This guide is for LGBTQ American Muslims moving toward living fully in their sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, and in the traditions of their faith. These pages offer general, overarching insights and suggestions and draw on a wide…
Our community is vibrant, resilient, and robust, but it does not yet own the brick-and-mortar spaces it needs to commune, heal, and build. The South has the largest LGBTQ+ population in the United States – with Atlanta being a Black Queer (BlaQueer)…
The mission of the Association of Welcoming & Affirming Baptists is to create and support a community of churches, organizations and individuals committed to the inclusion of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender persons in the full life and…
New York Times article mentions a recent surge in donations to grass-roots organizations that help black trans people as well as a rise in individual fund-raisers.
Notes that 15,000 people attended the Brooklyn Liberation march after the killings…
In the newsletter, the Membership Chair, Sharon Saypen, alerts members who have registered for the 1995 conference to notice the brochure that explains how "the new IFGE wants to make a difference..."
Christian Nationalism, the assertion that the United States is officially a Christian nation and should be governed by explicitly Christian leaders, is not a new movement, but it is receiving increasing attention.
Eleven-year-old Ho'onani dreams of leading the hula troupe at her inner-city Honolulu school. The only trouble is this -- the group is just for boys. Nevertheless, she's mahu and fortunate that her teacher understands first-hand what it's like to be…
One transman meets his sister. She says she does not believe in transgender transitions because the bible says it's wrong. But she adds, you're family. Accept me as your brother, he asks. Yes, as my brother, she replies.
A novel program hires Black trans chefs to provide free, home-cooked meals for the urban poor Black trans people who are living in a Crown Heights food desert.
In her Ted talk called, Imagine if...You Create Your Value, Anglica Ross explains how she achieved success when she became a Buddhist. That decision enabled Miss Ross to recover from a suicide attempt her mother had requested because her religion…