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Only five members at this meeting. Discussed feedback from some participants in the 10 June Conference. Received letter from Eric Baker of the Study-in-Fellowship Committee suggesting cooperation in developing study materials. Discussed draft of…

Minutes reported a shift in perspectives within the group on relationships and sexual morality from the Meeting for Worship. Group asked Kenneth Barnes to work these changes into the Introduction. A full weekend meeting in spring 1962 was proposed.

Group reviewed correspondence and discussion with headmasters from last meeting; Bidder provided observations about their "future programme"; extensive discussion of members' perception of sexual activity related to personality and the role of moral…

Group reviewed discussion with Young Friends from previous meeting; set agenda of next meeting to review their progress; in afternoon heard presentations from headmasters about sex instruction and development of adolescents.

As reported in The Friend, dissension and unrest over TQVOS appeared to be heightened in the next Meeting for Sufferings. Still the body could not reach consensus to adopt either proposal from the previous meeting--to publish a statement or to hold a…

The Meeting for Sufferings (executive committee of the London Yearly Meeting) heard expressions of distress about the TQVOS study during its bimonthly meeting on May 3. Proposals to issue an official statement with more moral certitude and to hold a…

Muhammad won that battle, and they continue to fight racism and transphobia in the LGBTQ community.

The annual State of the Church Report presented to the MCC General Conference in August 1973 calls the year one of “Refiner’s Fire” as it noted fires in several MCC congregations in addition to the Upstairs Lounge fire.

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…

Letter from MCC San Francisco Pastor Jim Sandmire to his congregations draws the MCC connections to the New Orleans tragedy.

MCC raised the funds to rent this double cottage at 1369-73 Magazine Street (shown in 2013) to serve as both home for the pastor and hall for worship.

MCC New Orleans strives to communicate that it is continuing and growing following the tragic loss of members at the Upstairs Lounge.

The June 1971 issue of In Unity includes a map and listing of MCC congregations including New Orleans, as a mission of the San Diego Church.

After leaving the Upstairs Lounge, MCC New Orleans holds weekly worship services in the chapel at St. George’s Episcopal Church, 4600 St. Charles Avenue (pictured in 2013).

The June 1971 issue of MCC’s In Unity magazine contains story of the New Orleans mission beginning to worship at the Upstairs Lounge.

Location of MCC Boston

Organization Collection, Mattachine Society of Washington, D.C.

Organization Collection, Mattachine Society of Washington, D.C.