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A tribute to Gene Leggett, first United Methodist clergy to come out publicly as gay in 1971, presented at the Gather at the River Conference in San Antonio, Texas, on August 6, 2015.

The Lesbian and God-The-Father by Sally Gearhart (1972). Pioneering critique of masculine God-language and imagery from a lesbian feminist perspective.

The Church and the Homosexual: A New Rapport by Del Martin (1964). Report of a ground-breaking four-day consultation between homophile communities and several mainline Protestant churches.

Friends Radio in Washington, D.C. broadcast this interview by Dave Aiken with the Rev. Troy Perry, founder of Metropolitan Community Churches, and the Rev. John Barbone, pastor of MCC-DC, on November 9, 1974. In the interview Perry relates the early…

motive magazine, Vol 32 No 1, lesbian/feminist issue. Source: rainbowhistory.org

motive magazine, Vol 32 No 2, gay men's issue. Source: rainbowhistory.org

Vol. 1, No. 1 (1980). Presbyterians for Lesbian/Gay Concerns. This issue includes coverage of PLGC activities at Presbyterian General Assembly in 1980.

This video of the July 29, 1973 worship service at Metropolitan Community Church San Francisco (MCC-SF) – including interviews with the Rev. James Sandmire – was shot by Queer Blue Light, a community collective that produced videos. On Friday, July…

Integrity Forum newsletter Vol.1, No. 10 (1975), Episcopal gay/lesbian concerns organization. This issue includes coverage of Integrity founding convention in 1975.

Insight: A Quarterly of Gay Catholic Opinion, Vol 4 No 4. (1981) Seminal writings on issues concerning Christian gays and lesbians of color.

Insight: A Quarterly of Gay Catholic Opinion, Vol. 1, No. 1 (Fall 1976). This magazine (later "A Quarterly of Lesbian/Gay Christian Opinion") published 16 issues from 1976 to 1982.

Flyer from Gay Atheist League of America, New York (ca. 1978)

Flyer from Congregation Beth Simchat Torah, New York City's first LGBT synagogue (ca. 1973).

Concern newsletter, Issue #1 (July 1966). Newsletter of the Southern California Council on Religion and the Homophile.

Brochure from the Church of the Beloved Disciple. Founded in New York City in 1970 as the "Catholic Church to the Gay Community".

An Evangelical Look At Homosexuality by Dr. Ralph Blair. (1972) An early milestone in the re-assessment of homosexuality among Evangelical Christians.

Affirmation newsletter (Gay & Lesbian Mormons), Vol 1 No 1. (March, 1980)

A Quaker View of Homosexuality by Jim Bradford, Friends Journal, April 15, 1971