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

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

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

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…

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

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

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.

Promotional banner for OUT Cast Radio

Queer Spirit interview with Rachel Isaacs

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

A logo for the Queer Spirit Podcast made by Kristofer Stinson on Canva.

Will Green is pastor of Brackett Memorial Church on Peaks Island. (For those who may not be familiar with Maine geography, Peaks Island is located in Casco Bay off Portland.)

A native of Worcester, MA, Will served United Methodist congregations…

Rev. Virginia Marie Rincon is an Episcopal priest, a ritual weaver, a Curandera an activist and an advocate. After 20 years as a nurse in the public sector, Rev. Virginia went back to school there she earned a BLS in Social Work from St. Edward's…

Skyler Keiter-Massefski grew up in South Portland and is now minister of faith formation at the South Church in Amherst, Massachusetts. On its website South Church Amherst describes itself as “an Open and Affirming, Immigrant Welcoming, [and] Green…

Samaa Abdurraqib, an African American Muslim feminist, was born in New York, grew up in Ohio, and earned her Ph.D. at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Samaa came to Maine in 2010 as an assistant professor at Bowdoin College. Currently, she’s…

Sage Hayes, who uses she, he and they pronouns, is a white bodied practitioner of somatic alchemy. They are dedicated to working towards collective healing and liberation. Sage grew up and is currently living on unceded territories of the Wampanoag…

Richard Waitzkin is a psychotherapist and one of the founders of Portland’s new and terribly exciting Equality Community Center, which houses organizations serving the LBGTQ+ community, including Equality Maine, Maine TransNet, GLSEN, and SAGE Maine,…

In 2014, a magazine ran a feature story with this intriguing title: “Fifteen American Rabbis You Haven’t Heard of, But Should.” Rabbi Rachel Isaacs is one of those unsung – or formerly unsung – fifteen. Happily, those of us in Maine know her and…

Rabbi Jared Saks, a New Jersey native, is the spiritual leader of Congregation Bet Ha’am in South Portland, the largest reform congregation in northern New England, where he has served since 2011. He lives in South Portland with his husband Kirk and…

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…