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Jarena became part of a broad spiritual movement called the Second Great Awakening that lasted from the 1790s to the 1840s. A religious fervor crossed the land and reached its peak in the 1820s, when Jarena began her missionary work.
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Photo 1: Stanley Plaisance, Gene Davis, and two unknown bar patrons.
Photo 2: Mardi Gras costume contest, 1973.

Two historians, Jonathan Ned Katz and Tavia Nyong’o, present and analyze the story and visual depiction of Peter Sewally/Mary Jones, a Black transgender person in New York City, in 1836. First published on OutHistory in 2017. Adapted with permission…

Two historians, Jonathan Ned Katz and Tavia Nyong’o, present and analyze the story and visual depiction of Peter Sewally/Mary Jones, a Black transgender person in New York City, in 1836. First published on OutHistory in 2017. Adapted with permission…

Two historians, Jonathan Ned Katz and Tavia Nyong’o, present and analyze the story and visual depiction of Peter Sewally/Mary Jones, a Black transgender person in New York City, in 1836. First published on OutHistory in 2017. Adapted with permission…

Two historians, Jonathan Ned Katz and Tavia Nyong’o, present and analyze the story and visual depiction of Peter Sewally/Mary Jones, a Black transgender person in New York City, in 1836. First published on OutHistory in 2017. Adapted with permission…

The charter's mission is to cultivate compassion through LGBTQIA+ Social Action, Education and the Arts. https://charterforcompassion.org/lgbtqia

Read the LGBTQ Religious Archives Network profile of Robert Mary Clement for a fuller account of his life as a priest, bishop, founder of the Church of the Beloved Disciple, and advocate for LGBTQ spiritual and sacramental life.

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Read the LGBTQ Religious Archives Network profile of George Augustine Hyde for an account of his life, his founding of the Eucharistic Catholic Church in Atlanta in 1946, and his relationship with Robert Mary Clement and the Church of the Beloved…

This organization worked with clergy, lay leaders and congregations. Its members strove to secure protections and inclusion for LGBT people in churches or houses of worship.http://www.lgbtfaithleadersofafricandescent.com

A large volume of letters--supporting and decrying TQVOS--were received by The Friend. Several letters were published in each biweekly issue over two months.

In the weeks that follow the group's May 20 article in The Friend, a number of letters to the editors are published which reflect a great diversity of perspective on the group's concern.