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Christmas 2011 / New Years 2012
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LGBT spirituality and the arts
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Merry Christmas!
LGBT Nativity scenes
Queer saints on Huff Post
Gay rights = human rights
Offering
New Year's ritual
Holiday highlights


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Merry Christmas

from the Jesus in Love Newsletter


Poinsettia



May your holidays be
full of joy!

Kittredge Cherry, age 4, with Nativity set
With Christmas blessings,

Kittredge Cherry
Editor, Jesus in Love Newsletter

That's me at age 4 in 1962, putting zoo animals into a Nativity scene in Iowa City. I'm the girl on the right. I was a lesbian-to-be adding elephants, hippos, lions, frogs, skunks and other creatures to the manger scene. How queer! Note: Baby Jesus was still in the center. More info
Queer Nativity scenes show LGBT love

Jesus has Two Daddies by Andrew Craig Williams
Seven people from 3 countries sent images for the Queer Nativity project at the Jesus in Love Blog this month. They present Christ's birth in liberating, loving new ways.

Click here to see the whole series or click the titles to view each one:

Jesus Has Two Daddies (photos by A. Williams)

Manger scene as gay adoption  party (digital art by B. Alred)

Adam and Steve, the gay shepherd couple (outdoor lighted statues in M. Shirilau's yard)

No room at the manger for LGBT people (assembled by J. Trouten)

Queer Magi visit Mary, Josephine and Jesus (plasticine figures by M. Thurton)

Matthew and Joseph are pregnant (male nudes by A. Williams)

A lesbian look at the virgin birth (Madpriest and K. Cherry)

(Credit: "Jesus Has Two Daddies" by Andrew Craig Williams)
Queer saints on Huff Post: Interview

Noah Michelson
Queer saints are going mainstream with a major article at Huffington Post. "Joan of Arc and 9 Other 'Queer' Saints" was written for Christmas by Noah Michelson, who is interviewed about it on the Jesus in Love Blog.  More info

Clinton to UN: Gay rights = human rights
 
Hillary Clinton
"Gay rights are human rights, and human rights are gay rights," US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton declared in a speech at the United Nations in Geneva this month. She addressed religious justifications for violating the rights of LGBT people. More info
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Greet the New Year with Bridge of Light 
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Welcome the new year with Bridge of Light, a new winter holiday honoring LGBT culture. People celebrate Bridge of Light by lighting 6 candles, one for each color of the rainbow flag, on New Year's Eve - or one candle per day from Dec. 26 to Jan. 1. More info 

 

Click to see past Christmas highlights from the Jesus in Love
Blog:

Lesbian couple portrays Madonna (Elisabeth Ohlson Wallin)

Good (gay?) King Wenceslas

Lesbian Madonna, lover and son affirm Christmas (Becki Jayne Harrelson)

Transwoman Jesus tells Christmas story (Jo Clifford)

Conservatives blast inclusive Christmas card (Janet McKenzie)

 Inclusive Christmas tree: Anti-gay DVDs become ornaments (Lucinda Naylor)

 Animals make peace at Christmas

Alternative Christmas art shown (9 artists)


More highlights from the Jesus in Love Blog this month:

Lazarus: Jesus' beloved disciple?

 

Queer Lady of Guadalupe: Artists re-imagine an icon

 

 

Dark Night of a Gay Soul: John of the Cross

 

 

Ruth and Naomi: Love between women in the Bible

 

 

Egalitarian orthodox LGBT Hanukkah celebration
Kitt Cherry with poinsettia

May the joy and peace
of the season
be with you
throughout the year
!


Kittredge Cherry

JesusInLove.org

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