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April 2008
Jesus in Love Newsletter
GLBT spirituality and the arts
In This Issue
Lammy finalists
Black Jesus & Obama
Ktt does reading 5/8
Gay Easter bonnets
Holy Week blog
Top 5 glbt arts books
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Jesus in Love serves gay, lesbian, bi and trans (glbt) people who have spiritual interests, and our allies. We promote queer spirituality and the arts, with an emphasis on books and images. We believe that God loves all people, including sexual minorities. We believe that the creative process is sacred. We hope that the new visions, especially the gay Jesus, will free people to experience the divine in new ways and lead to a more just world.
Greetings!

Kitt Cherry on Easter 2008Contrasting events fill the newsletter this month, in keeping with the Easter season of joy and solemnity.  Click here for my video greeting, made on Easter Sunday.

Alternative Christ figures, particularly the black Jesus, are in the U.S. national news now as fiery sermons by a presidential candidate's pastor play over and over on TV. 

Can the gay Jesus be far behind?  My book of queer Christ images got a big literary honor. 

Doing Easter the gay way also has a lighter side.  Check out the videos of men in their Easter bonnets.
'Art That Dares' named Lammy finalist 
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Art That Dares: Gay Jesus, Woman Christ, and More by Kittredge Cherry has been named a finalist for the 20th annual Lambda Literary Awards, also known as the Lammies.

The awards are considered tp be the highest honor for a book from the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender community.

Art That Dares is one of five finalists in the LGBT Arts and Culture category.  See all five below.

Lammy winners will be announced May 29 at a gala ceremony in West Hollywood, CA.  More info

 Black Jesus, Gay Jesus and Obama
Jeremiah Wright
Black Jesus is causing controversy now for U.S. presidential candidate Barack Obama.

"Jesus was a poor black man who lived in a country and lived in a culture that was controlled by rich, white people," said Obama's recently retired pastor Rev. Jeremiah Wright Jr. 

Watch him preach it on video and judge for yourself.   Go to video 
Join Kitt at Lammy finalist reading 5/8
Art That Dares cover 
Come hear Kittredge Cherry and other Lambda Literary Award finalists read from their books at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, May 8 in West Hollywood, CA.
 
The reading is hosted by A Different Light Bookstore, 8853 Santa Monica Blvd., West Hollywood.  Kitt will read from Art That Dares: Gay Jesus, Woman Christ, and More, which is one of five finalists in the LGBT Arts and Culture category. See all five below.
Gay Easter bonnets show creativity
Man in Easter bonnet 
Men in outrageously creative Easter bonnets were among the worshippers at Metropolitan Community Church of Los Angeles on Easter Sunday morning.

Each bonnet was a work of art in itself, so Kitt Cherry made videos of all the best bonnets at the early service.  Click here for more info or to see videos now.

Gay Holy Week blog series is a hit

Cover of "At the Cross" by K. Cherry
Hundreds of people celebrated Holy Week and Easter at the Jesus in Love Blog with gay Jesus art and daily readings from Kittredge Cherry's new novel At the Cross.

The whole series can still be seen at the blog. Click here for the  March archive and scroll down to read the posts in order.

Top 5 GLBT Arts and Culture Books

Five books have been named finalists in the LGBT Arts and Culture category for this year's Lambda Literary Awards:


Media Q, Media/Queered: Visibility and Its Discontents (Media Q)
by Peter Lang Publishing, Inc
List Price: $32.95
Our Price: $26.35
Buy Now

The recent flowering of queer visibility in popular culture is examined by scholars in this collection.





Art That Dares: Gay Jesus, Woman Christ, and More
by Kittredge Cherry by AndroGyne Press
Paperback
List Price: $38.95
Our Price: $24.63
Buy Now

Click here
to buy an autographed copy from the author.

Packed with color illustrations, this book profiles a diverse group of 11 artists whose art has been called blasphemous.





The View From Here: Conversations with Gay and Lesbian Filmmakers
by Matthew Hays by Arsenal Pulp Press
Paperback
List Price: $22.95
Our Price: $9.90
Buy Now

The world's leading queer filmmakers and screenwriters discuss their challenges in interviews.



 

Feeling Backward: Loss and the Politics of Queer History
by Heather Love by Harvard University Press
Hardcover
List Price: $39.95
Our Price: $37.29
Buy Now

This book of literary criticism weighs the costs of moving into the mainstream for GLBT culture.





Other Men's Sons
by Michael Rowe by Cormorant Books Inc.
Paperback
List Price: $18.00
Our Price: $11.28
Buy Now

An insightful journalist writes profiles and personal essays on gay themes in popular culture.




Click here for more books on GLBT arts and spirituality.
Easter and other recent events have brought passion, fire and fun. May you also experience the full range of all that life has to offer.

Blessings,


Kittredge Cherry
Founder, JesusInLove.org