Daily News used a provocative headline.