109 20 2500 https://exhibits.lgbtran.org/files/original/8a8614ff72343dc9eca968e5087681ee.pdf 6a41db6ce867ba8047ab77ace0d3bfd5 Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Text Any textual data included in the document The Friend September 20, 2012 Discover the contemporary Quaker way The golden anniversary of sex by Stephen Cox Stephen Cox reflects on the forthcoming fiftieth anniversary of ‘Towards a Quaker View of Sex’ 'Sexual morality is an area of challenge and opportunity for living our testimonies to truth, nonviolence, equality, integrity and love.' Quaker faith & practice, 22.11 'We think it our duty, not to stand on a peak of perfectionism, asking for an impossible conformity while the tide of human life sweeps by us, but to recognise, in compassion, the complications and bewilderment that love creates, and to ask how we can find a constructive way in each of an immense variety of particular experiences. Towards a Quaker View of Sex Next year is the fiftieth anniversary of the publication of Towards a Quaker View of Sex. There are various things we could do. We could slap ourselves on the back about how great we were fifty years ago, and carefully ignore contemporary relevance. We could poke fun at those passages that, with the passage of time, have come to sound the most quaint, inaccurate or comic. We could try to codify Quaker sexual morality into a handbook with, I believe, little hope of success before the sixtieth anniversary. Or, if I might offer a suggestion, we might actually engage with the more timeless challenges its authors laid down, as they apply to our own time. Rereading the book recently, I was struck by how fresh its approach could be, if we took it seriously. Towards a Quaker View of Sex was a child of the early sixties. There are passages that imply that, if only we get our sex lives and personal relationships sorted out, the resulting release of loving energy will transform society. Sex is not a magic wand, and we all know neither the sorting of sex nor society proved so simple. Fifty years on, the West’s sexual morality is muddled. We have allowed greater personal freedom, which has been often good, but we seem as obsessed and stressed by sex as ever. We have diverse communities in revolt against conventional wisdom, whether more conservative or in some cases more liberal. Towards a Quaker View of Sex predates ‘identity politics’, the feminist revolution and the backlash. We have seen a grotesque commercialisation of romantic love and marriage – our family dubs the gloating over the £30,000 wedding as ‘wedding porn’. We understand abuse better, we show a paranoia about paedophile abduction out of all proportion to the risk, yet we accept a commercial sexualisation of children. In our own Society the glib assumption is that the married, and committed but not married, are ‘under the care of the Meeting’, a care we often struggle to know how to deliver. By some accounts, in recent decades, the majority of Quaker marriages involve someone divorced or will themselves end in divorce. Questions What is Quaker morality? Is it a rulebook? Or is it ‘more or less anything goes’? Or do we live by the Spirit – understanding that it is by following the Spirit we will find not what is allowed, but what builds up. (As Paul says in 1 Corinthians 6:12, all things are lawful but not all things are helpful.) This third way combines an understanding that our choices affect other people as well as ourselves, that testimonies come from experience tested in the Spirit and our worshipping groups, not shopping lists of rules, that we may not have all the answers and that we may disagree. This approach throws up a number of questions. Family and commitment Towards a Quaker View of Sex stressed the centrality of marriage and family life to their concerns. What have Quakers to say of family today? No one would say that Quaker faith & practice is at its strongest on this central issue. Modern Quaker families struggle to make choices about work-life balance, education, challenging the world’s values and living in the world so we can be leaven. We’re offended if our Meetings offer advice and offended if they don’t. Many of us live in that very recent invention: the nuclear family. We are separated from other relatives – by our economic choices, in where we study, work and live – but neither do we find strong communities to be an alternative. Some people think asking people to say they will stay married, or will want to stay married, until death, is a big fib. If Quaker marriage is special how do we show this? What resources can we provide for those aspiring to this life long journey? Would switching to, say, a ‘five-year lease with option to renew’ be better or would it make every relationship far too provisional, too inclined to break under pressure? Most people agree that cheating is wrong. But what is cheating? A sexual relationship, particularly a very long term relationship, builds intimacy and trust, combining a biological need with deep friendship and a safe place of openness. Relationships develop appropriate vulnerability. However, there are Quakers who have such relationships with more than one person at a time, openly and with genuinely loving agreement. Yet even those Quakers who agree with this can disagree on how this should be done. Identity and witness Modern politics has grown up with different groups fighting their corner. To someone exploring their sexuality or issues with gender, ‘identity’ usually proves useful in helping them feel accepted and laying out a path to follow. It helps you find similar people to understand your individuality and, thereby, accept as equal people who are different as well. And yet, saint Paul famously deconstructed the key identities of his world – male or female, Jew and Gentile, slave or free. All were one in the Risen Christ – the living spirit makes identities of secondary importance. Where does Quaker witness lie? Working with those whose sexuality or gender is highly destructive to others? Providing a welcome for the unconventional… and at what cost to our dignity, the approval of our neighbours and our self esteem? The gospels contain very challenging encounters between Jesus and women who lived outside conventional morality. But, for many of us, a relatively quiet acceptance was what we needed when we came to Meeting, not a Californian encounter group. How much can I challenge you and you challenge me, in an area where our personal choices and identity are so important? Morality by formula I have been astonished by those who think Yearly Meeting 2009 in York has finished the job. There are Yearly Meetings worldwide that are more hostile and alarmed by homosexuality than Britain Yearly Meeting was in 1963. As some countries debate legalisation or same sex marriage, others reintroduce the death penalty or seek to ban debate. And young people in our schools have limited information and are often parts of communities that peddle hostility as a defensive mechanism against what they see as moral decline. Children are not just bullied for being gay, they get bullied for standing up for gays. Towards a Quaker View of Sex was, above everything else, a thoughtful attempt to apply the living spirit to current conditions, a passionately moral book that rejected morality by formula, that had a primary interest in helping the young from an explicitly faith position. It only ever claimed to be an opening of debate, a debate that needs to continue. Will the Society listen to its call to action, or merely put it safely on a pedestal where we can ignore it? 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/. 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Title A name given to the resource Shower of Stoles Description An account of the resource Items (stoles) for the Shower of Stoles exhibit Stole A stole in the Shower of Stoles exhibit Honoree The person honored by the creation of thestole. Stephen Pepper Stole Text STEPHEN PEPPER MINISTER Denomination Presbyterian Church (USA) United Church of Christ Contribution Date 2001 Contribution Story This is one of 52 stoles donated to the Shower of Stoles collection by members and staff of Church of the Covenant. Although each of the stoles is unique, all of them are tied together by the inclusion of a piece cloth from a common bolt of blue and ivory material somewhere in the stole. Stephen's stole includes 15 star-shaped buttons. Stephen and his partner, Sam Gold Goldfarb, were among the first in line to receive a wedding license when Massachusetts legalized gay marriage. A photo of Stephen (wearing his clerical collar) and Sam awaiting the opening of Boston City Hall on May 17, 2004, the first day marriage licenses were issued to same-sex couples, is included in a photo-documentary of that historic day entitled Spouses for Life: A Wedding Album by Steven Sunshine. This photo-documentary is one of a number of exhibits included on the website of The Queer Cultural Center: A Center for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Art and Culture in San Francisco. Covenant is both a More Light and Open and Affirming Congregation. Their strong and public advocacy on behalf of LGBT persons in the life and leadership of the church has drawn many LBGT persons to become a part of the Covenant church family. Their 52 stoles represent the largest subset of stoles given to the collection by any one congregation. Church of the Covenant, a federated United Church of Christ and Presbyterian Church, is steeped in history. Located just off the Boston Commons, the Gothic revival building erected in the mid-1800's was one of the first churches built in the Back Bay area. In the 1890's the sanctuary was completely redecorated by Tiffany Glass and Decorating Co., including the creation of an extraordinary set of Tiffany stained-glass windows and a chandelier that is said to be the first electrified light installed in a public building by Thomas Edison. Covenant's history of social justice and human rights work is equally rich. When I visited Covenant, I was intrigued to learn that the church was a designated stop along the "Boston Women's Heritage Trail." One of Covenant's members, Abbie Child, was the head of the Women's Board of Missions of the Congregational Church in the late 1800's. Another member, Dr. Elsa Meder, was one of the first women ordained as an elder in the Presbyterian Church. Elizabeth Rice and Alice Hageman, ordained in 1974 and 1975 respectively, were the first women to serve as pastors at a Back Bay church. When they were joined by Donna Day Lower, the church became the only one in the United States with three women clergy. Since opening the "Women's Lunch Place" in 1982, the church has served as a haven for poor women and their children. It is fitting, then, that one of the Tiffany windows is "Four Women of the Bible," including Miriam, Deborah, Mary of Bethany, and Dorcas. Covenant remains on the forefront of work for equality and justice, and is active in the LGBT Welcoming movement in the Boston area and beyond. Martha Juillerat Founder, Shower of Stoles Project 2006 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/. 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Title A name given to the resource Shower of Stoles Description An account of the resource Items (stoles) for the Shower of Stoles exhibit Stole A stole in the Shower of Stoles exhibit Honoree The person honored by the creation of thestole. Sterling Rainey Stole Text Music Ministry Sterling Rainey I am organist-choir director at the First United Methodist Church in San Rafael, CA, a position I have held for almost 45 years. I am a gay man, have an 18 year relationship with my partner and am completely open with my sexuality. My church has been totally supportive and affirming of my music ministry. I became a Certified Director of Music in the United Methodist Church over 30 years ago, a recognition by the church of my academic qualifications and continuing study in the field of worship and music. Last year when the church ended the ministries of <a href="https://www.lgbtran.org/Profile.aspx?ID=21">Jimmy Creech</a> and Greg Dell, ministries surely blessed by God, I felt it imperative that I make a statement of support for these servants of God and also the ministers threatened with the same punishment for their dedication to treating all people equal, a position the United Methodist Church does not seem to espouse. I resigned my certification voluntarily in protest of these actions. I am contributing this stole as a symbol of my unity with all those whose orders of one kind or another have been taken away because of who they are and what they stand for. Denomination United Methodist Church Contribution Date 2000 Contribution Story This stole was given to us in advance of the 2000 General Conference of the United Methodist Church in Cleveland, OH. It is one of at least two dozen stoles in the Shower of Stoles collection honoring professional church musicians. In 1999, the Reconciling Ministries Network (RMN) inquired about the possibility of having a display of the Shower of Stoles at the General Conference the following April. At the time, there were only around twenty United Methodist stoles in the collection. We decided to introduce the Shower of Stoles to the Reconciling community by bringing the twenty UM stoles and about a hundred others to RMN’s Convocation in Denton, TX over the Labor Day weekend. Stoles started to trickle in during the fall, and by February they began coming in droves. In all, we received 220 United Methodist stoles – the vast majority of them arriving within eight weeks of the Conference. Thanks to a monumental effort by a number of volunteers who pitched in to help record, inventory, sew labels and make last-minute repairs, all of the new stoles were present in Cleveland. Twenty more people brought stoles directly to Cleveland, bringing the total number on display to 240. Towards the end of the General Conference, twenty eight lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender United Methodists and allies stood on the Conference floor in silent protest over the Conference’s failure to overturn the ban on LGBT ordination – a profound witness and act of defiance for which they were later arrested. As these twenty eight moved to the front of the room, another 200 supporters stood up around the balcony railing, each wearing one of the new United Methodist stoles. Hundreds more stood in solidarity as well, in the balcony and on the plenary floor, wearing symbolic “stoles” made from colorful bands of cloth. A group of young people from Minneapolis, members of a Communicant’s Class, had purchased bolts of cloth the preceding evening and stayed up all night cutting out close to a thousand of these “stoles.” In less than eight months, a handful of stoles had grown to become a powerful, visible witness to the steadfast faith of LGBT United Methodists nationwide. Martha Juillerat Founder, Shower of Stoles Project 2006 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/. 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For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Shower of Stoles Description An account of the resource Items (stoles) for the Shower of Stoles exhibit Stole A stole in the Shower of Stoles exhibit Honoree The person honored by the creation of thestole. Steve Greenberg Stole Text Steve Greenberg Congregation Shir Tikvah Union for Reform Judaism (in North America) Minneapolis, MN My grandfather gave me this tallis – my first tallis – for my bar mitzvah in November 1966. At the time, I already knew something seemed different about me, because I was definitely attracted to boys. I also figured at such a young age that I had a number of years to outgrow it or get over it. About nine years later, I talked to my rabbi about the same feelings, and he simply told me to ignore them. It is now almost exactly 40 years after my bar mitzvah. In the interim, I’ve led a synagogue contingent in song as we marched down Market Street in San Francisco in the GLBT Pride Parade, got the spectators to sing “Hava Nagilah” with us a few times, and have served as chazzan (cantor) for numerous prayer services in many settings around the country. Larry, my partner of nine years, accompanies me for most of the services that are out-of-state, and we find much support and warmth among the congregations that host us. My siblings and Mom love Larry, and I truly believe if my Dad were still alive, he would’ve adored him, too. There was a time early on when my Mom though it would be nice if Larry were to marry my sister – who is single. He seemed like a nice Jewish boy and that’s what she wanted for her daughter. But over the years, Mom has embraced reality, and at the end of our phone conversations, she tells me to kiss Larry goodnight. When I told Larry I was going to donate my bar mitzvah tallis to the Stoles Project, he wondered how I would feel to part with my first tallis. I brought up the scene from the movie Harold and Maude. There was a point where Harold gave Maude a ring, and she promptly tossed it into the lake. To Harold’s dismay, she responded, “Now I’ll always know where it is.” My tallis is safe with all the other stoles and tallitot (plural) here, and I’ll always know where to find it. - January 2007 PS: I’m pleased to write that my rabbi, who told me 30 years ago to “ignore those feelings,” has since sermonized about loving and embracing the GLBT people around us. Contribution Date 2007 Contribution Story This tallit (prayer shawl) was given in conjunction with One Voice Mixed Chorus' "Reclaiming Faith" concerts in January, 2007. David Lohman Faith Work Coordinator National Gay & Lesbian Task Force's Institute for Welcoming Resources Home of the Shower of Stoles Project 2007 You can read Steve Greenberg's biographic profile <a href="https://www.lgbtran.org/Profile.aspx?ID=4">here</a>, in the LGBTQ Religious Archives Network's Profile Gallery. 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/. 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For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Shower of Stoles Description An account of the resource Items (stoles) for the Shower of Stoles exhibit Stole A stole in the Shower of Stoles exhibit Honoree The person honored by the creation of thestole. Steve Tromp Stole Text STEVE TROMP ELDER Denomination Presbyterian Church (USA) United Church of Christ Contribution Date 2001 Contribution Story This is one of 52 stoles donated to the Shower of Stoles collection by members and staff of Church of the Covenant. Although each of the stoles is unique, all of them are tied together by the inclusion of a piece cloth from a common bolt of blue and ivory material somewhere in the stole. Covenant is both a More Light and Open and Affirming Congregation. Their strong and public advocacy on behalf of LGBT persons in the life and leadership of the church has drawn many LBGT persons to become a part of the Covenant church family. Their 52 stoles represent the largest subset of stoles given to the collection by any one congregation. Church of the Covenant, a federated United Church of Christ and Presbyterian Church, is steeped in history. Located just off the Boston Commons, the Gothic revival building erected in the mid-1800's was one of the first churches built in the Back Bay area. In the 1890's the sanctuary was completely redecorated by Tiffany Glass and Decorating Co., including the creation of an extraordinary set of Tiffany stained-glass windows and a chandelier that is said to be the first electrified light installed in a public building by Thomas Edison. Covenant's history of social justice and human rights work is equally rich. When I visited Covenant, I was intrigued to learn that the church was a designated stop along the "Boston Women's Heritage Trail." One of Covenant's members, Abbie Child, was the head of the Women's Board of Missions of the Congregational Church in the late 1800's. Another member, Dr. Elsa Meder, was one of the first women ordained as an elder in the Presbyterian Church. Elizabeth Rice and Alice Hageman, ordained in 1974 and 1975 respectively, were the first women to serve as pastors at a Back Bay church. When they were joined by Donna Day Lower, the church became the only one in the United States with three women clergy. Since opening the "Women's Lunch Place" in 1982, the church has served as a haven for poor women and their children. It is fitting, then, that one of the Tiffany windows is "Four Women of the Bible," including Miriam, Deborah, Mary of Bethany, and Dorcas. Covenant remains on the forefront of work for equality and justice, and is active in the LGBT Welcoming movement in the Boston area and beyond. Martha Juillerat Founder, Shower of Stoles Project 2006 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/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 768 Title A name given to the resource Steve Tromp Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Boston, Massachusetts (USA) Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Church of the Covenant Boston Feminism Massachusetts More Light Presbyterians for LGBT Concerns Open and Affirming in the UCC (ONA) Presbyterian Presbyterian Church (USA) Theology Tromp, Steve United Church of Christ Women and Religion 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 Shower of Stoles Description An account of the resource Items (stoles) for the Shower of Stoles exhibit Stole A stole in the Shower of Stoles exhibit Honoree The person honored by the creation of thestole. Steven H. Olofson Stole Text Steven H. Olofson I am a follower of Jesus Christ, a life long United Methodist and I am a gay man. In the UMC I have served as a Certified Lay Speaker, Lay Delegate to Annual Conference, Lay Conference Council representative and I stood as a witness/sponsor for a Deacon and an Elder at their ordinations. On the local church level: Lay Leader, Trustee, Church Council and choir director. I started a gospel band, which ministered to Western New York and Pennsylvania for 6 years and recorded an album with them. I was heterosexually married for 9 years. I firmly believed that God would see how sincere I was in wanting to be like the conservatives were telling me to be. Yet at no time was there any indication from God that He had any plans on changing me, not even after years of prayer, fasting, counseling, begging and crying for as long as I can recall knowing my attractions. Yet after we decided to divorce because I finally admitted to myself and my wife that I was gay, I put myself into exile from the church because I thought God would no longer want me. I was wrong! I have now been in a monogamous relationship with my partner (Robert) for 11 years. I had thought I was alone, I was again wrong. I have met so many others that felt the same way I did. I also know of many that could not handle it because of the pressure and assaults that are hurled at lesbian and gay persons that they gave up on faith. Some gave up on their lives. How many have left the church or left this world without knowing Jesus because they were told they were not welcome? How many teens have given up on their lives because of the intolerance toward them for the way that God created them? I can answer that easily, TOO MANY! My other burning question is how can we allow people to pick and choose scripture as our level of tolerance permits? Example: Why is the "Holiness Code" statement on men with men shoved down our throats yet others are ignored? If it a 'moral thing' then those that see fit to protest at funerals of gay people should picket funerals of divorced persons too, but they don't. It's bigotry and how can our denomination permit this to continue? The issue should not be dividing our church. Please work toward peace, understanding and tolerance of OUR differences and stand up against hate. It is our diversity that makes the UMC strong and vital. Infighting weakens and hurts all of us. Denomination United Methodist Church Contribution Date 2000 Contribution Story This is one of two stoles honoring Steven Olofson. The second one was donated by Vetesk Ardis Chapman (stole #630). Steven's own stole features the word "PEACE" in bold letters. The last lines of his story contain a prayer for all United Methodists: <blockquote> Please work toward peace, understanding and tolerance of OUR differences and stand up against hate. It is our diversity that makes the UMC strong and vital. Infighting weakens and hurts all of us. </blockquote> This stole was given to us in advance of the 2000 General Conference of the United Methodist Church in Cleveland, OH. In 1999, the Reconciling Ministries Network (RMN) inquired about the possibility of having a display of the Shower of Stoles at the General Conference the following April. At the time, there were only around twenty United Methodist stoles in the collection. We decided to introduce the Shower of Stoles to the Reconciling community by bringing the twenty UM stoles and about a hundred others to RMN’s Convocation in Denton, TX over the Labor Day weekend. Stoles started to trickle in during the fall, and by February they began coming in droves. In all, we received 220 United Methodist stoles – the vast majority of them arriving within eight weeks of the Conference. Thanks to a monumental effort by a number of volunteers who pitched in to help record, inventory, sew labels and make last-minute repairs, all of the new stoles were present in Cleveland. Twenty more people brought stoles directly to Cleveland, bringing the total number on display to 240. Towards the end of the General Conference, twenty eight lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender United Methodists and allies stood on the Conference floor in silent protest over the Conference’s failure to overturn the ban on LGBT ordination – a profound witness and act of defiance for which they were later arrested. As these twenty eight moved to the front of the room, another 200 supporters stood up around the balcony railing, each wearing one of the new United Methodist stoles. Hundreds more stood in solidarity as well, in the balcony and on the plenary floor, wearing symbolic “stoles” made from colorful bands of cloth. A group of young people from Minneapolis, members of a Communicant’s Class, had purchased bolts of cloth the preceding evening and stayed up all night cutting out close to a thousand of these “stoles." In less than eight months, a handful of stoles had grown to become a powerful, visible witness to the steadfast faith of LGBT United Methodists nationwide. Martha Juillerat Founder, Shower of Stoles Project 2006 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/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 629 Title A name given to the resource Steven H. Olofson Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Unknown, (USA) Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Steven H. Olofson Clergy Activist Olofson, Steven H. Ordination Reconciling Ministries Network (formerly Reconciling Congregation Program) Theology United Methodist Church United States https://exhibits.lgbtran.org/files/original/e64ed4825a1307c660a38945d9f00612.jpg 7df2a6c42792924a7f29bea8e9d5a480 https://exhibits.lgbtran.org/files/original/ebff527da20b9e0609c0be0b2ba8ee6a.jpg e8c81f13e1c8d868316a8bfdb58655b4 https://exhibits.lgbtran.org/files/original/7a08ab2ecffbf544fef08603fa882de9.jpg 5c2c6ae0d2317a0852ccece3512dccd7 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 Shower of Stoles Description An account of the resource Items (stoles) for the Shower of Stoles exhibit Stole A stole in the Shower of Stoles exhibit Honoree The person honored by the creation of thestole. Steven Kane Stole Text Steven Kane Member of the Downtown United Presbyterian Church, Rochester, New York For ten years. Ordained as Elder 1992. Denomination Presbyterian Church (USA) Contribution Date 2001 Contribution Story This is one of about two dozen stoles donated by staff and members of Downtown United Presbyterian Church. DUPC was at the center of a pivotal moment in the history of the Welcoming movement in the Presbyterian Church. In 1978 the General Assembly acted to bar the ordination of "self-avowed, practicing homosexuals." However, an exception was added to the action which exempted those ordained before 1978 from future judicial action. This clause allowed DUPC in 1991 to call the Rev. Dr. Jane Adams Spahr to become a co-pastor of the church; Janie had been ordained prior to 1978. However, the Presbyterian Church broke its trust and in 1991 the denomination's highest judicial body barred Janie from being installed. In response, DUPC called Janie to be an "Evangelist," and formed That All May Freely Serve to allow Janie to preach, educate and challenge church structures at DUPC and throughout the country. Martha Juillerat Founder, Shower of Stoles Project 2006 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/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 704 Title A name given to the resource Steven Kane Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Rochester, New York (USA) Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Steven Kane and Downtown United Presbyterian Church Clergy Activist Kane, Steven New York Ordination Presbyterian Presbyterian Church (USA) Spahr, Jane Adams That All May Freely Serve (TAMFS) 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 Shower of Stoles Description An account of the resource Items (stoles) for the Shower of Stoles exhibit Stole A stole in the Shower of Stoles exhibit Honoree The person honored by the creation of thestole. Steven Olofson Stole Text Honoring Steven Olofson and other gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender United Methodists, from Ardis Vetesk Chapman, member of Wesley Church in Bethlehem, PA. Jesus drew circles that left no one outside. His invitation and ministry is for all. How dare the United Methodists disagree with him? Denomination United Methodist Church Contribution Date 2000 Contribution Story This is one of two stoles in the Shower of Stoles collection honoring Steven Olofson; Steven's own stole is #629. This stole was given to us in advance of the 2000 General Conference of the United Methodist Church in Cleveland, OH. In 1999, the Reconciling Ministries Network (RMN) inquired about the possibility of having a display of the Shower of Stoles at the General Conference the following April. At the time, there were only around twenty United Methodist stoles in the collection. We decided to introduce the Shower of Stoles to the Reconciling community by bringing the twenty UM stoles and about a hundred others to RMN’s Convocation in Denton, TX over the Labor Day weekend. Stoles started to trickle in during the fall, and by February they began coming in droves. In all, we received 220 United Methodist stoles – the vast majority of them arriving within eight weeks of the Conference. Thanks to a monumental effort by a number of volunteers who pitched in to help record, inventory, sew labels and make last-minute repairs, all of the new stoles were present in Cleveland. Twenty more people brought stoles directly to Cleveland, bringing the total number on display to 240. Towards the end of the General Conference, twenty eight lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender United Methodists and allies stood on the Conference floor in silent protest over the Conference’s failure to overturn the ban on LGBT ordination – a profound witness and act of defiance for which they were later arrested. As these twenty eight moved to the front of the room, another 200 supporters stood up around the balcony railing, each wearing one of the new United Methodist stoles. Hundreds more stood in solidarity as well, in the balcony and on the plenary floor, wearing symbolic “stoles” made from colorful bands of cloth. A group of young people from Minneapolis, members of a Communicant’s Class, had purchased bolts of cloth the preceding evening and stayed up all night cutting out close to a thousand of these “stoles." In less than eight months, a handful of stoles had grown to become a powerful, visible witness to the steadfast faith of LGBT United Methodists nationwide. Martha Juillerat Founder, Shower of Stoles Project 2006 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/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 630 Title A name given to the resource Steven Olofson Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Bethleham, Pennsylvania (USA) Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Vetesk Ardis Chapman Chapman, Vetesk Ardis Clergy Activist Methodist Olofson, Steven H. 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Title A name given to the resource Shower of Stoles Description An account of the resource Items (stoles) for the Shower of Stoles exhibit Stole A stole in the Shower of Stoles exhibit Honoree The person honored by the creation of thestole. Steven V. Sprinkle, Ph.D. Stole Text STEPHEN V. SPRINKLE, PhD Brite Divinity School Texas Christian University Fort Worth, Texas I am a gay Christian minister, ordained in the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) in 1977. Every church I have served in Connecticut, North Carolina, and Texas has grown. My singleness made the members of my churches wonder, but they never knew I was gay. I was afraid to come out. Twice I was targeted with suspicion. Graffiti was written on my house. My car tires were slashed. An anonymous letter was circulated once, alleging terrible things. In an attempt to drive me away, my pet Basset hound, Beau, and my English bulldog, Buck, were butchered and hung up in the back yard of my parsonage. There was a lot of fear in my life. By grace, I didn't buckle and run. The closet never protected me, though I once thought it did. My dearest friend in ministry advised me, "If there are no secrets, Steve, there can be no ambushes." Finally, I was ready. I came out. Fully. It was the best thing I ever did. Though I regret my silence, and acknowledge that I left every major prejudice pretty much intact in the churches I served, I rejoice in the voice I have now. I teach in seminary, I preach and administer the sacraments in a whole new way. The old fears die hard. But as I exercise my full power as a gay man and a Christian, it becomes less and less important that I may be afraid. I hope I can speak for myself and others for a long time. I have never been defrocked. I am grateful to stand with my sisters and brothers who have been. Grace abounds. Denomination Baptist Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) Contribution Date 2001 Contribution Story This stole was donated to the Shower of Stoles collection when I visited Brite Divinity School in 2001. Stephen Sprinkle is the Director of Field Education and Supervised Ministry, and Associate Professor in Practical Theology at Brite. He was ordained in the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ), but he is now a minister in the Alliance of Baptists. Steve's stole is one of six that I took with me everywhere I went. While the main focus of denominational debate in recent years has centered on around LGBT ordination, none of the stories on these six stoles is concerned primarily with ordination. Instead, each speaks to the church's complicity in the spiritual and physical violence aimed at LGBT people. In many ways the church has avoided this complicity by sanitizing the debate and reducing our lives to an "issue" -- the issue of ordination, or the issue of marriage equality. Doing so has allowed the church to keep the focus of its debate in-house and, more important, to cast LGBT persons as the "problem," rather than the church's own homophobia. I read Steve's stole to virtually every church I visited. Generally, I did so without introduction -- this shocking story speaks for itself. The power of the story is redoubled by the fact that it is told without anger or bitterness, and that it ends with a seemingly impossible declaration of faith: "Grace abounds." The only thing I would ever add to the reading of the story was to mention that Steve had added a line of small brass bells at the bottom of the stole, so he would "never be silenced again." Without comment, this story would blow the lid off a congregation's polite debate and force people to look squarely into the face of spiritual violence against LGBT people. It was one of the most effective stories in the entire collection for moving congregations from debate to constructive action. I have read this story hundreds and hundreds of times, to groups all over North America. Its powerful effect on me has never lessened, and never will. Martha Juillerat Founder, Shower of Stoles Project 2006 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/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 693 Title A name given to the resource Steven V. Sprinkle, Ph.D. Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Fort Worth, Texas (USA) Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Steven Sprinkle Baptist Clergy Activist Ordination Sprinkle, Steven V. Texas Theology https://exhibits.lgbtran.org/files/original/a639bf75db8c596134408983a33d62dc.jpg 27cc41e3c03bf47abae85587a357e9a1 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 The Upstairs Lounge Fire Still Image A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. 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 Street Map with Location Description An account of the resource Street map indicating the location of the Upstairs Lounge on the corner of Chartres and Iberville. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived <a href="http://www.nola.com">www.nola.com</a> The Times-Picayune https://exhibits.lgbtran.org/files/original/cc3132c4126c9e7a0b5143aeabcc9e78.jpg 92d60646458dc65cc3b737fe1210c39b https://exhibits.lgbtran.org/files/original/63aff06a5dca178b83214487bbe90d2e.jpg f15f8e99ebfcc2af87e1f775665fe3c0 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 Shower of Stoles Description An account of the resource Items (stoles) for the Shower of Stoles exhibit Stole A stole in the Shower of Stoles exhibit Honoree The person honored by the creation of thestole. Stu Zellmer Stole Text STU ZELLMER ELDER THIRD CHURCH ROCHESTER NY Denomination Presbyterian Church (USA) Contribution Date 1996 Contribution Story We received about a dozen stoles from members of Third Church over the years. The first five are identical designs with a name and personal symbol added to each. Third Church prides itself on having been in the vanguard of movement and change throughout its history. In 1953, Lilian Alexander brought to the session of Third Church a proposal to ordain women as clergy in the Presbyterian Church. Her overture passed through the session to the local presbytery and on to the General Assembly, where it was adopted, opening the way for the first woman, Margaret Towner, to be ordained in 1956. Third has a long history of peace and justice activism throughout the world. They are a More Light congregation, working for the full inclusion of LGBT persons in the life and leadership of the church. Martha Juillerat Founder, Shower of Stoles Project 2006 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/. 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Title A name given to the resource Shower of Stoles Description An account of the resource Items (stoles) for the Shower of Stoles exhibit Stole A stole in the Shower of Stoles exhibit Honoree The person honored by the creation of thestole. Students at Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary Stole Text From Dr. Douglas E. Wingeier Emeritus Professor of Practical Theology Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary Evanston, Illinois This stole is presented in honor and appreciation of the scores of gifted and dedicated gay and lesbian students and graduates of Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary during my 27 years of teaching there, who either were denied ordination and thus their gifts and graces have been lost to the church, or else are living a double life while serving "under wraps" and hence unable to be themselves fully and publicly. Denomination United Methodist Church Contribution Date 2000 Contribution Story This stole was given to us in advance of the 2000 General Conference of the United Methodist Church in Cleveland, OH. Dr. Wingeier contacted me and offered to donate one of his own stoles with the hope that it could be used to honor LGBT students at GETS. Through correspondence with Dr. Winger, I encouraged him to think of some specific students that he might want to remember. In fact, he had a long list, "scores of gifted and dedicated students," that he had come to know over his nearly three decades of teaching there. It was quite evident in his e-mails that the thought of all those good and faithful students excelling in seminary, only to be rejected by the church or forced to lead "double lives, weighed heavily on him. In the end, Dr. Wineier chose this simple statement to remember all those many LGBT students, creating a "Signature Stole of memories, rather than names or signatures." In 1999, the Reconciling Ministries Network (RMN) inquired about the possibility of having a display of the Shower of Stoles at the General Conference the following April. At the time, there were only around twenty United Methodist stoles in the collection. We decided to introduce the Shower of Stoles to the Reconciling community by bringing the twenty UM stoles and about a hundred others to RMN’s Convocation in Denton, TX over the Labor Day weekend. Stoles started to trickle in during the fall, and by February they began coming in droves. In all, we received 220 United Methodist stoles – the vast majority of them arriving within eight weeks of the Conference. Thanks to a monumental effort by a number of volunteers who pitched in to help record, inventory, sew labels and make last-minute repairs, all of the new stoles were present in Cleveland. Twenty more people brought stoles directly to Cleveland, bringing the total number on display to 240. Towards the end of the General Conference, twenty eight lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender United Methodists and allies stood on the Conference floor in silent protest over the Conference’s failure to overturn the ban on LGBT ordination – a profound witness and act of defiance for which they were later arrested. As these twenty eight moved to the front of the room, another 200 supporters stood up around the balcony railing, each wearing one of the new United Methodist stoles. Hundreds more stood in solidarity as well, in the balcony and on the plenary floor, wearing symbolic “stoles” made from colorful bands of cloth. A group of young people from Minneapolis, members of a Communicant’s Class, had purchased bolts of cloth the preceding evening and stayed up all night cutting out close to a thousand of these “stoles”. In less than eight months, a handful of stoles had grown to become a powerful, visible witness to the steadfast faith of LGBT United Methodists nationwide. Martha Juillerat Founder, Shower of Stoles Project 2006 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/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 517 Title A name given to the resource Students at Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Evanston, Illinois (USA) Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Douglas E. Wingeier Clergy Activist Illinois Methodist Ordination Reconciling Ministries Network (formerly Reconciling Congregation Program) United Methodist Church https://exhibits.lgbtran.org/files/original/b266cb5c308e65ac0e3a036207678a9b.jpg ac10619f267431c7a03bb71801b89642 https://exhibits.lgbtran.org/files/original/aa344ec3568a5444b316a0149d533d89.jpg 6603dbc3cc576a83574eb267009309f9 https://exhibits.lgbtran.org/files/original/377eaecaf657bf4767f1388a3e4dd332.jpg 5554c4f7ab575bf39a30435c23032b2b 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 Shower of Stoles Description An account of the resource Items (stoles) for the Shower of Stoles exhibit Stole A stole in the Shower of Stoles exhibit Honoree The person honored by the creation of thestole. Sunday School of Rutgers Presbyterian Church, New York, NY Stole Text We are all God's Children Rutgers Sunday School, NYC Denomination Presbyterian Church (USA) Contribution Date 1996 Contribution Story This whimsical stole is one of about thirty stoles donated to the collection over the years by the members of Rutgers Presbyterian Church in New York in honor of their lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender members, many of whom hold leadership positions within the congregation and in the Presbytery of New York City. This stole is covered with the hand prints and names of children who attend Rutgers, some of whom are the children of LGBT members of the church. These children are our hope, a generation of children that will are being raised in a church that is welcoming of all of God's children, and who will grow up knowing that God loves them unconditionally. Established in 1798 in lower Manhattan, Rutgers has a long history of involvement in social justice and community development issues. Rutgers is a More Light congregation, working for the full inclusion of LGBT persons in the life and leadership of the Presbyterian Church. Along with More Light Presbyterians, Rutgers is a sponsor of Presbyterian Welcome (an affiliate of That All May Freely Serve) and the Covenant Network in their common pursuit for the end of discrimination against LGBT persons in the Presbyterian Church. Martha Juillerat Founder, Shower of Stoles Project 2006 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/. 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Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Text Any textual data included in the document The Sunday Times February 17, 1963 11 Quakers Attack Moral 'Hypocrisy' 'Glory and tragedy in waywardness of love' The conviction that "love cannot bee confined to a rigid pattern" is the theme of some devastatingly frank comments on sex in a report by a committee of 11 influential Quakers. The report ("Towards a Quaker View of Sex," to be published tomorrow by the Society of Friends) urges he need for a new, more creative morality to govern sexual relationships. It deplores the widespread distress suffered by young and old who "do not know where they are" in such matters. "The waywardness of love is part of its nature and this is both its glory and its tragedy," the report states. "So we are concerned with the homosexuals who say to each other 'I love you' in the hopeless and bitter awareness of a hostile criminal code and hypocritical public opinion, and also with the anguish of men and women who know they love each other when marriage is impossible and only suffering can be envisaged." The 76-page report it the result of frequent meetings since 1957 of the eleven Quakers, who included two headmasters, two consultant psychiatrists, a barrister and a Marriage Guidance counsellor. "In subscribing to a moral code, some of which is no longer accepts, society merits the charge of hypocrisy and its authority is weakened," they declare. "The insincerity of the sexual moral code may well be a cause of the widespread contempt of the younger generation for society's rules and prohibitions." The committee, who make it clear that their views do not necessarily represent the view of the Society of Friends as a whole, put some blame for the sexual disorders of society on "a distorted Christianity." The report goes on: "Christianity with us is concerned primarily with what is true, not with approved patterns of conduct. We have no hesitation in taking every now and then an empirical approach--to ask, for instance, whether homosexual contacts are really 'unnatural' or repulsive, whether pre-marital intercourse is necessarily a bad preparation for marriage, whether to have a variety of sexual partners does, in fact, weaken intimate relations and destroy a community. "To many such questions there is as yet no answer, or only a tentative one. A much wider research is necessary on the part of those concerned with modern sexual conduct, and a more open willingness on the part of men and women to assess their own experiences honestly." The main problems investigated in the report may be summarised under three headings: ADOLESCENCE: The three sexual anxieties are masturbation, homosexuality and casual intercourse. On masturbation it says: "It is difficult to exaggerate the suffering caused by the sense of guilt and disgrace, the mental conflict and remorse, that so commonly invest this intimate matter. Much could be saved even by the simple acknowledgement that masturbation is the common experience of the great majority of men at some time, if not of so large a proportion of women." The views expressed that most boys in their early teens tend to be homosexual. "It may be and commonly is extremely promiscuous, even in the most respectable boarding schools. These 'affairs' usually seem to leave little behind them--often a mere sharing of physical experience--and they may have little real connection with real homosexuality." Referring to the great increase in adolescent sexual intimacy between boys and gifts in recent years, the report states: "It has to be accepted that loss of virginity before marriage is not now necessarily regarded, either by a girl or by her future husband, as a stigma. "With this major change, restraint when it is exercised is as often from choice and principle as from fear....It must be accepted that lighthearted and loving casual contacts can be known without profound damage or 'moral degeneracy' being the result in either partner." MARRIAGE: On the "eternal triangle" as usually portrayed in fiction and drama, the Committee declares: "We recognise that, while most examples are produced by boredom and primitive misconduct, others may arise from the fact that the very experience of loving one person with depth and perception may sensitise a man or women to the lovable quality in others...A triangular situation can and often does arise in which all three persons behave responsibly, are deeply conscious of the difficulties and equally anxious to avoid injury to others. Since this kind of situation attracts no publicity and does not end in the divorce court it is assumed not to exist." HOMOSEXUALITY: "One should no more deplore homosexuality than left-handedness--though one can condemn and prohibit specific acts," says the Committee, which devotes the longest section of its report to this problem and generally endorses the findings of the Wolfenden Report. "Homosexual affection may be an emotion which some find aesthetically disgusting, but one cannot base Christian morality on a capacity for such disgust. We are not saying that all homosexual acts or relationships are to be encouraged. One must disapprove the promiscuity and selfishness, the utter lack of any real affection, which the stamp of so many adult relationships, heterosexual as well as homosexual. We see nothing in them often but thinly disguised lust." On the whole question or the "rights" and "wrongs" of sexual intercourse, the Committee concludes: "Where there is genuine tenderness, an openness to responsibility, and the seed of commitment, God is sure nor shut out." ________________________________ RELIGION page 6 The two voices of the Quakers Rank-and-file Quakers are expected to raise a "hullabaloo," according to Home Service secretary, Mr. George Gorman, over the uncompromisingly modern attitude of 11 of Britain's most influential Quakers to sex. Their beliefs are to be published tomorrow in a report, "Towards a Quaker View of Sex." Their conclusions, particularly about homosexuality and extramarital love affairs, are probably the most broadminded ever arrived at by a specifically religious group. In May the report will be put to the Yearly Meeting of all British Quakers to decide--silently, as they do not believe in the voting process, feeling it creates discontent among the minority--whether it expresses the views of Quakerdom. There is likely to be considerable dissatisfaction. Within the Quaker movement liberalisation is a downward process, seeping from the intellectual top rank of Elders (of whom there are five among the report's 11 authors) through to the puritanical base. Reformists According to Mr. Gorman, this process began at the end of the 19th century when Quakers began to emerge form seclusion into public life. Since then there have been two main paths available for Quakers who become dissatisfied as they reach the top of secular society. Many, including some members of the most famous Quaker families like Fry, Barclay, Rowntree and Cadbury, leave the movement altogether, often for Anglicanism. (There is a sad Quaker saying that "The coach and pair do not pass the church door for more than two generations.") Businessmen, particularly, tend to lapse. Professional people, like the authors of this report (Kenneth Barnes, the sex-education expert, and Lotte Rosenberg, the child psychiatrist, are among them), stay in and organise reformist movements. 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/. 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URL https://www.addicted.org/supe/college/substance-use-resources-for-students-from-historically-marginalized-groups/ 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 SUPE https://exhibits.lgbtran.org/files/original/d29b7d97c4c47f18848335c4f6f4c9ac.jpg a4828bacb5229008bede1f7549db757b https://exhibits.lgbtran.org/files/original/b521a5329754ddf013cea75c1cd5e2bd.jpg aba1917278f27b3b365e2c7cba4c278f 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 The Upstairs Lounge Fire Still Image A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. Text Any textual data included in the document New Orleans officials still silent on the fire by Bill Rushton NEW ORLEANS - The “official investigation of the Up Stairs Lounge fire continues to drag along without any announced findings, despite widely quoted evidence here about a lighter fluid can being found in the stairway of the bar. “They’re keeping lid on things.“ said a New Orleans Fire Department spokesman,.“ until they have definite conclusions.” Participating in the investigation are the Fire Prevention Division of the NOFD, the state fire marshall, and the New Orleans Police Department. Meanwhile, seven survivors remain hospitalized, most of them in serious condition, at six hospitals in three states. Lucien Baril, worship coordinator for the Metropolitan Community Church here, and a spokesman for the newly formed Gay People’s Coalition (GPC), says cards, money, and blood are still needed. The survivors, their locations, and condition: Sidney Espanche: Southern Baptist Hospital, New Orleans, satisfactory. Espanche comes from suburban New Orleans, lost a companion in the fire. He is expected to leave the hospital within one month. Eugene “Earl” Thomas: Gulfport Memorial Hospital, Gulfport, Miss.: fair. Thomas’ family is from Gulfport, and he is with his companion in the hospital. Thomas, who is 42, suffered third-degree burns over 90 percent of his back. Fred Ohway: Gulfport Memorial Hospital, Gulfport, Miss.: fair. Progressing well in spite of third-degree burns over 90 per cent of one arm. He is 22. Jean Gosnell, U.S. Public Service Hospital, New Orleans: serious. Girlfriend of one of the victims of the fire, she has one son in New Orleans and is in the most serious condition of all the survivors, Cards and letters, particularly from women, are especially needed, She is 36. Eddie Gillis: Veterans Hospital, Boston, Mass; grave condition. Gillis; family is from Boston and his ‘future’ prospects are rated “fair.” He is 52. Roger “Dale” Dunn: West Jefferson Hospital, Grepta, La.: fair. His parents are keeping him in seclusion, without visitors, and his future prospects are termed fair. He is 26. Michael Scarborough: Our Lady of the lakes Hospital, Baton Rouge, La., serious. Scarborough’s family is from Baton Rouge and he lost his companion in the fire. He is 27. The newly-organized GPC is meeting weekly now, with a core group f about 40 ad a variety of projects planned or under way, Active projects include a gay men’s VD clinic opened July 27; a political push to have the city government’s Human Relation Committee establish a “Gay task force” for future emergencies, and establishment of an office at 1375 Magazine Street, new Orleans, 70130. Coming soon are a gay switchboard, a newsletter-guide, an alcoholics anonymous group, and counseling services for both men and women participating, with hopes that a strong Gay Liberation movement can be generated here in the aftermath of the Up Stairs tragedy. Meanwhile, the gay community here has been caught up in a bizarre episode of rumors involving a police search for a specific arson suspect. The rumors – some of which originated with “unofficial sources” inside the NOPD – centered on a short and slightly built Latin-American. The rumors spread and multiplied through the French Quarter bars and Laundromats toward the end of July, leading to fears that vigilante action might be taken against innocent persons, and ultimately led to a GPC special committee on the matter, which met with police officials and issued a rumor control statement pasted on French Quarter walls. “All these rumors are absolutely false, to the best of our knowledge and we will keep you informed of future developments,” pledged the GPC rumor control bulletin. NATIONAL OUTPOURING Aid mounts for New Orleans Response from across the country to the June 24 fire which claimed 32 lives at the Up Stairs Lounge in New Orleans continues to grow, with efforts under way in most cities to raise more money and blood for those affected by the fire. A remarkably successful fundraiser was held July 12 at the Warehouse VII bar in Miami, where a show by a sizable entourage of top female impersonators raised over $2500. A tour of major cities by Morty Manford, special delegate to the New York Gay Activists Alliance to the New Orleans Emergency Task Force, is also expected to greatly aid fund-raising efforts in Denver, Chicago, Washington, Philadelphia, New York, ad New England, At the Miami benefit, organized by tiffany Jones, headliner at the Warehouse VIII, 300 turned out forte the sellout house. The Rev. Troy Perry, moderator of the Universal Fellowship of Metropolitan Community Churches, was among the featured guests. Included in the show were Dee Connors and the Femme Jesters, appearing at the Carib Hotel in Miami Beach; Emore, the 1973 Miss Gay Florida; ‘Tiffany Jones’ “Les Girls” review, including Adrian St. Clair, Daphne Delight aand Scaggnolia the Great. Little Lil. From Patsy’s did a comedy routing. Torchy Love, whose bar burned in April, made the first public appearance since the fire, and Big David, who is appearing at the Bayou Landing in Dallas, flew in for an appearance. Norby, an impressionist, performed, as did Ambrosia Crawford. Formerly of the Warehouse VIII, Camille, Sugar, Alicia, Tracy Leigh, Crickett Blake, Jan Button, and Rick Rivera. Major donations made a good part of the funds raised, which reportedly included $1000 from Rheims Mainer and Bob Stickney of the Warehouse VIII and the show’s cast; $500 from Jack Campbell of the nationwide Club Baths chain, headquartered in Miami; $200 from the Miami Gay Alliance; $100 from Ron of the Bachelors II and Bachelors West; $50 from the Femme Jesters; and $50 from Malcolm of the Nook Bar. The MCC Study Group of Jacksonville, Fla. raised $405 for the memorial fund, including $100.62 from patrons of the Commodore Lounge; $35 from the owner and patrons of the Little Dude Tavern; $61.43 from the study group; and other donations, plus $192.46 from a benefit. The benefit was a show at the Commodore Lounge emceed by the club’s manager, Bobby Gee, Female impersonator Sandy Howard donated over $35 in tips. Manford, who stayed behind in New Orleans with the Rev. Paul Breton, Northwest District coordinator for the MCC, when other leaders left the week of the fire, is one of the trustees of the National New Orleans Memorial Fund. Other trustees and officers of the fund include Mr. Breton; Mr. Perry; Morris Kight, board president of the Gay community Services Center, Los Angeles; Lucien Baril, worship coordinator, MCC of New Orleans; Dick Michaels, publisher of the Advocate; and the Rev. John Gill, Southwest District Coordinator for MCC. Two nonvoting officers for the fund have also been named; Ken Bartley, administrative director of the GCSC, as treasurer; and Jack Monroe, CPA, as auditor for the fund. The Advocate has received $4920.36 by press time July 26, which includes $1439.75 reported July 13. There is no doubt that the fire has had great ramifications in gay consciousness in the Deep South city. Mr. Baril said the ADVOCATE disappeared immediately after it went on sale, despite the fact that 200 extra copies were shipped to the New Orleans distributor. ADVOCATE sales are often a thermometer of local gay activism. Baril reported that one almost had to “pitch a tent” in front of a bookstore to get a copy of the latest issue. We have a New Orleans Gay Peoples Coalition,” Mr. Baril noted. “It’s pretty much a cross-current of all the various life-styles in the community. Everywhere from the church, which is taking an active part in it, to the Marxist women’s groups. It’s going over pretty well, we’re gaining strength and gaining acceptance.” “I’m one of the two spokespersons for the coalition and I’ve got letters on my desk from television stations wanting us for talk shows, which is something that you just didn’t consider before.” Mr. Baril reported being concerned about stories reaching New Orleans on the activities of San Francisco street minister, the Rev. Ray Broshears, who has denounced the ADVOCATE-administered fire fund as being a “rip-off” of the gay community. “I talked to Morris Kight, the other night. He briefly mentioned that there was a good bit of talk in San Francisco that this was just a chance to rip off the gay community, “Mr. Baril reported. Mr. Broshears said he was very distrustful of the fund’s administrators, singling out Kight, Mr. Perry, and Michaels, and saying that the treasurer, Bartley, had “sticky fingers.” The Tenderloin minister said that he had not been able to learn the names of victims still hospitalized and waited to be certain that any funds raised went to the victims, rather than the GCSC, ADVOCATE, of MCC – all of which he distrusts to varying degrees. Despite his statements opposing the funds, however, Mr. Broshears said that he had plans for fundraisers, and would probably disperse the funds directly in New Orleans . “We want the names, he particulars of how bad they are burned; we want to know how to locate them, what hospitals – some of them are out of hospitals. We’d like to take a personal interest in each and everyone, and we would like to co-sponsor them. Morris is against this sponsorship idea – but the POW-MIA thing was a very good thing, and this is what we would like to do, and I think it’s very healthy, and I think it’s very good.” “Should the situation be such that their metal state and their emotional state – I’m sure, in working with burn victims over the years, I know some of them just go bananas, speaking realistically – would be such that they could not remain in New Orleans, and we would possibly want to sponsor one or two of them to come and live here in San Francisco, All we are asking is for some plain truth.” Other organizations, however, have continued to channel funds through the National New Orleans Memorial Fund. The San Jose MCC donated $276, Philadelphia MCC gave $121.81, New York MCC sent $137, Oklahoma City MCC donated $30.80, and Boston MCC sent $20. Those monies are in addition to the funds reported in Issue 117 of the ADVOCATE. Plans have made for a big benefit party at the Trip lounge, 27 E. Ohio, in Chicago on August 18, The Trip, one of Chicago’s best-established gay bars, will be turned over to the benefit at 8PM, before the peak of the usual land-office Saturday night business. Additionally, monies have been sent directly to New Orleans from Miami and Washington D.C. MCC’s, as well as other organizations. The only dispersal from the fund up to July 26 was $200 to establish an account in New Orleans to deal with day-to-day emergencies. Additionally, $1000 has been dispersed in New Orleans from contributions made before the National New Orleans Memorial Fund was set up. Most of that money – went to pay hotel bills for gay leaders who flew to New Orleans after the fire, Mr. Baril said. Mr. Perry said that the money for the hotel bills came from MCC’s Miami congregation, noting, “the money was well spent. We managed it as best as we could. We had to have a place so we could have telephone service, which we did. The hotel was very nice and very good, We had to have two separate rooms for that many people to sleep, too….that was supplied by the Miami congregation of our church. We praise the Lord for that.” Kight noted that the leaders who originally went to New Orleans, which he calls the National New Orleans Emergency Task Force, “went into New Orleans, turned potential vigilante action into concern, turned apathy into compassion, turned anti-gay feelings into mass social concern. To be able to do that, the people coming there had to have enormous amounts of confidence and trust from the communities from which they came.” “We had to use our good offices to appeal to the overground media of the South to understand what if was all about. To do that, we simply had to have a base of operation, and that had to be a quick and efficient one. We had little money. I used my airline ticket that took me to New York, which had been contributed by friends ….to bring me and Morty Manford to New Orleans. We had $6 left when we got there.” The extent of the response to the call for blood for the victims has yet to be established, Mr. Baril reported. The collection, being channeled through Charity Hospital in New Orleans, will not be totaled until August 1, Mr. Baril said. But he reported that the hospital’s administrator said he had not heard of a response so successful before. Blood donation efforts are in full swing in Los Angeles and many other cities. Bartender, Eddie Storcz of the Brass Rail in San Diego, a contender for Emperor I in San Diego, has organized a blood drive which was set to begin July 30 and was to run for three weeks with a goal of 600 pints. In Los Angeles, a very aggressive blood campaign has been mounted by the bars. If a person donates a pint of blood at any one of three designated Red Cross centers, designating it for MCC of Los Angeles, and gets a receipt for the blood, he can take the receipt for a free drink at 34 participating Los Angeles gay bars. If the donor is into bar-hopping this means a free drink at 34 participating Los Angeles area gay bars – resulting in a sizable amount of alcohol. Te drive, organized by Buddy, manager of Ken’s River club, has already been quite successful according to the local bar owners and managers. Alan Steward, Emperor I, de South Bay, said that a blood drive had also been launched in the Inglewood, Calif. Area, which had gathered some 23 pints of blood by July 19. A blood donation effort has also been mounted in Denver, following the appearance of Manford there. The Denver meeting was attended by 35 representatives of various gay organizations, sponsored by the Denver Gay Coalition. 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 Support Grows for Memorial Fund Description An account of the resource The August 15th edition of The Advocate includes a detailed account of events around the U.S. raising funds for the New Orleans Memorial Fund as well as the slow progress of the official investigation. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Source: The Advocate, August 15, 1973. https://exhibits.lgbtran.org/files/original/b70675246aca5d085d0cc9d6bec2348c.pdf dd4485cb0e1ea703ba3ec9b7bff7353f Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. 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 support letter from Michael Bausch October 28, 1977 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 Shower of Stoles Description An account of the resource Items (stoles) for the Shower of Stoles exhibit Stole A stole in the Shower of Stoles exhibit Honoree The person honored by the creation of thestole. Susan Deitrick Stole Text Susan Deitrick Roman Catholic This stole came to me in Mexico City in the summer of 1994. What was especially poignant about this time and place and experience is that first of all, I was to speak to a predominantly Catholic congregation. I, Susan Deitrick, who grew up Catholic, having received my calling in the second grade at St. Joseph’s Church in Canton, Ohio. “The harvest is plentiful, but the workers are few. Pray that the Lord of the harvest sends laborers.” In my young heart, I knew Jesus was calling me. The problem was that I was a girl called to the priesthood. The Catholic Church still hasn’t heard Jesus, who called His own mother, as well as Mary Magdalene and many other women, including me. In fact, in my visit to Our Lady of Guadalupe, she gave me the message to deliver to this people that had never seen or heard a woman preach. She let them know that they were the new Juan Diego, called to be a church for her son Jesus Christ. The second thing that made this ironic is that I was called to Mexico City to sit on the credentialing committee for some Mexican about-to-be clergy. In the process, I was asked to perform the Holy Union of a Mexico City pastor and his spouse. Last of all, as I was leaving to come to Mexico City, my very special niece was killed in an auto accident. My brother and all her family were devastated beyond consolation. She had just turned 24. I had to choose her funeral or God’s calling. I went where God led me. Denomination Roman Catholic Church 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/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 1166 Title A name given to the resource Susan Deitrick Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Unknown, (USA) Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Susan Deitrick Catholic Deitrick, Susan Feminism Mexico Roman Catholic Theology Women and Religion 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 Shower of Stoles Description An account of the resource Items (stoles) for the Shower of Stoles exhibit Stole A stole in the Shower of Stoles exhibit Honoree The person honored by the creation of thestole. Susan L. Victor Stole Text From Suffering to Hope Romans 5:3-5 "…we rejoice in our sufferings, knowing that suffering produces endurance, and endurance produces character, and character produces hope, and hope does not disappoint us, because God's love has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit which has been given to us." The First Presbyterian Church of Ewing provides an opportunity for ALL people of God to serve and worship in an accepting, loving congregation. Susan L. Victor Ordained Deacon November 1998 Denomination Presbyterian Church (USA) Contribution Date 1998 Contribution Story This is one of sixteen stoles donated by First Presbyterian Church of Ewing, NJ on behalf of members and friends of the congregation. Two of the stoles are from lesbians who are ordained Deacons; their skilled leadership and excellent work as Deacons is alluded to in another stole story (#231). Martha Juillerat Founder, Shower of Stoles Project 2006 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/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 473 Title A name given to the resource Susan L. Victor Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Ewing, New Jersey (USA) Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource First Presbyterian Church New Jersey Ordination Presbyterian Presbyterian Church (USA) Theology Victor, Susan L. Women and Religion https://exhibits.lgbtran.org/files/original/111c940781b3cf51366a4d175e23e719.jpg 5ff27c901b006b52b880affec8022fb0 https://exhibits.lgbtran.org/files/original/6994eb497435a51f6fbd4b7dbce30c3e.jpg 7853492df10423faeb5fb349126d1cc5 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 Shower of Stoles Description An account of the resource Items (stoles) for the Shower of Stoles exhibit Stole A stole in the Shower of Stoles exhibit Honoree The person honored by the creation of thestole. Susan Louise Mabey Stole Text (first panel) The Rev. Susan Louise Mabey Toronto, Ontario I learned to love God in the Presbyterian Church, to love Jesus in Inter-Varsity Christian Fellowship, and to love God's justice in the United Church of Canada. I learned to be honest about myself in a wilderness of pain and, later, in the Metropolitan Community Churches. While the United Church struggles toward full inclusivity, I offer this stole for all those who continue to lay down their lives for a church Someone already died to save. In loving memory of the Rev. Sylvia Dunstan. (second panel) The movement towards full inclusion of gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender persons in the United Church of Canada began in 1981, when Susan Mabey was denied ordination in the Toronto Conference because of her sexual orientation. The outcry over this denial began a time of national study and dialogue in the United Church. During this time Susan left the United Church and accepted a call to a congregation in the Metropolitan Community Churches. The United Church began ordaining gay and lesbian persons to the ministry in 1988. This stole was given to Susan on the tenth anniversary of the United Church's historic decision, at the annual meeting of the Toronto Conference on May 23, 1998, Dundalk, Ontario. Susan's stole was the first one given to the Shower of Stoles Project honoring a Canadian minister. Denomination United Church of Canada Metropolitan Community Church Contribution Date 2000 Contribution Story It is a rare thing for a church to say, "We were wrong." It is rarer, still for a church body to repent for having acted unjustly, and to offer a public apology to one who was wronged. But such were the circumstances surrounding the dedication of this stole in honor of Rev. Susan Louise Mabey. As the story on this stole indicates, Susan Mabey's quest for, and subsequent denial of, ordination in the United Church of Canada set off a firestorm within the denomination. The ensuing debate ended seven years later when, in 1988, LGBT persons were accorded the right to be ordained in the United Church. By then, however, Susan had left, accepting a call to Metropolitan Community Church of Toronto (the largest MCC congregation in the world) and returning to the University of Toronto to earn her PhD. In 1998, the Toronto Conference chose to mark the tenth anniversary of the ordination of LGBT persons by inviting Susan back and acknowledging her enormous personal sacrifice that made this occasion possible. This stole was prepared by an active LGBT lay leader in the conference, and was dedicated at a service of worship honoring Susan. She said, understandably, that she had very mixed feelings about returning to the Toronto Conference, and that she debated whether she would accept the invitation or not. In the end, however, she was glad that she had made the decision to come; it offered some closure on an immensely painful chapter in her life. It is fitting that, at the service of ordination for new ministers in the conference, one of the ordinands was a young gay man from the United States who had emigrated to Canada from the U.S. to be with his Canadian partner. This was the first display of the stoles in Canada -- and the first in a hockey rink. The Conference delegates were seated on the covered floor of Dundalk's municipal rink. 200 stoles were arranged on coat hangers along the glass wall surrounding the rink, creating a striking backdrop to the plenary. The Shower of Stoles Project is honored that Susan Mabey's stole could be the first Canadian stole included in the collection. Sylvia Dunstan, to whom this stole is dedicated, was a minister, prison chaplain and prolific hymnodist in the United Church of Canada. Many of her hymns are included in the hymnal of the United Church of Canada, and well as other denominations across the globe. She was and "out" lesbian during much of her career in the church. Sylvia died of cancer in 1993 at the age of 38. Martha Juillerat Founder, Shower of Stoles Project 2006 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/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 424 Title A name given to the resource Susan Louise Mabey Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Toronto, Ontario (Canada) Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Members of the Toronto Conference, United Church of Canada Canada Church Trials Clergy Activist Dunstan, Sylvia Mabey, Susan Louise MCC Ordination Toronto United Church of Canada United Church of Christ Women and Religion