110 20 2500 https://exhibits.lgbtran.org/files/original/6a3c4b650d0e5f771dad2aea944f7b9f.jpg 2e6420ced2e1ab71d0354b29b26bc953 https://exhibits.lgbtran.org/files/original/cc5ec7c9fa0174cfdec0f4bde7039e96.jpg 63516a66075cfd4480b1b37bede9398d https://exhibits.lgbtran.org/files/original/1a7cc2169b70d18491ee806b20f09155.jpg 3acdffc813dd0886c53173f3b96cc27e 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 Vigilante Stole Text SUSAN VIGILANTE Ordained Deacon First Presbyterian Church Ewing, New Jersey I have always believed that one of my main charters in life is to embrace my sexuality and share my openness with all that I meet along my journey in life. May you embrace your Light and help others to Enlighten their paths. Be of Good Cheer! 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 449 Title A name given to the resource Susan Vigilante 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 Vigilante, Susan Women and Religion https://exhibits.lgbtran.org/files/original/c1b54a7ca1257f6902ac2e7c8d10781b.jpg ffe4d0240ac926b69d2b6c848f4aab83 https://exhibits.lgbtran.org/files/original/6c85695be318605fd54daaeb89f355c4.jpg 3f7412252cd6176f9ec86ac30d0cac45 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. Suzanne Stole Text Suzanne Seminarian Denomination Presbyterian Church (USA) Contribution Date 1995 Contribution Story This stole was one of the original 80 stoles that were on display on Sept. 16, 1995 when I set aside my ordination before Heartland Presbytery (see stole #1 for details). It was given to us by a seminarian from the Upper Midwest; she requested that any other identifying information be withheld. 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 9 Title A name given to the resource Suzanne 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 Withheld Presbyterian Presbyterian Church (USA) United States https://exhibits.lgbtran.org/files/original/b6b0e418918acd8b3bc3a5d1f5daef82.jpg 75305ea0e7d0a62e99f2a9e78ea4228a https://exhibits.lgbtran.org/files/original/478492bf0a006accfdebf099c0c31b4a.jpg c1f9bc7e1f4eaffbb0b57af686a8b2c1 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. Suzanne Metzger Sharon Freedman Stole Text Suzanne Metzger Sharon Freedman Denomination Presbyterian Church (USA) Contribution Date 1996 Contribution Story This is one of ten stoles given to the collection in early 1996 by Jan Hus Presbyterian Church. We have no other information about these two women. Jan Hus (pronounced "Yahn Hoos") is one of the most unique congregations represented in the Shower of Stoles collection. The only Czech-Presbyterian Church in America was founded in the 1870's by Gustav Albert Alexy, a Hungarian minister whose broken Czech was so limited that his congregation, following his first service, told him very politely that they hadn't understood a word he spoke. Alexy immediately began to be tutored by Vincent Pisek, a 15-year-old Czech immigrant. When Alexy died seven years later, young Pisek took over leadership of the church while studying at New York University and Union Theological Seminary. Two stories told by the current Jan Hus congregation tell something of their singular history. The first speaks to Pisek's own unique character: <blockquote> The 1895 Morning Journal reported that in 1894 Pisek had been visiting Nebraska when a hunter killed a mother wolf and presented the new-born cub to Pisek who took it back to Jan Hus Church and raised it on a bottle. The wolf wandered freely around the church and was especially protective of the children, who also appear to have had free reign of the place. All day in the pastor's study the wolf would sit at Pisek's feet. One day the wolf was missing and they searched everywhere until they found it curled up sound asleep inside the pulpit. Neighbors complained that the church was terrorizing the block with a wolf howling from the attic. Jan Hus Church comes by its present nature from way back! </blockquote> The second story speaks not only to the highly unusual way Jan Hus came to hire its long-time Music Director, but also alludes to a close relationship between Pisek and his musician, Charles Atherton, which is memorialized in another stole from Jan Hus (stole #101): <blockquote> Around 1903, Pastor Pisek was out in the Midwest and came into a hotel bar where a man was playing the piano. The man was tall, athletic and friendly, and by the end of the conversation, Pisek had invited Mr. Charles M.H. Atherton to come to Jan Hus Church as Music Director. Atherton, an American born in 1873, had been a professional baseball player. He came to Jan Hus and became Pisek's companion and colleague here at the church for the rest of Pisek's life. (In his will, Pisek referred to Atherton as his "bosom friend.") </blockquote> Jan Hus remains a spirited and independent-thinking congregation committed to unique forms of worship and seeking to serve the poor. The church is also a Neighborhood House, housing a senior center, preschool, homeless outreach office, gym, cafeteria and theater. The sanctuary itself is shared by an Indonesian community. The Neighborhood House is also a permanent residence to a number of people who commit themselves to active participation in the life of Jan Hus church as well as serving at least ten hours each week to assisting with the many ministries of Neighborhood House. Jan Hus is a More Light congregation, working for the full participation of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender persons in the life and leadership of the Presbyterian Church (USA). 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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. Suzanne Weber Stole Text REV. SUZANNE WEBER I am an ordained Elder who served the Board of Global Ministries and two charges in the Baltimore Washington Conference. I was called by God to preach and serve. I loved the church, and believed the church was the embodiment of God's justice. Out of my love for the church, I pushed the boundaries concerning my sexuality. I was fully aware my relationship with the church was jeopardized by my openness. Was I was not aware of was the affect the church's homophobia would have on my health. After seven years of never being fully included, straddling the edge of a double life as pastor and lesbian, and ultimately burning out, I severed my relationship with the church. Or, I should say, the church left me in the midst of the greatest personal brokenness I have ever endured. I am finally recovering from the years of depression this conflict created in my life. I still grieve the loss of my connection with my church family and community, but I believe this was the only way I could heal. On the other side of this struggle, I am at peace, and pray for the church's peace. Denomination United Methodist Church Contribution Date 2000 Contribution Story The toll on LGBT people of faith exacted by the church's homophobia is enormous. Over the years we received dozens of stole stories, letters and e-mails from LGBT folk (especially clergy) who struggled with self-doubt, depression, stress-induced illnesses and exhaustion after years of being forced to live carefully choreographed double lives in the closet, or years of doing battle with the church after coming out. Some have recoiled at the term "spiritual violence," thinking it too harsh. I would say that it barely begins to describe the experience of having one's life torn apart by the church's oppression. This is one of thirteen stoles given to us by Dumbarton UMC in advance of the 2000 General Conference of the United Methodist Church in Cleveland, OH. Dumbarton is a Reconciling congregation, working for the full inclusion of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people into the life and leadership of the United Methodist Church. 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 660 Title A name given to the resource Suzanne Weber Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Washington, District of Columbia (USA) Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Dumbarton United Methodist Church Clergy Activist Methodist Ordination Reconciling Ministries Network (formerly Reconciling Congregation Program) United Methodist Church Washington, D.C. Weber, Suzanne Women and Religion https://exhibits.lgbtran.org/files/original/ed8ad5449cbba0a367b4685e7cb28659.jpg 2955a85ffdcb6c28cf9c155339cf5898 https://exhibits.lgbtran.org/files/original/8acf85b999c421de8c04607079467ea4.jpg 2955a85ffdcb6c28cf9c155339cf5898 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. Suzanne Woolston Stole Text SUZANNE WOOLSTON 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/. 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Title A name given to the resource The Historical Development of BIPOC Trans-spiritual Leadership 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 Swami Vivekandana Subject The topic of the resource The bramacharyin who tried to lead Americans into developing continence for spiritual power. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Enoch H. Page, 2015. The Gender, Race, and Class Barriers Enclosing Yoga as White Public Space. In, Yoga and the Body: An Intersectional Analysis of Contemporary Body Politics, Mindfulness, and Embodied Social Change. Rowman & Littlefield: Lanham, Maryland. Melanie Klein, Beth Berila, Chelsea Jackson, eds., pp. 1-33. https://exhibits.lgbtran.org/files/original/a430be9b87f327015cc085de70990388.jpg 7144b49f1647b9cd6d6190f9c17f7b9f Hyperlink A link, or reference, to another resource on the Internet. Local URL The URL of the local directory containing all assets of the website http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swarthmore_Lecture URL http://www.quaker.org.uk/shop/swarthmore 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 Swarthmore Lectures Description An account of the resource The annual Swarthmore Lecture to the Religious Society of Friends was established by the Woodrooke Study Centre in 1907. Ken Barnes' 1960 lecture was entitled "The Creative Imagination." Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Quakers in Britain web site https://exhibits.lgbtran.org/files/original/2a3845aa1e85c6894b359453d9267f89.jpg e5ab9e5e2a5e1f61c208ddd8f3466769 Person An individual. Text Any textual data included in the document Sylvia Rhue is a writer, activist, filmmaker, and producer. She is a native of southern California where she was raised as a 4th generation Seventh Day Adventist. She was reared in a middle-class environment with a family and religious community that put a high value on education. Equal to the commitment to education was their commitment to religious activism, and Sylvia was an active youth in her Seventh Day Adventist church. This dual commitment of faith and education led her to attend Oakwood College, a Seventh Day Adventist affiliated church in Alabama, where she majored in Psychology/Sociology. After completing this degree, Sylvia moved back to California in 1969 to attend UCLA and obtain a Masters Degree in Social Work, where she focused on developmental disabilities. Upon completion of this degree in 1971, she began working for the Regional Center for the Developmentally Disabled and transitioned to a position as a psychiatric social worker for the Martin Luther King, Jr. Hospital in South Central Los Angeles, CA. As part of her job, she was trained to be a sex therapist and eventually worked at a sex therapy clinic specifically working within the African American community. She later went on to receive a Doctorate in Human Sexuality from the Institute for the Advanced Study of Human Sexuality in San Francisco, CA. She was the first African American to receive this degree. As a part of her dissertation, she was able to create a documentary on black lesbians, which re-kindled her childhood interest in making movies. This passion culminated in her co-producing with Dr. Dee Mosbacher and Frances Reid, the acclaimed documentary “All God’s Children,” a film that dealt with African American values, gays and lesbians in the civil rights movements, and African American responses to homophobia. Sylvia joined the Black Gay and Lesbian Leadership Forum at its inception, and was not the end of her organizing on the behalf of the LGBT community. Sylvia worked with the Los Angeles Gay and Lesbian Center as the Assistant Director of Counseling, and later as a Policy and Public Affairs Advocate. After these positions, she became the Manager for the California Freedom to Marry Coalition and worked state-wide to secure same-sex marriage rights for lesbian and gay couples. Because of her vast work for social and sexual justice, when Keith Boykin organized the National Black Justice Coalition in 2003 he asked her to serve as a board member and eventually in 2005, she accepted the position as Director of Religious Affairs, later becoming the Director of Research and Academic Initiatives. After working on the documentary “All God’s Children,” Sylvia immersed herself in Religious Studies and is an expert on the “ex-gay” movement, which she calls the “cult of the annihilation of the authentic self.” She credits joining and being an active participant in Yvette Flunder’s City of Refuge Church with increasing her faith perspective. Over the years she had lots of experience merging her understanding of faith and political activism as she has also worked for the Religious Coalition for Reproductive Rights and served as a former Director of Equal Partners in Faith. As a lifelong learner, Sylvia continues her pursuit of knowledge through the task of researching and writing. She finds joy in rescuing and taking care of animals, her filmmaking, and putting together words that really connect. Her goal is to use every ounce of talent in doing “things, activities, writing, producing films, whatever, to help people feel more connected to being a human being.” Currently, she is working on a one-woman comedy show called “CAKE: You Ain’t Getting None,” which will be filmed and performed in Santa Monica. (This biographical statement provided by Sylvia Rhue.) Biographical Text Sylvia Rhue is a writer, activist, filmmaker, and producer. She is a native of southern California where she was raised as a 4th generation Seventh Day Adventist. She was reared in a middle-class environment with a family and religious community that put a high value on education. Equal to the commitment to education was their commitment to religious activism, and Sylvia was an active youth in her Seventh Day Adventist church. This dual commitment of faith and education led her to attend Oakwood College, a Seventh Day Adventist affiliated church in Alabama, where she majored in Psychology/Sociology. After completing this degree, Sylvia moved back to California in 1969 to attend UCLA and obtain a Masters Degree in Social Work, where she focused on developmental disabilities. Upon completion of this degree in 1971, she began working for the Regional Center for the Developmentally Disabled and transitioned to a position as a psychiatric social worker for the Martin Luther King, Jr. Hospital in South Central Los Angeles, CA. As part of her job, she was trained to be a sex therapist and eventually worked at a sex therapy clinic specifically working within the African American community. She later went on to receive a Doctorate in Human Sexuality from the Institute for the Advanced Study of Human Sexuality in San Francisco, CA. She was the first African American to receive this degree. As a part of her dissertation, she was able to create a documentary on black lesbians, which re-kindled her childhood interest in making movies. This passion culminated in her co-producing with Dr. Dee Mosbacher and Frances Reid, the acclaimed documentary “All God’s Children,” a film that dealt with African American values, gays and lesbians in the civil rights movements, and African American responses to homophobia. Sylvia joined the Black Gay and Lesbian Leadership Forum at its inception, and was not the end of her organizing on the behalf of the LGBT community. Sylvia worked with the Los Angeles Gay and Lesbian Center as the Assistant Director of Counseling, and later as a Policy and Public Affairs Advocate. After these positions, she became the Manager for the California Freedom to Marry Coalition and worked state-wide to secure same-sex marriage rights for lesbian and gay couples. Because of her vast work for social and sexual justice, when Keith Boykin organized the National Black Justice Coalition in 2003 he asked her to serve as a board member and eventually in 2005, she accepted the position as Director of Religious Affairs, later becoming the Director of Research and Academic Initiatives. After working on the documentary “All God’s Children,” Sylvia immersed herself in Religious Studies and is an expert on the “ex-gay” movement, which she calls the “cult of the annihilation of the authentic self.” She credits joining and being an active participant in Yvette Flunder’s City of Refuge Church with increasing her faith perspective. Over the years she had lots of experience merging her understanding of faith and political activism as she has also worked for the Religious Coalition for Reproductive Rights and served as a former Director of Equal Partners in Faith. As a lifelong learner, Sylvia continues her pursuit of knowledge through the task of researching and writing. She finds joy in rescuing and taking care of animals, her filmmaking, and putting together words that really connect. Her goal is to use every ounce of talent in doing “things, activities, writing, producing films, whatever, to help people feel more connected to being a human being.” Currently, she is working on a one-woman comedy show called “CAKE: You Ain’t Getting None,” which will be filmed and performed in Santa Monica. (This biographical statement provided by Sylvia Rhue.) Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. 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Text Any textual data included in the document The Tablet February 23, 1963 Compassion Is Not Enough The fact that all too often detestation of the sin (which is entirely justified and laudable) leads Christians into undue harshness towards the sinner seems to have led the Quakers authors of Towards a Quaker View of Sex (Friends Home Service Committee, 3s. 6d.) into a blurring of moral categories which can only be deplored in our present post-Christian society where young people, particularly, are left to work out their sexual morals for themselves. There are already sufficient forces at work to persuade people that traditional Christian sexual morality represents at best an ideal impossible of attainment, and it is to be feared that this pamphlet, contrary to its authors' intentions, may serve to reinforce these forces, particularly among those who learn of it at second hand. With much that is said by the contributors to this pamphlet many Christians can agree. Their starting point would seem to be an intense and entirely praiseworthy compassion for the acute suffering caused by tragic sexual experience and for the unnecessary misery that can arise from too rigid an adherence to the letter, rather than the spirit, of the Christian moral law. They recognise that human love-making is good in itself and is meant to be enjoyed and are concerned to banish the kind of Manichaean attitude that would regard human sexuality are irretrievably evil in itself and marriage as essentially an outlet for an evil urge which cannot be totally suppressed. They feel great sympathy for homosexuals, from whom our present society demands, in a purely secular context, a level of heroic virtue which it in no way asks of the heterosexual majority, although the Church, of course, does demand some degree of heroic virtue in this respect from all its members, whether heterosexual or homosexual. What above all concerns authors of this report (which, of course, is not in any way a policy statement of the Religious Society of Friends but merely one particular Quaker view of sex as seen by one particular group of Friends) is how the Christian should act when faced with his neighbour's sexual difficulties, rather than how the Christian himself should act when faced with his own sexual difficulties; and this is where the pamphlet may give a wrong impression, in that it is concerned with the objective judging of other people's actions (when charity demands that they should be given the benefit of the doubt) rather than arriving at an objective judgment of one's own behaviour. The compassion with which the authors handle pre-marital and extra-marital love-affairs may give rise, in the minds of hasty readers of their pamphlet, to the conclusion that they are condoning such behaviour, when what they are trying to do is to ask their fellow-men not to usurp the place of God in judging it. Above all they give the impression not so much of tempering justice with mercy as of leaving justice out of account altogether; and it is here that three factors arise which they seem largely to have ignored and which give rise to doubts about the validity of some of their conclusions. One factor is the basis of the defence of traditional Christian morality on sex in the natural law: the fact that human love-making normally results in the birth of a child. In these days, when artificial methods of birth-control are so much taken for granted, this point is apt to be obscured; but it is for this reason that love-making, by implying the family, implies also marriage and the stability and sanctity of marriage, since there is nothing worse for the children than the spectacle of their parents not united by that bond of love which ought to be the basis of every marriage, let alone their parents' divorce and remarriage. While the fact remains that love-making outside marriage need not (and should not) affect the stability of marriage (in the same way as, for example, St. Peters' triple denial of Our Lord did not affect his devotion to Him), it does involved a depreciation of this unique expression of human love. Human love-making involves (or should involve) the total giving of one self to another in a way that necessarily excludes all others, and the uniqueness of this relationship is protected by the institution of the sacrament of marriage, life-long and indissoluble. The second factor of the importance of the vocation of chastity, in which the uniqueness and value of human love is recognised by voluntarily making over and sacrificing this gift to God. The authors of the pamphlet give the impression--we hope it is unintended--of regarding life-long chastity as an impossible ideal; and, of course, regarded from a purely human point of view, it is. But, like the achievement of Christian marriage, its fulfilment depends upon grace and upon a humble recognition of one's need for grace to achieve something that would be impossible for human nature unaided. Chastity and marriage need to be regarded as the twin channels into which the powerful drive of human sexuality must be directed if it is to be truly creative and not leave a trail of destruction in its wake. Where the difficulties arise is not so much with those--mainly priests and religious--who embrace the vocation of chastity of their own free will, but with those for whom the discovery that chastity is, after all, their vocation is a painful process of learning: the men and women who, however eligible they may seem, somehow fail to get married, and above all the homosexuals who, by their very nature, are shut out from the vocation of marriage. And this brings us to the third factor: compassion for the plight of homosexuals in our present society seems to have led the authors of this pamphlet into a condonation of the physical expression of homosexual love, given circumstances analogous to those which make the physical expression of heterosexual love good for the Christian. Their attitude here would seem to depend partly on the first factor, that of ignoring the procreative element in human love, which is the basis for the condemnation of homosexual behaviour in the natural law. Even those who share their compassion for the homosexual and who share (as we do not) their feeling that the present legal position only adds to the homosexual's difficulties without making it any easier for him to come to terms with his situation, while at the same time encouraging blackmail, must see that here is a radical departure from traditional Christian morality. In general, we can agree with this group of Quakers when they condemn the doing of the right thing for the wrong reasons, when they point out that a situation which, form the outside, appears to be blameless may in fact be more blameworthy than another situation which, objectively speaking, is gravely sinful. The disagreement arises when it comes to a question of drawing lines between what is right and what is wrong, when we have to point out that a certain kind of behaviour is sinful, however understandable and excusable it may be in particular circumstances, and however undeserving of censure may be the people actually involved in it. Where a reading of this pamphlet, whatever its deficiencies of judgment, can be salutary for us is in reminding us of the dangers of a legalistic approach and of the letter that killeth rather than the spirit than (sic) quickeneth. 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 Tablet Review, 23 February 1963 Description An account of the resource The Tablet, an independent Catholic weekly news journal, lauds the group's intentions but criticizes its conclusions in its review. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived clipping in HSC Quaker Group on Homosexuality records, Friends House, London https://exhibits.lgbtran.org/files/original/444eb58897435fbb8316998b441dbf45.jpeg fd02306cc9650ba5df77a4b96ed338ad 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 Queer Spirit Podcast Description An account of the resource Podcasts from WMPG.org and 90.9 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 Tamara Torres-McGovern Subject The topic of the resource Queer Spirit Podcast Description An account of the resource Rev. Tamara Torres McGovern (she/her) is both a person of faith and a queer woman. She found her way to ministry following a path which included spiritual formation as a yoga instructor, holistic cook, folk musician, and massage therapist. She has a BA in Cultural Anthropology from Mount Holyoke College in MA, and a Master of Divinity from Union Theological Seminary in New York, where she spent time on the US/Mexico border and designed a focus in Voices from the Margins. Ordained at Judson Memorial Church in 2013, Tamara has served church congregations and emergent spiritual communities in Connecticut, Maine, and Colorado. She is a trained Interim Minister, helping to guide communities through identity formation and transition. She is a passionate Enneagram educator, having trained with the Enneagram Institute. Alongside Marvin, she has volunteered as a Community Chaplain for Planned Parenthood of New England. She developed and co-hosted the “Queer Spirit” radio series, a program sponsored by OUT Cast radio on WMPG and WERU, two community radio stations in Maine. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Tamara Torres-McGovern 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. Tammy Lindahl Martha Juillerat Stole Text I offer this "yoke of Christ" in celebration: of the witness and ministry of two fine and faithful Christian women and Presbyterian pastors Martha Juillerat and Tammy Lindahl and in sorrow: that serving God and God's people through the Presbyterian Church (USA) within the honesty and fidelity of their love for one another has brought them so much pain and rejection. I am confident that they will continue to be faithful to God's call to ministry and service with the fullness of their lives within or without this denominational part of Christ's Body… thus the green stole for continued growth, fruitfulness and blessing. Rev. Susan Wesley Hartley Denomination Presbyterian Church (USA) Contribution Date 1995 Contribution Story This stole was one of the original 80 stoles that were on display on Sept. 16, 1995 when I set aside my ordination before Heartland Presbytery (see stole #1 for details). Susan Hartley was a "third career" minister, having been a journalist and counselor before returning to seminary. Susan was Tammy's intern in the Grand River Parish in rural Missouri during the time that Tammy and I "came out" to Heartland Presbytery and left the ministry. She was a good friend and great support to both of us during that difficult time, and this stole from Susan was a precious gift to us. Susan is now a pastor in upstate New York, near Rochester. 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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Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived https://tanenbaum.org/summit/ Title A name given to the resource Tannenbaum Religious Diversity Workshop Subject The topic of the resource Diverse religions and people, including GLBTs, gather to create a platform of spirituality beyond religious diversity. https://exhibits.lgbtran.org/files/original/b55bd32ae291534090e4f445deb41780.jpg 724b7ae5a7ab8550dbbf5a8477e04670 https://exhibits.lgbtran.org/files/original/6e28ccd4f856139408dfffc14269bbe4.jpg 74a4316d132f7205a688880d55f7f8e2 https://exhibits.lgbtran.org/files/original/34432e58042a42a5ffc10ed968a814d7.jpg 21e83bfab919306f1127366ce7e9c1f1 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. Tanya Denley Stole Text TANYA DENLEY Seminarian, McCormick Theological Seminary Candidate for the Ministry of Word and Sacrament, PC(USA) I was born and bred Presbyterian. I never questioned the church until I came out as a lesbian. When I did that, my best friend asked what the church thought about homosexuality. My answer was the church was okay with it, as long as you didn't want to be a pastor. When I received my call to ministry the next year, I laughed at God's sense of humor. This rainbow stole was given to me in my first year at seminary to wear at my ordination. I donate it with the hope that I may still wear it at my ordination, whenever that will be. As I prepare for my graduation from seminary, I face the uncertainty of the church. The church which has been my home all these years does not want me. I must find a way now to do ministry and stay connected to the church, which has rejected God's call for me. Denomination Presbyterian Church (USA) Contribution Date 2001 Contribution Story Tanya Denley was active in the leadership of Acts 10:15, the LGBT student organization that hosted a large display of the stoles at McCormick Seminary in 2001. Acts 10:15 is also a Student Chapter of More Light Presbyterians. 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 Tavern Guild Leader Bill Plath Recounts Preparations and Police Raid Description An account of the resource From “Shedding a StraightJacket” produced by GLBT Historical Society, October 1996; Paul Gabriel, videographer and curator; Edd Dundas, editor and duplicator. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Repository: <a href="http://www.glbthistory.org" target="_blank" rel="noopener">GLBT Historical Society</a> https://exhibits.lgbtran.org/files/original/694b81a6554eaa375fdb39abb053e3f7.png 83e2b960ddae4a64147cedb604e1c3d8 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 Ted McIlvenna Biography Description An account of the resource <a href="https://www.lgbtqreligiousarchives.org/profiles/ted-mcilvenna">LGBT Religious Archives Network Pioneer Profile</a> https://exhibits.lgbtran.org/files/original/0057fbd9349e2f38366e60792ff81b27.mp3 88e0fa612fa4b4d3017fb554525ba5ac Sound A resource primarily intended to be heard. Examples include a music playback file format, an audio compact disc, and recorded speech or sounds. Transcription Any written text transcribed from a sound One night, which changed everything for me, I got a call and the call was come to this hotel, which was a real fancy hotel. And I went there and um [sighs] with Hal Call who had called me to come and see this. "I want to show you something." Here were two gay guys with their genitals kicked in, in the hotel room. And I said well let's get them to the hospital. I called Presbyterian, and Prebyterian wouldn't take them. And I called, I said well let's get police in here. We can't get the police in here, because the police did the kicking. I said what in hell is going on? They, the medical community won't take them, the police won't deal with it. Well let's get a photographer. 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 Ted McIlvenna Talks About Seeing Gay Men Battered by Police Description An account of the resource Taped interview with Mark Bowman on January 4, 2005. https://exhibits.lgbtran.org/files/original/2ffd6343442fbccd4c95c7ff94cc1529.pdf bbbf5e98fe0e7889a2afe5d03829ef74 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 Telegram from Charlotte Bunch https://exhibits.lgbtran.org/files/original/9e62574a8ee30b5030e11d6bd6ca0cf5.pdf cf6ca21b83289b621383ecdc70e47cdb 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 Telegram from Gail Snodgrass