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Jesus in Love supports lesbian, gay, bi trans and queer (LGBTQ) spirituality, with an emphasis on art and literature. It promotes artistic and religious freedom and teaches love for all people, regardless of sexual orientation or gender identity. It is based on these beliefs: God loves all people, including sexual minorities. The creative process is sacred. The queer visions, especially the gay Jesus and LGBT saints, will free people to experience the divine in new ways and lead to a more just world.
Jesus in Love was founded by lesbian Christian author Kittredge Cherry as her personal gift to the world.
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Love won when the US Supreme Court ruled for marriage equality on June 26. Let's celebrate while recalling the ups and downs of LGBT spiritual history, from the UpStairs fire to downright glorious Vatican art.
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Gay Vatican art tours reveal hidden history
Gay history hidden in Vatican religious art can now be seen with new LGBT-friendly tours. In a sign of the Vatican's increasing acceptance of queer people, Italian travel company Quiiky has begun offering LGBT-oriented tours based on the lives, loves and masterpieces of Renaissance artists Michelangelo and Leonardo Da Vinci. More info
(Credit: Same-sex kiss in Michelangelo's Sistine Chapel art)
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New seminary course covers queer Christ
 "Queering Christ in Image and Text" will be taught at Pacific School of Religion in Berkeley July 27-31 by Justin Tanis and Jay Johnson. It may be the first time that an entire seminary course has focused on the queer Christ in visual art. More info
The required textbook is "Art That Dares: Gay Jesus, Woman Christ, & More" by Kittredge Cherry. |
UpStairs Lounge fire recalled in new film
 The deadliest attack on LGBT people in U.S. history is remembered in powerful ways on its 42nd anniversary, including two new films. "Upstairs Inferno," directed by Robert Camina, premiered on the anniversary of the the arson fire that killed 32 people at the UpStairs Lounge in New Orleans on June 24, 1973. More info
(Credit:"See You at the UpStairs Lounge" by Skylar Fein)
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Poem: Faggots We May Be
 "We transform fear of being burned as faggots by refusing to be consumed with convention," -- from "Faggots We May Be," a new poem by S. Alan Fann. He weaves together LGBT spiritual themes, making connections with the UpStairs Lounge fire, global warming and the Rainbow Christ. More info |
New books: LGBT Christian books for July
Summaries of both new books |
Pauli Murray: Queer saint stood for justice
 Human rights champion and queer saint Pauli Murray is a renowned civil rights pioneer, feminist, author, lawyer and the first black woman ordained as an Episcopal priest. She was approved for inclusion in the Episcopal book of saints in 2012. Murray was attracted to women and her longest relationships were with women. She described herself as a man trapped in a woman's body and took hormone treatments. More info(Credit: "Pauli Murray" by Laurel Green) |
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Motorcyle bike blessing remembered
Motorcycle blessings at the San Francisco Eagle brought together spirituality and LGBT culture in the 1980s. Kittredge Cherry was one of the worship leaders at the 1988 "Bike Blessing" at the gay leather bar. More info
(Photo by Mister Marcus)
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Uganda Martyrs raise questions on homosexuality, religion and LGBT rights
Tough questions about homosexuality, religion and LGBT rights are raised by the Uganda Martyrs. Forty-five Ugandan male pages refused to have sex with their king after they converted to Christianity in 1886 -- so he executed them. They were canonized, leaving some truths hidden by their halos.
The Uganda Martyrs are important now with Uganda at the center of worldwide debate on homosexuality. How can the story be interpreted so that LGBT Ugandans have equal access to justice... and to God? More info
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I am pleased that the Daily Kos reposted a big part of my article on the UpStairs Lounge Fire. It's an honor to be quoted by one of America's biggest and best liberal news blogs.
Writing this from the United States between June's marriage equality ruling and Independence Day on July 4, I give thanks to God for love and freedom all over the world.
Blessings,
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Kittredge Cherry
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