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Once a suicide, Beam was known as a beacon of light in the LGBTQ Church movement because he learned and practiced two spiritual values: 'know thyself' and 'to thine own self be true.'

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Once a suicide, Beam was known as a beacon of light in the LGBTQ Church movement because he learned and practiced two spiritual values: 'know thyself' and 'to thine own self be true.'

Source

Archbishop Carl Bean, ‘beacon of light’ in LGBTQ church movement and AIDS activism, dies. LATimes, BY MARISSA EVANS, GREGORY YEE
SEPT. 9, 2021.
https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2021-09-09/archbishop-carl-bean-founder-of-lgbtq-church-movement-and-aids-dies-after-lengthy-illness

Citation

“Once a suicide, Beam was known as a beacon of light in the LGBTQ Church movement because he learned and practiced two spiritual values: 'know thyself' and 'to thine own self be true.'”, The Historical Development of BIPOC Trans-Spiritual Leadership, LGBTQ Religious Archives Network, accessed December 27, 2024, https://exhibits.lgbtran.org/exhibits/show/bipoc-trans-spiritual/item/2423.