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Al Cleveland is a young, queer, non-binary person living here, in Portland, Maine. They are a religious socialist following the Christian mystical tradition. After growing up in the church and leaving the church, they discovered a new spiritual home…

This is the Bangor Daily News article that ran in 2020 that covered the launch of the Queer Spirit podcast on OUT Cast radio 90.9 FM.

On June 22, 2019, the Rt. Rev. Thomas J. Brown was ordained and consecrated as the tenth bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Maine – the first openly gay man to be elected to that church office in this state. (The Maine diocese is made up of more…

Bobbi Keppel is an educator, activist, writer, and lover of folk music, who co-founded a Folk Song Society when she lived in Omaha, Nebraska, and in more recent years has belonged to a hospice choir singing to people in end-of-life care. Originally…

Carter Heyward is an educator and widely published author, an Episcopal priest, liberation theologian, and justice advocate who for many years spent summer months on Deer Isle and now lives in retirement in western North Carolina after teaching for…

Chris Davis grew up in Bangor and is a relatively recent arrival in Portland. She attends college as an adult learner and works part-time while also parenting two young adults from a distance, one of whom identifies as transgender. In recent years…

Christephor Gilbert is pastor of St. Ansgar Lutheran Church in Portland. He hails from Louisville, Kentucky, is a graduate of Bard College in upstate New York, and completed his ministry studies in Chicago, but ministry is perhaps Christephor’s…

Effie McAvoy’s Twitter handle is “The Reverend with Rage: ‘Proud and Out’ Jesus Follower, Wife, Mother, Pastor, Police Chaplain – working for the transformation of the world, one soul at a time.” A California native, Effie moved to North Carolina in…

Originally from Illinois, Gail Hovey is an editor, writer, and a longtime friend of Marvin Ellison ever since she edited an early publication of his back in the day. Like Tamara Torres-McGovern and Marvin, Gail is a seminary graduate. All three of…

Howard Solomon is an academic historian and community activist who, in an earlier life, served for over 30 years on the faculty of Tufts University and taught courses on European history, the history of sexuality, and the history of stereotyping. …

"If Not for Others, What Am I?" is 8" x 6", acrylic and paper collage on canvas by Howard Solomon. Solomon created it in 2018, along with two other pieces of the same dimensions and mediums, "If Not for Myself, Who Will Be for Me?" and "And If Not…

This is a draft list of questions guests would receive before their interview on the Queer Spirit radio show.

This is a draft email that would be sent to perspective guests of the Queer Spirit radio show in Maine.

Marpheen Chann is a Portland-based thinker, writer, educator, and speaker on social justice, equity, and inclusion. He holds a bachelor’s degree in political science from the University of Southern Maine and a law degree from the University of Maine…

Rev. Marvin Ellison, Ph.D. (he/him) is a person of faith and a gay man whose career has unfolded at the intersection of these core identities. Marvin has a B.A. in religion from Davidson College, a M.A. in religion and society from University of…

A picture of Marvin Ellison wearing his OUT Cast radio T-Shirt

Myke Johnson, author of 'Finding Our Way Home: A Spiritual Journey into Earth Community,' describes herself as a lesbian mystic, earth activist, and retired Unitarian Universalist minister. Myke lives in Portland Maine with her partner Margy and two…

A headshot of Nicole Manganelli. Nicole is a queer femme printmaker and freelance graphic designer based in
Portland, Maine. As a member of Pickwick Independent Press, a community printshop, she
focuses her design and printmaking on supporting…

Ophelia Hu Kinney (she/her/hers) is the wife of a fearless reformer, the daughter of loving immigrants, and the sister of a hopeful romantic. She is the Director of Communications at Reconciling Ministries Network, an organization advancing LGBTQ…