58 20 2502 https://exhibits.lgbtran.org/files/original/735b588f641bdd3dff29fe88849f9fae.jpg ea509c5b21a7212fed71127482258d45 Person An individual. Text Any textual data included in the document <a href="mailto:mark@rollingthestoneaway.org">mark@rollingthestoneaway.org</a> Mark Bowman has been the coordinator of the LGBT Religious Archives Network since its inception in 2001. He first became publicly involved in Affirmation: United Methodists for LGBT Concerns in 1980. He played a key role in the founding of the Reconciling Congregation Program (now Reconciling Ministries Network) in 1984 and served as co-coordinator and later executive director until 1999. Through the publication of the quarterly magazine Open Hands Mark was instrumental in building ecumenical connections and partnerships in the Welcoming Church Movement. He served as staff coordinator for the WOW 2000 and WOW 2003 Conferences. He lives in Chicago where he is a part-time church musicians and juggles a number of part-time projects in LGBT or church networks. Biographical Text <a href="mailto:mark@rollingthestoneaway.org">mark@rollingthestoneaway.org</a> Mark Bowman has been the coordinator of the LGBT Religious Archives Network since its inception in 2001. He first became publicly involved in Affirmation: United Methodists for LGBT Concerns in 1980. He played a key role in the founding of the Reconciling Congregation Program (now Reconciling Ministries Network) in 1984 and served as co-coordinator and later executive director until 1999. Through the publication of the quarterly magazine Open Hands Mark was instrumental in building ecumenical connections and partnerships in the Welcoming Church Movement. He served as staff coordinator for the WOW 2000 and WOW 2003 Conferences. He lives in Chicago where he is a part-time church musicians and juggles a number of part-time projects in LGBT or church networks. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Mark Bowman Mark Bowman RTSA Conference Staff https://exhibits.lgbtran.org/files/original/273722394c6c99c328083f29ec830f1e.jpg a97b760a275eac88a35f71a71f8139bd Person An individual. Text Any textual data included in the document <a href="mailto:linda@rollingthestoneaway.org">linda@rollingthestoneaway.org</a> Linda L. Brenner is an Associate Director for Metropolitan Community Churches (MCC) and sets and guides the communications strategy for a diverse, international population. Before joining the MCC staff, Linda was a high school journalism teacher, adjunct instructor for international students in the English as a Second Language program, and educational director in a psychiatric boarding school. Linda and her wife, Susie Brenner, have a nationally touring music/storytelling ministry. Linda enjoys graphic design, photography, and editing her wife’s memoir. Biographical Text <a href="mailto:linda@rollingthestoneaway.org">linda@rollingthestoneaway.org</a> Linda L. Brenner is an Associate Director for Metropolitan Community Churches (MCC) and sets and guides the communications strategy for a diverse, international population. Before joining the MCC staff, Linda was a high school journalism teacher, adjunct instructor for international students in the English as a Second Language program, and educational director in a psychiatric boarding school. Linda and her wife, Susie Brenner, have a nationally touring music/storytelling ministry. Linda enjoys graphic design, photography, and editing her wife’s memoir. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Linda Brenner Linda Brenner RTSA Conference Staff https://exhibits.lgbtran.org/files/original/36b9d368e739a5900242c3bbe2133e59.jpg d92e7bd743b6d1401381d26c7102a41c Person An individual. Text Any textual data included in the document lauren@rollingthestoneaway.org Lauren Bennett serves Metropolitan Community Churches (MCC) as the Conference/Meeting Coordinator which includes co-leading MCC’s triennial General Conference. She attends Wesley Theological Seminary, pursuing a Master in Divinity and is in process for ordination with MCC. On Sunday, she attends MCCDC where she co-leads a monthly worship service that moves around the downtown area. In her free time she likes being outside, reading, and drinking coffee. Biographical Text lauren@rollingthestoneaway.org Lauren Bennett serves Metropolitan Community Churches (MCC) as the Conference/Meeting Coordinator which includes co-leading MCC’s triennial General Conference. She attends Wesley Theological Seminary, pursuing a Master in Divinity and is in process for ordination with MCC. On Sunday, she attends MCCDC where she co-leads a monthly worship service that moves around the downtown area. In her free time she likes being outside, reading, and drinking coffee. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Lauren Bennett Lauren Bennett RTSA Conference Staff https://exhibits.lgbtran.org/files/original/607725d76b10bd7d1497d60daab39bc6.jpg d9d9b7b58ada5ab0ace88a6c11fb57ed Person An individual. Text Any textual data included in the document carl@rollingthestoneaway.org A web developer by day and a musician by night, Carl Foote has been with LGBT-RAN since the beginning. Biographical Text <a href="mailto:carl@rollingthestoneaway.org">carl@rollingthestoneaway.org</a> A web developer by day and a musician by night, Carl Foote has been with LGBT-RAN since the beginning. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Carl Foote Carl Foote RTSA Conference Staff https://exhibits.lgbtran.org/files/original/a9e5dc8ce7ed9e2c280d45ccd2a0bd7b.jpg 85f623c892646544478e3a3ae6a6bfb5 Person An individual. Text Any textual data included in the document <a href="mailto:ahsati@rollingthestoneaway.org">ahsati@rollingthestoneaway.org</a> AhSa-Ti Nu Tyehimba-Ford has served in the San Francisco Bay area as a sound engineer, audio-visual technician, instructor and vocalist for the past 13 years. An Ohio native, AhSa-Ti earned a BA in Sound Arts from Ex’pression College in Emeryville, CA. With a dedication to creativity, positive energy and integrity, AhSa-Ti strives to be the bridge between the message and the  Biographical Text <a href="mailto:ahsati@rollingthestoneaway.org">ahsati@rollingthestoneaway.org</a> AhSa-Ti Nu Tyehimba-Ford has served in the San Francisco Bay area as a sound engineer, audio-visual technician, instructor and vocalist for the past 13 years. An Ohio native, AhSa-Ti earned a BA in Sound Arts from Ex’pression College in Emeryville, CA. With a dedication to creativity, positive energy and integrity, AhSa-Ti strives to be the bridge between the message and the  Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource AhSa-Ti Nu Tyehimba-Ford AhSa-Ti Nu Tyehimba-Ford RTSA Conference Staff https://exhibits.lgbtran.org/files/original/865e37ac02b3cda43791d0590a93667f.jpg 023efe42f57b6815a48a12d317c6f72e Person An individual. Text Any textual data included in the document I am a writer. In 2010, A Wretched Man, a novel of Paul the apostle, was released. In January 2014, Pilgrim Press, the oldest publishing house in America, published my latest book: Queer Clergy: A History of Gay and Lesbian Ministry in American Protestantism, which was a 2015 finalist for a Minnesota Book Award. A series of short stories based upon my Vietnam experience was originally released as Prowl, but new chapters have been added and re-released as Gonna Stick My Sword in the Golden Sand: A Vietnam Soldier’s Story. Through it all, I have blogged here, and hundreds of archived articles are regularly accessed through web searches. That’s my recent history. Here’s my background. I have deep midwestern roots in Scandinavian Lutheranism. Raised in Upsala, Minnesota, in the heart of Lake Wobegon country, I participated in many activities in my small K-12 school. I truly had a golden childhood. In the fall of ’66, I matriculated at Dartmouth College. In ’69-70 I served as an Army Ranger in Vietnam, receiving a pair of bronze stars for valor in combat. After discharge, I returned to Dartmouth and obtained my BA degree in ’72 with distinction as a history major, summa cum laude during my senior year. Then, it was back to Minnesota and law school. I received a JD degree from the University of Minnesota in ’75, and entered the private practice of law in St. Cloud, Minnesota as a civil trial attorney for the next twenty four years, retiring in ’99 to pursue a business opportunity in Caribbean tourism. In the early 90’s, I spent a couple of years, part-time, as a graduate student with the Benedictines of St John’s School of Theology in nearby Collegeville, Minnesota. It was then that I first considered a novel about Paul, and the idea festered until I finally put pen to paper a few years ago, resulting in the publication of A Wretched Man in 2010. My wife and I are lifelong Lutherans with involvement on the progressive side of ELCA political skirmishes. After volunteering for Goodsoil, an LGBT advocacy coalition at the historic 2009 ELCA Churchwide Assembly, my blog, Spirit of a Liberal, became a leading voice in support of the gay-friendly policies adopted by the ELCA. Queer Clergy: A History of Gay and Lesbian Ministry in American Protestantism had its genesis in the ELCA actions of 2009 and the aftermath. I have been married to Lynn for over forty years, and we have three adult children and two granddaughters. http://www.theliberalspirit.com Biographical Text I am a writer. In 2010, A Wretched Man, a novel of Paul the apostle, was released. In January 2014, Pilgrim Press, the oldest publishing house in America, published my latest book: Queer Clergy: A History of Gay and Lesbian Ministry in American Protestantism, which was a 2015 finalist for a Minnesota Book Award. A series of short stories based upon my Vietnam experience was originally released as Prowl, but new chapters have been added and re-released as Gonna Stick My Sword in the Golden Sand: A Vietnam Soldier’s Story. Through it all, I have blogged here, and hundreds of archived articles are regularly accessed through web searches. That’s my recent history. Here’s my background. I have deep midwestern roots in Scandinavian Lutheranism. Raised in Upsala, Minnesota, in the heart of Lake Wobegon country, I participated in many activities in my small K-12 school. I truly had a golden childhood. In the fall of ’66, I matriculated at Dartmouth College. In ’69-70 I served as an Army Ranger in Vietnam, receiving a pair of bronze stars for valor in combat. After discharge, I returned to Dartmouth and obtained my BA degree in ’72 with distinction as a history major, summa cum laude during my senior year. Then, it was back to Minnesota and law school. I received a JD degree from the University of Minnesota in ’75, and entered the private practice of law in St. Cloud, Minnesota as a civil trial attorney for the next twenty four years, retiring in ’99 to pursue a business opportunity in Caribbean tourism. In the early 90’s, I spent a couple of years, part-time, as a graduate student with the Benedictines of St John’s School of Theology in nearby Collegeville, Minnesota. It was then that I first considered a novel about Paul, and the idea festered until I finally put pen to paper a few years ago, resulting in the publication of A Wretched Man in 2010. My wife and I are lifelong Lutherans with involvement on the progressive side of ELCA political skirmishes. After volunteering for Goodsoil, an LGBT advocacy coalition at the historic 2009 ELCA Churchwide Assembly, my blog, Spirit of a Liberal, became a leading voice in support of the gay-friendly policies adopted by the ELCA. Queer Clergy: A History of Gay and Lesbian Ministry in American Protestantism had its genesis in the ELCA actions of 2009 and the aftermath. I have been married to Lynn for over forty years, and we have three adult children and two granddaughters. http://www.theliberalspirit.com Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Obie Holmen ELCA Lutheran Obie Holmen RTSA Scholarly Advisory Team https://exhibits.lgbtran.org/files/original/a5c225b9c14412c8152b18ed82151bf1.jpg f476a778c096756c388fa2bb5bc4a749 Person An individual. Text Any textual data included in the document Monique Moultrie (Ph.D., Vanderbilt University) is an Assistant Professor of Religious Studies at Georgie State University. Dr. Moultrie’s scholarly pursuits include projects in sexual ethics, African American religious traditions, and gender and sexuality studies. She just returned from an academic leave spent at Harvard University as a Ford Foundation postdoctoral fellow. She was also selected to receive the Dean’s Early Career Award, and was recently a participant in a Wabash Center for Teaching and Learning in Religion workshop. Outside of the university, Dr. Moultrie is a consultant for the National Institutes of Health and the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender-Religious Archives Network. Her forthcoming research project is a book manuscript focused on African American religious media and women’s sexual agency that will be published by Duke University Press. Other recent projects include a co-edited volume A Guide for Women in Religion: Making Your Way from A to Z, 2nd edition (Palgrave Macmillan 2014); a chapter “Critical Race Theory,” in Religion: Embodied Religion edited by Kent Brintnall (Palgrave Macmillan 2016): 341-358; and an article “After the Thrill is Gone: Married to the Holy Spirit but Still Sleeping Alone,” in Pneuma: The Journal of the Society for Pentecostal Studies 33 (2011): 237-253. Her next project is a book length study of black lesbian religious leadership and faith activism, and she has in press “Interrogating the Passionate and Pious: Televangelism and Black Women’s Sexuality,” in The Sexual Politics of Black Churches (Columbia University Press). Within the larger American Academy of Religion guild, Dr. Moultrie is the Status of Women in the Profession Chair and a former co-chair of the Religion and Sexuality unit. http://religiousstudies.gsu.edu/profile/monique-moultrie Biographical Text Monique Moultrie (Ph.D., Vanderbilt University) is an Assistant Professor of Religious Studies at Georgie State University. Dr. Moultrie’s scholarly pursuits include projects in sexual ethics, African American religious traditions, and gender and sexuality studies. She just returned from an academic leave spent at Harvard University as a Ford Foundation postdoctoral fellow. She was also selected to receive the Dean’s Early Career Award, and was recently a participant in a Wabash Center for Teaching and Learning in Religion workshop. Outside of the university, Dr. Moultrie is a consultant for the National Institutes of Health and the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender-Religious Archives Network. Her forthcoming research project is a book manuscript focused on African American religious media and women’s sexual agency that will be published by Duke University Press. Other recent projects include a co-edited volume A Guide for Women in Religion: Making Your Way from A to Z, 2nd edition (Palgrave Macmillan 2014); a chapter “Critical Race Theory,” in Religion: Embodied Religion edited by Kent Brintnall (Palgrave Macmillan 2016): 341-358; and an article “After the Thrill is Gone: Married to the Holy Spirit but Still Sleeping Alone,” in Pneuma: The Journal of the Society for Pentecostal Studies 33 (2011): 237-253. Her next project is a book length study of black lesbian religious leadership and faith activism, and she has in press “Interrogating the Passionate and Pious: Televangelism and Black Women’s Sexuality,” in The Sexual Politics of Black Churches (Columbia University Press). Within the larger American Academy of Religion guild, Dr. Moultrie is the Status of Women in the Profession Chair and a former co-chair of the Religion and Sexuality unit. http://religiousstudies.gsu.edu/profile/monique-moultrie Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Monique Moultrie Monique Moutrie RTSA Scholarly Advisory Team https://exhibits.lgbtran.org/files/original/1913cb936267d47af2841a4bf03f23d6.jpg aec0dab033ea404747998ee780f08542 Person An individual. Text Any textual data included in the document John D’Emilio, who retired in 2014, continues to research and write about the U.S. since World War II, social movements, and the history of sexuality. A pioneer in the field of gay and lesbian studies, he is the author or editor of more than half a dozen books, including Sexual Politics, Sexual Communities: the Making of a Homosexual Minority in the United States (University of Chicago Press, 2nd ed., 1998); Intimate Matters: A History of Sexuality in America, with Estelle Freedman (University of Chicago Press, 2nd ed., 1997); Lost Prophet: The Life and Times of Bayard Rustin (Free Press, 2003), a National Book Award finalist; and The World Turned: Essays on Gay History, Politics, and Culture (Duke University Press, 2002). An expanded 25th anniversary 3rd edition of Intimate Matters is slated for publication in January 2013. D’Emilio has won fellowships from the Guggenheim Foundation and the National Endowment for the Humanities; was a finalist for the National Book Award; and received the Brudner Prize from Yale University for lifetime contributions to gay and lesbian studies. A former co-chair of the board of directors of the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force, he was also the founding director of its Policy Institute. Intimate Matters was quoted by Supreme Court Associate Justice Anthony Kennedy in the 2003 Lawrence v. Texas case, the historic decision that declared state sodomy statutes unconstitutional. When not working, he watches old movies, solves sudoku puzzles, and searches for New York-style pizza in Chicago. https://hist.uic.edu/history/people/emeriti/john-d’emilio Biographical Text John D’Emilio, who retired in 2014, continues to research and write about the U.S. since World War II, social movements, and the history of sexuality. A pioneer in the field of gay and lesbian studies, he is the author or editor of more than half a dozen books, including Sexual Politics, Sexual Communities: the Making of a Homosexual Minority in the United States (University of Chicago Press, 2nd ed., 1998); Intimate Matters: A History of Sexuality in America, with Estelle Freedman (University of Chicago Press, 2nd ed., 1997); Lost Prophet: The Life and Times of Bayard Rustin (Free Press, 2003), a National Book Award finalist; and The World Turned: Essays on Gay History, Politics, and Culture (Duke University Press, 2002). An expanded 25th anniversary 3rd edition of Intimate Matters is slated for publication in January 2013. D’Emilio has won fellowships from the Guggenheim Foundation and the National Endowment for the Humanities; was a finalist for the National Book Award; and received the Brudner Prize from Yale University for lifetime contributions to gay and lesbian studies. A former co-chair of the board of directors of the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force, he was also the founding director of its Policy Institute. Intimate Matters was quoted by Supreme Court Associate Justice Anthony Kennedy in the 2003 Lawrence v. Texas case, the historic decision that declared state sodomy statutes unconstitutional. When not working, he watches old movies, solves sudoku puzzles, and searches for New York-style pizza in Chicago. <a href="https://hist.uic.edu/history/people/emeriti/john-d’emilio" target="_blank" rel="noopener">https://hist.uic.edu/history/people/emeriti/john-d’emilio</a> Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource John D'Emilio John D'Emilio RTSA Scholarly Advisory Team https://exhibits.lgbtran.org/files/original/f1f27e97212b6fd565f53904b2b79dbb.jpg ddec54ac7fb42fe6aa0ec70fda91e1f2 Person An individual. Text Any textual data included in the document Johari Jabir (Ph. D., University of California Santa Barbara ) is an Associate Professor of African American Studies at the University of Illinois at Chicago. Research Interests My teaching and scholarship is influenced by my work as a musical artist. I enjoy using music as an epistemological frame in all of my courses including “Introduction to African American Studies” (AAST100), “African American Religious Traditions” (AAST120), “African American History since 1877” (AAST248), and “Black Music History & Culture” (AAST262). I am also studying the Black Barbershop Quartet singing phenomenon at the turn of the century; gospel blues tradition of the early and mid 20th century; the role of music and cosmology in the work of James Baldwin; and the Civil Rights protest songs of Nina Simone. A native of St. Louis, Missouri, I was educated in the public school system. I began to study music at a very young age, and was steeped in the St. Louis school of gospel blues led by Willie Mae Ford Smith and Rev. Cleophus Robinson. Continuing my study of music received my B/A in music from Fontbonne College (now Fontbonne University). After an extensive professional career in church music and musical theatre, I attended the Pacific School of Religion in Berkeley, CA. where I received an MDiv. During my PhD work at the University of California Santa Barbara, I was able to formulate the intellectual aspect of my work as a creative artist. My teaching, scholarship, and musical performances are all part of an organic project of music, history, teaching, and learning about the Black diasporic experience. My first book <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Conjuring-Freedom-Masculinity-Performance-Criticism/dp/0814253946">Conjuring Freedom: Music and Masculinity in the Civil War’s “Gospel Army” </a>analyzes the songs of the 1st South Carolina Volunteers, a regiment of Black soldiers who met nightly in the performance of the ring shout. <a href="https://aast.uic.edu/aast/people/faculty/johari-jabir" target="_blank" rel="noopener">https://aast.uic.edu/aast/people/faculty/johari-jabir</a> Biographical Text Johari Jabir (Ph. D., University of California Santa Barbara ) is an Associate Professor of African American Studies at the University of Illinois at Chicago. Research Interests My teaching and scholarship is influenced by my work as a musical artist. I enjoy using music as an epistemological frame in all of my courses including “Introduction to African American Studies” (AAST100), “African American Religious Traditions” (AAST120), “African American History since 1877” (AAST248), and “Black Music History & Culture” (AAST262). I am also studying the Black Barbershop Quartet singing phenomenon at the turn of the century; gospel blues tradition of the early and mid 20th century; the role of music and cosmology in the work of James Baldwin; and the Civil Rights protest songs of Nina Simone. A native of St. Louis, Missouri, I was educated in the public school system. I began to study music at a very young age, and was steeped in the St. Louis school of gospel blues led by Willie Mae Ford Smith and Rev. Cleophus Robinson. Continuing my study of music received my B/A in music from Fontbonne College (now Fontbonne University). After an extensive professional career in church music and musical theatre, I attended the Pacific School of Religion in Berkeley, CA. where I received an MDiv. During my PhD work at the University of California Santa Barbara, I was able to formulate the intellectual aspect of my work as a creative artist. My teaching, scholarship, and musical performances are all part of an organic project of music, history, teaching, and learning about the Black diasporic experience. My first book <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Conjuring-Freedom-Masculinity-Performance-Criticism/dp/0814253946">Conjuring Freedom: Music and Masculinity in the Civil War’s “Gospel Army” </a>analyzes the songs of the 1st South Carolina Volunteers, a regiment of Black soldiers who met nightly in the performance of the ring shout. <a href="https://aast.uic.edu/aast/people/faculty/johari-jabir" target="_blank" rel="noopener">https://aast.uic.edu/aast/people/faculty/johari-jabir</a> Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Johari Jabir Johari Jabir RTSA Scholarly Advisory Team https://exhibits.lgbtran.org/files/original/a3c31cd67138cf222fc7180c3f9b0df6.jpg 843c8e023cbdf04ab1a93c250b770c9a Person An individual. Text Any textual data included in the document Heather White (Ph.D., Princeton University) is Visiting Assistant Professor in Religion and Queer studies at the University of Puget Sound, with a joint appointment in the Department of Religious Studies and the Gender & Queer Studies Program. Professor White is a specialist in American Religions with a research focus on sexuality, gender, and twentieth century social movements. Her first book, Reforming Sodom: Protestants and the Rise of Gay Rights was published by the University of North Carolina Press in 2015. The book has been featured in Huffington Post, Religion and Politics, the L.A. Review of Books, and Religion Dispatches, and it was listed in the top ten “best LGBT nonfiction of 2015” by the Bay Area Reporter. She is also co-editing an anthology (with Gillian Frank and Bethany Moreton), titled Devotions and Desires: Religion and Sexuality in the Twentieth Century United States. Professor White has given invited talks and keynote lectures at the Birkbeck Institutes at the University of London, Otterbein University in Ohio, and Columbia University. She serves on the advisory board of the LGBT Religious Archive Network, and is a steering committee member of the Queer Studies in Religion group of the American Academy of Religion. At the University of Puget Sound, she teaches courses on twentieth century religion and queer politics, the history of Christianity and sexuality, religion in America, Introduction to Gender, Queer and Feminist Studies, well as other classes in gender, feminist and queer studies. https://www.pugetsound.edu/faculty-pages/hwhite Biographical Text Heather White (Ph.D., Princeton University) is Visiting Assistant Professor in Religion and Queer studies at the University of Puget Sound, with a joint appointment in the Department of Religious Studies and the Gender & Queer Studies Program. Professor White is a specialist in American Religions with a research focus on sexuality, gender, and twentieth century social movements. Her first book, Reforming Sodom: Protestants and the Rise of Gay Rights was published by the University of North Carolina Press in 2015. The book has been featured in Huffington Post, Religion and Politics, the L.A. Review of Books, and Religion Dispatches, and it was listed in the top ten “best LGBT nonfiction of 2015” by the Bay Area Reporter. She is also co-editing an anthology (with Gillian Frank and Bethany Moreton), titled Devotions and Desires: Religion and Sexuality in the Twentieth Century United States. Professor White has given invited talks and keynote lectures at the Birkbeck Institutes at the University of London, Otterbein University in Ohio, and Columbia University. She serves on the advisory board of the LGBT Religious Archive Network, and is a steering committee member of the Queer Studies in Religion group of the American Academy of Religion. At the University of Puget Sound, she teaches courses on twentieth century religion and queer politics, the history of Christianity and sexuality, religion in America, Introduction to Gender, Queer and Feminist Studies, well as other classes in gender, feminist and queer studies. https://www.pugetsound.edu/faculty-pages/hwhite Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Heather White Heather White RTSA Scholarly Advisory Team https://exhibits.lgbtran.org/files/original/69452f81419d64fb292101397d11d247.jpg 30a3fb7b64da1a39a0ae4cb22014949e Person An individual. Text Any textual data included in the document The Rev. Dr. David Weekley was born in Cleveland, Ohio in 1951. He graduated from Cleveland State University (B.A. cum laude in psychology) and completed graduate studies in the phenomenology of religion at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio. In his 2011 book, In From the Wilderness: Sherman, (She-r-Man), he notes that from his earliest recollection he knew he was different. “While I viewed myself as a little boy, the rest of the world saw me as a little girl.” During adolescence David met key supportive adults, and in 1972 began meeting with a medical team, undergoing the battery of medical, psychiatric, and socialization tests necessary for transgender surgery and then underwent the surgeries themselves. In 1975 at the age of 24, he had completed medical transition. Having always experienced life as an outsider, he discovered that his newly acquired identity, freeing in so many aspects, continued to exact an enormous price in terms of social isolation. Medical standards for transgender persons at that time urged people not to reveal a transgender history for the sake of safety and future successful life. Weekley’s sense of isolation began to ease after he explored and later joined The United Methodist Church. Always a person of faith, he was not raised in a faith community, and he reveled in the newfound sense of solidarity he discovered within the church. Over time as an ordained clergy, however, this sense of isolation resurfaced. In response to an experienced call to ordained ministry, Dr. Weekley enrolled in seminary at Boston University School of Theology in 1980. There he married and, following graduation and ordination in 1982, started raising children. But the code of silence that his clergy profession required—and his inability to discuss important issues related to his transgender identity with his wife—took a toll. After serving churches from 1982-1994, vowing to become "the best pastor" he could possibly be as a witness to the effectiveness of transgender clergy, his marriage collapsed and Weekley continued to long for a chance to share his personal story, in his words, to “come in from the wilderness,” and to work more closely with and on behalf of transgender people. For more than two decades Weekley pastored congregations in Idaho and Oregon, including Salem, Corvallis, Forest Grove, Montavilla and then Epworth UMC in Portland. Inspired by Japanese-Americans in this congregation who told their stories of internment during World War II and the healing they had experienced, and following months of preparation, David told his story to them in a sermon on August 30, 2009. The congregation responded with resounding support. He became one of the only openly transgender clergy serving in The United Methodist Church. Following this event Rev. Weekley appeared on ABC News, CBS Early News and several radio programs. He has presented workshops at a number of colleges and universities, state training events, hospital health conferences, faith communities, and lgbtqi organizations. Dr. Weekley published his personal story in, In From the Wilderness: Sherman, (She-r-man) (Wipf & Stock Publishers, Eugene, Oregon, 2011). In relation to the lgbtqi community. Rev. Weekley belongs to several organizations advocating for the full inclusion and rights of transgender and other marginalized people. Rev. Weekley returned to Boston University School of Theology in 2012 to begin research and coursework on a Doctoral degree. His area of interest for this project was the development of a retreat with and for transgender and gender non-conforming persons. The focus of the retreat was reading, writing and sharing spiritual autobiography. David completed this work and graduated in May 2016. His second book, “Retreating Forward: A Spiritual Practice with Transgender Persons” was published March 31, 2017 (Wipf & Stock Publishers, Eugene, Oregon) and is based on this work. David and Deborah, his spouse and life-partner of 21 years, have a blended family that includes five adult children. The Rev. Dr. Weekley continues to work, write, speak, and engage in other acts of advocacy on behalf of transgender and gender non-conforming persons. He currently remains the only openly-out transgender elder appointed to a United Methodist Church, serving St. Nicholas United Methodist Church in Hull, Massachusetts. David continues to develop retreats and other spiritual practices and events for and with the transgender community. (This biographical statement taken from a biographical statement provided by David Weekley and a book review in Bostonia: The Alumni Magazine of Boston University, 2011 with updates by Weekley in May 2017) Biographical Text The Rev. Dr. David Weekley was born in Cleveland, Ohio in 1951. He graduated from Cleveland State University (B.A. cum laude in psychology) and completed graduate studies in the phenomenology of religion at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio. In his 2011 book, In From the Wilderness: Sherman, (She-r-Man), he notes that from his earliest recollection he knew he was different. “While I viewed myself as a little boy, the rest of the world saw me as a little girl.” During adolescence David met key supportive adults, and in 1972 began meeting with a medical team, undergoing the battery of medical, psychiatric, and socialization tests necessary for transgender surgery and then underwent the surgeries themselves. In 1975 at the age of 24, he had completed medical transition. Having always experienced life as an outsider, he discovered that his newly acquired identity, freeing in so many aspects, continued to exact an enormous price in terms of social isolation. Medical standards for transgender persons at that time urged people not to reveal a transgender history for the sake of safety and future successful life. Weekley’s sense of isolation began to ease after he explored and later joined The United Methodist Church. Always a person of faith, he was not raised in a faith community, and he reveled in the newfound sense of solidarity he discovered within the church. Over time as an ordained clergy, however, this sense of isolation resurfaced. In response to an experienced call to ordained ministry, Dr. Weekley enrolled in seminary at Boston University School of Theology in 1980. There he married and, following graduation and ordination in 1982, started raising children. But the code of silence that his clergy profession required—and his inability to discuss important issues related to his transgender identity with his wife—took a toll. After serving churches from 1982-1994, vowing to become "the best pastor" he could possibly be as a witness to the effectiveness of transgender clergy, his marriage collapsed and Weekley continued to long for a chance to share his personal story, in his words, to “come in from the wilderness,” and to work more closely with and on behalf of transgender people. For more than two decades Weekley pastored congregations in Idaho and Oregon, including Salem, Corvallis, Forest Grove, Montavilla and then Epworth UMC in Portland. Inspired by Japanese-Americans in this congregation who told their stories of internment during World War II and the healing they had experienced, and following months of preparation, David told his story to them in a sermon on August 30, 2009. The congregation responded with resounding support. He became one of the only openly transgender clergy serving in The United Methodist Church. Following this event Rev. Weekley appeared on ABC News, CBS Early News and several radio programs. He has presented workshops at a number of colleges and universities, state training events, hospital health conferences, faith communities, and lgbtqi organizations. Dr. Weekley published his personal story in, In From the Wilderness: Sherman, (She-r-man) (Wipf & Stock Publishers, Eugene, Oregon, 2011). In relation to the lgbtqi community. Rev. Weekley belongs to several organizations advocating for the full inclusion and rights of transgender and other marginalized people. Rev. Weekley returned to Boston University School of Theology in 2012 to begin research and coursework on a Doctoral degree. His area of interest for this project was the development of a retreat with and for transgender and gender non-conforming persons. The focus of the retreat was reading, writing and sharing spiritual autobiography. David completed this work and graduated in May 2016. His second book, “Retreating Forward: A Spiritual Practice with Transgender Persons” was published March 31, 2017 (Wipf & Stock Publishers, Eugene, Oregon) and is based on this work. David and Deborah, his spouse and life-partner of 21 years, have a blended family that includes five adult children. The Rev. Dr. Weekley continues to work, write, speak, and engage in other acts of advocacy on behalf of transgender and gender non-conforming persons. He currently remains the only openly-out transgender elder appointed to a United Methodist Church, serving St. Nicholas United Methodist Church in Hull, Massachusetts. David continues to develop retreats and other spiritual practices and events for and with the transgender community. (This biographical statement taken from a biographical statement provided by David Weekley and a book review in Bostonia: The Alumni Magazine of Boston University, 2011 with updates by Weekley in May 2017) Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource David Weekley David Weekley Methodist RTSA Scholarly Advisory Team UMC United Methodist Church https://exhibits.lgbtran.org/files/original/ff1c9a312dc4a8f3cad93e88e218acb2.jpg fa54c485157bcb5bfb5038e064ce018f Person An individual. Text Any textual data included in the document Anthony Petro (Ph.D., Religion, Princeton University) is an assistant professor at Boston University, in the Department of Religion and in the Women’s, Gender, & Sexuality Studies Program. His teaching and research interests include religion and culture in the United States; religion, medicine, and public health; and gender and sexuality studies. His first book, After the Wrath of God: AIDS, Sexuality, and American Religion (Oxford, 2015), investigates the history of U.S. American religious responses to the AIDS crisis and their role in the promotion of a national moral discourse on sex. He has published essays on a number of topics, including histories of Catholic sexual abuse, critical disability studies and religion, and approaches to studying race, gender, and sexuality in North American religion. Petro is currently developing two projects that engage questions about religion and secularism, the cultural politics of morality, and religious formations of bodies in the modern U.S. The first examines the history of American Christian engagements with health and disability policy in the U.S. since the 1950s. It demonstrates how Christian leaders and activists have shaped cultural understandings of health and moral citizenship through debates about topics such as alcoholism, end of life care, disability rights, vaccination, abortion, and the war on drugs. His second project, “The Queer Arts of American Religion,” examines how a range of feminist and queer artists have engaged religious themes and rituals in their work since the 1960s. It explores how this archive of visual and performance art helps us to rethink key categories in the study of religion and in gender and sexuality studies. Before coming to BU, Petro served as an assistant professor / faculty fellow in NYU’s Program in Religious Studies. For the last five years, he has co-chaired an interdisciplinary seminar called “Global Perspectives on Religion and HIV/AIDS” for the American Academy of Religion. https://www.bu.edu/religion/people/faculty/bios/anthony-petro Biographical Text Anthony Petro (Ph.D., Religion, Princeton University) is an assistant professor at Boston University, in the Department of Religion and in the Women’s, Gender, & Sexuality Studies Program. His teaching and research interests include religion and culture in the United States; religion, medicine, and public health; and gender and sexuality studies. His first book, After the Wrath of God: AIDS, Sexuality, and American Religion (Oxford, 2015), investigates the history of U.S. American religious responses to the AIDS crisis and their role in the promotion of a national moral discourse on sex. He has published essays on a number of topics, including histories of Catholic sexual abuse, critical disability studies and religion, and approaches to studying race, gender, and sexuality in North American religion. Petro is currently developing two projects that engage questions about religion and secularism, the cultural politics of morality, and religious formations of bodies in the modern U.S. The first examines the history of American Christian engagements with health and disability policy in the U.S. since the 1950s. It demonstrates how Christian leaders and activists have shaped cultural understandings of health and moral citizenship through debates about topics such as alcoholism, end of life care, disability rights, vaccination, abortion, and the war on drugs. His second project, “The Queer Arts of American Religion,” examines how a range of feminist and queer artists have engaged religious themes and rituals in their work since the 1960s. It explores how this archive of visual and performance art helps us to rethink key categories in the study of religion and in gender and sexuality studies. Before coming to BU, Petro served as an assistant professor / faculty fellow in NYU’s Program in Religious Studies. For the last five years, he has co-chaired an interdisciplinary seminar called “Global Perspectives on Religion and HIV/AIDS” for the American Academy of Religion. https://www.bu.edu/religion/people/faculty/bios/anthony-petro Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Anthony Petro Anthony Petro RTSA Scholarly Advisory Team https://exhibits.lgbtran.org/files/original/a51b321515ced778daeec9b969633894.png c737ad068c45176afd0446081b79b8f6 YouTube Video A video hosted on YouTube. Embed Code The html embed codes for this object. <iframe width="600" height="337" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Y3u1U_G1UGQ" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe> <div id="exhibit-blocks"> <div class="exhibit-block layout-text"> This session of Sending Forth is dynamic and interactive, providing opportunity to bring the various threads of the conference to a close through participation in ritual, sharing and song. </div> </div> <div id="exhibit-page-navigation"></div> Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Session 9: Sending Forth With Appreciation and Inspiration RTSA Session 9 Sending Forth With Appreciation and Inspiration https://exhibits.lgbtran.org/files/original/b8727ed184df595de649344f41aca7f0.png c4cb408a8355c62ab916dee321ba6234 YouTube Video A video hosted on YouTube. Embed Code The html embed codes for this object. <iframe width="600" height="337" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/FJTGqClGjkA" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe> <div id="exhibit-blocks"> <div class="exhibit-block layout-text"> The dawn of this new millennium for the LGBTQIA Movement is built on previous decades of advocacy, marked with stunning accomplishments and challenges as well. This panel will consider the major historical landmarks in our movement in this beginning of a “First Century.” We consider all these aspects of the journey and more, especially in light of the issues of race, gender, class and other injustices that have formed and guided our history over these times and </div> </div> <div id="exhibit-page-navigation"></div> Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Session 8: Into the Third Millennium Into the Third Millennium RTSA Session 8 https://exhibits.lgbtran.org/files/original/2de76c88328fcec09f703f682db88bb2.png 368c0e15215e390438703f54af812be6 YouTube Video A video hosted on YouTube. Embed Code The html embed codes for this object. <iframe width="600" height="337" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/UBgt6XGVX4g" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe> <div id="exhibit-blocks"> <div class="exhibit-block layout-text"> Some of our movement's prophets and saints tell personal stories revealing, “In the integration of your sexuality and your spirituality, what was the greatest inner stone that you had to roll away?” </div> </div> <div id="exhibit-page-navigation"></div> Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Session 7: Stories from the Heart RTSA Session 7 Stories from the Heart https://exhibits.lgbtran.org/files/original/1b95c50c0d046629da96b2350269294e.png 25260972bdcffb8000ff1d357c0f858c YouTube Video A video hosted on YouTube. Embed Code The html embed codes for this object. <iframe width="600" height="337" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/BjXydTobP3U" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe> HIV/AIDS, the rise of the Evangelical extremist movement, increased violence, defrockings, theological attacks – the events of the 1980s and 1990s catalyzed many LGBTQIA Christians into advocacy, both within their denominations and in the public square. How did faith motivate so many to emerge from the safe spaces of our sanctuary communities to become advocates for health care, gender equality, equal protection laws, and changes in dogma? What impact did the increasing visibility of the LGBTQIA community in society have on queer religious groups? How did what happened three decades ago lead to today’s challenges and successes? Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Session 6: From Sanctuary to Advocacy ... The 1980s and 1990s From Sanctuary to Advocacy RTSA Session 6 https://exhibits.lgbtran.org/files/original/a3274254b341d41bb0ed0455680e5a04.png 40e87d9f0277dd7fd3a291de4a2b713d YouTube Video A video hosted on YouTube. Embed Code The html embed codes for this object. <iframe width="600" height="337" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/mRvVpbrUPkY" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe> with <a href="http://exhibits.lgbtran.org/exhibits/show/rolling-the-stone-away/item/1422">Dr. Imani Woody</a>, <a href="http://exhibits.lgbtran.org/exhibits/show/rolling-the-stone-away/item/1384">Dr. Heather White</a>, <a href="http://exhibits.lgbtran.org/exhibits/show/rolling-the-stone-away/item/1452">Dr. Randall Miller</a>, <a href="http://exhibits.lgbtran.org/exhibits/show/rolling-the-stone-away/item/1442">Rev. Megan Rohrer</a>, <a href="http://exhibits.lgbtran.org/exhibits/show/rolling-the-stone-away/item/1438">Marco Grimaldi</a> A recounting the history of our LGBTQIA movement within Christian Churches cannot ignore the influence of the political arena. Participants share stories of interactions between Church and State as they have shaped our lives, our protests, our setbacks, and our successes. We also name the dynamic between secular and religious LGBT activists that has been a source of much tension and struggle over the years. These historical reflections may shed light on our current political climate and encourage faithful strategies to keep us moving forward. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Session 5F: Intersections and Tensions Between Religion and Politics Heather White Imani Woody Intersections and Tensions Between Religion and Politics Marco Grimaldi Megan Rohrer Randall Miller RTSA Session 5F https://exhibits.lgbtran.org/files/original/fc9517d9d41c4eccf2ccccbf2399d4c1.png 20d1b14b5804a5371e30aa24e4301ca8 YouTube Video A video hosted on YouTube. Embed Code The html embed codes for this object. <iframe width="600" height="337" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/VeZYFmBmKsA" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe> with <a href="http://exhibits.lgbtran.org/exhibits/show/rolling-the-stone-away/item/1408">Rev. Chris Glaser</a>, <a href="http://exhibits.lgbtran.org/exhibits/show/rolling-the-stone-away/item/1387">Dr. Monique Moultrie</a>, <a href="http://exhibits.lgbtran.org/exhibits/show/rolling-the-stone-away/item/1404">Brian McNaught</a>, <a href="http://exhibits.lgbtran.org/exhibits/show/rolling-the-stone-away/item/1440">Dr. Mary E. Hunt</a>, <a href="http://exhibits.lgbtran.org/exhibits/show/rolling-the-stone-away/item/1357">Dr. Justin Tanis</a> Diverse views on sexuality characterized our movement from the beginning. Some people advocate total sexual freedom, others simply want equal opportunities for ministry, marriage, adoption, and the like. The women/feminist’s communities and the men’s communities lived out their sexual lives differently. Further diversity emerged as bisexual and transgender people brought their experiences to the mix. Even more variety emerges as cisgender, racial, and ethnic differences are taken into account. Faith activists have often felt marginalized by the broader LGBTIQA+ movement, but Liberation, Feminist/Womanist, Body, and Queer theologies have all contributed to our conversations about sexuality. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Session 5E: How Sexuality Has Shaped Our Movement and Our Theology Brian McNaught Chris Glaser How Sexuality Has Shaped Our Movement and Our Theology Justin Tanis Mary E. Hunt Monique Moultrie RTSA Session 5E https://exhibits.lgbtran.org/files/original/4f877e1e960156988c6382426544146c.png e5985ba8941ee3c017c2ad5bb527850c YouTube Video A video hosted on YouTube. Embed Code The html embed codes for this object. <iframe width="600" height="337" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/yRjD2MlSU-Q" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe> with <a href="http://exhibits.lgbtran.org/exhibits/show/rolling-the-stone-away/item/1396">Alex Patchin McNeill</a>, <a href="http://exhibits.lgbtran.org/exhibits/show/rolling-the-stone-away/item/1413">Rev. Darnell Fennell</a>, <a href="http://exhibits.lgbtran.org/exhibits/show/rolling-the-stone-away/item/1414">Rev. Dr. Deborah Johnson</a>, <a href="http://exhibits.lgbtran.org/exhibits/show/rolling-the-stone-away/item/1405">Rev. Candy Holmes</a>, <a href="http://exhibits.lgbtran.org/exhibits/show/rolling-the-stone-away/item/1343">Dr. Bernie Schlager</a>, <a href="http://exhibits.lgbtran.org/exhibits/show/rolling-the-stone-away/item/1397">Alison Amyx</a> This session explores the early tensions such as dealing with the denial of legitimacy for same-sex/same-gender relationships in any form while many debated whether or not marriage was even a desirable goal. Additionally, we examine the impact of organizing work for marriage equality on the LGBTQ movement (for better or worse?) and the role of faith communities in the marriage equality movement. Further, what lessons do we want to carry forward? What other boundaries need to be pushed? What challenges do we need to hear from our bisexual and trans community? What work lies ahead for marriage and relationship recognition as it continues to face legislative attack? Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Session 5D: Shifting Perspectives on Marriage Alex Patchin McNeill Alison Amyx Bernard Schlager Bernie Schlager Candy Holmes Darnell Fennell Deborah Johnson RTSA Session 5D Shifting Perspectives on Marriage https://exhibits.lgbtran.org/files/original/e29fd74b578dbb8ac3971b5e4b77773d.png 8ac1b341fbe62796692150e060adaac4 YouTube Video A video hosted on YouTube. Embed Code The html embed codes for this object. <iframe width="600" height="337" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/23eQUHzJCuI" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe> with <a href="http://exhibits.lgbtran.org/exhibits/show/rolling-the-stone-away/item/1354">Dr. Sylvia Rhue</a>, <a href="http://exhibits.lgbtran.org/exhibits/show/rolling-the-stone-away/item/1428">Jimmy Creech</a>, <a href="http://exhibits.lgbtran.org/exhibits/show/rolling-the-stone-away/item/1395">Michael Adee</a>, <a href="http://exhibits.lgbtran.org/exhibits/show/rolling-the-stone-away/item/1410">Rev. Chuck Lewis</a>, <a href="http://exhibits.lgbtran.org/exhibits/show/rolling-the-stone-away/item/1445">Nancy Krody</a>, <a href="http://exhibits.lgbtran.org/exhibits/show/rolling-the-stone-away/item/1342">Barb Crabtree</a> In the 80’s, 90’s and into this century, the Religious Right was inflamed, inflammatory and fully financed. We came. We saw. We fought the “Ex-Gay” Movement and the multiple wrongs of the Religious Right. We talk about what we saw, what we did, how we won, and what we lost. The challenge asked for the best and the brightest. We delivered. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Session 5C: Close Encounters with the Religious Right Barb Crabtree Chuck Lewis Close Encounters with the Religious Right Jimmy Creech Michael Adee Nancy Brody RTSA Session 5C Sylvia Rhue