121 20 2618 https://exhibits.lgbtran.org/files/original/e752333d33ea65b8dcc50a6498ac058b.jpg 3e7092603cb7298f20c65c928821a509 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 The two-part Gay Synagogue banner with the second half (which said "The Gay Synagogue") removed, allowing for those to march or participate without outing themselves. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived CBST Archives https://exhibits.lgbtran.org/files/original/215b693082243ae3e3be120f0617af08.jpg 4a30ca6640507014a64894ade78ec61a 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 Website A resource comprising of a web page or web pages and all related assets ( such as images, sound and video files, etc. ). URL http://www.delery-edwards.com/#!books/cnec 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 Up Stairs Lounge Arson by Clayton Delery-Edwards Description An account of the resource Native Louisianan Clayton Delery-Edwards brings together his decades-long research into the tragedy into this new book. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived McFarland Books https://exhibits.lgbtran.org/files/original/eeb02475b03f9a763730bf3223a628a4.pdf dc666e7217530bfa1565170d05bb6de4 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 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 1 At the corner of Chartres and Iberville Streets, in a city that burned to the ground twice, the Upstairs Lounge was both gay bar and church. An uneasy mingling for some, a holy blend of desire and hope for others. You had to ring a bell to be admitted: a friendly bartender, a white baby grand piano. After the Sunday afternoon beer special, when desire had run its course, the hope came round and church began once a few chairs were moved, new music found for the piano. They sang like they deserved to. They prayed like they meant it. 2 Someone poured lighter fluid onto the stairs that rose from the sidewalk to the bar, then anointed those slick stairs with a match, creating a Pentecost of fire and wind that ascended the stairs and flattened the door at the top, exploding into the room of worshippers, friends, lovers, two brothers, their mother. The holy spirit was silent. No one spoke a new language. 3 Some escaped. Many died with their hands covering their mouths. One man, George, blinded by smoke and sirens, his throat gagged with ash, got out and then went back for Louis, his partner. They were found, a spiral of bones holding each other under the white baby grand piano that could not save them. 4 Then came the jokes. A radio host asked: What will they bury the ashes of the queers in? Fruit jars, of course. One cab driver hoped the fire burned their dresses off. Some thought they heard laughter from a cathedral. 5 Thirty-one men died and one woman, Inez, the mother of Jimmy and Eddie. The three of them sat at a table, when this upper room exploded into flame and panic. Four others, though their bodies were identified by police, went unclaimed by their relatives. It is a shame those families didn’t know Inez and her sons. Now all their sons are orphans of smoke. 6 After the whipping flames and the choke-black smoke, after the screams were singed into silence, after the sirens, the hoses, the arcs of water strung from truck to roof, after the water dripped from charred beams, after one man’s burned body was pried from a window frame, and thirty-one others were gathered and lifted or swept into identifiable containers, no church would bury them, every house of God, a locked door, curtains drawn tight. Save one: a priest from St. George’s Episcopal Church, who received hate mail for opening his sanctuary to this congregation of ash, now transformed into clouds of incense, rising like praise into the air. 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, New Orleans, June 24, 1973 (poem) Description An account of the resource by Joseph Ross Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived © Joseph Ross from Collective Brightness: LGBTIQ Poets on Faith, Religion & Spirituality; edited by Kevin Simmonds; published by Bryan Borland with Sibling Rivalry Press, 2011. Reprinted with permission. 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. Theodora Fadel Stole Text THEODORA FADEL Park Slope UMC Brooklyn, NY I serve as a Sunday School teacher, Trustee, and some smattering of other committees. The congregation to which I belong is a wonderfully diverse group of people. Most of them are not gay or lesbian, but as a reconciling congregation, they make it possible for me to participate in the Methodist Church -- a privilege which I deeply treasure. Denomination United Methodist Church Contribution Date 2000 Contribution Story This is one of thirty one stoles from Park Slope United Methodist Church included in a display of UM stoles at the 2000 General Conference of the UMC in Cleveland. All are made from identically sized pieces in turquoise, lavender and purple cotton batik, With only 200 members, Park Slope has donated the largest number of stoles to the collection from a single United Methodist congregation. A diverse community, Park Slope's creed is: Hand in hand, we the people of the Park Slope United Methodist Church -- black and white, straight and gay, old and young, rich and poor -- unite as a loving community, in covenant with God and the Creation. Summoned by our faith in Jesus Christ, we commit ourselves to the humanization of urban life and to physical and spiritual growth. A scrappy congregation utterly committed to putting their faith into action, Park Slope has been unrelenting in its pursuit of justice for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people in the UMC. 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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Title A name given to the resource Dr. Elías Ortega https://exhibits.lgbtran.org/files/original/f6ce64f75220ce62fa5b9aee9afd3cfe.jpg 30a0aa19ad7161125e642a1df8ff4376 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 Rev. Mykal O'Neal Slack https://exhibits.lgbtran.org/files/original/a103fa45c6d4e9871ffff96d53b336d4.jpg 197acffaa3a109b729e8f4338e411145 https://exhibits.lgbtran.org/files/original/53a2c9871a2c174cac08c7524a60d03d.jpg cd63b2188bd710d4a58659e6bd6b0b51 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 Rev. Ranwa Hammamy 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 Historical Development of BIPOC Trans-spiritual Leadership Website A resource comprising of a web page or web pages and all related assets ( such as images, sound and video files, etc. ). URL https://www.uua.org/leaderlab/coic-theology 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 Theological Grounding for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Subject The topic of the resource Slide show with audio presents a workshop that summarizes a report of the findings of research based on 1,103 participants in UU (Unitarian Universalism) across the United States. The report pushes the UU to be accountable to its theological values. It states the UU's essential commitments, identifies the cross-cutting themes, points out the key areas that require systemic change, and presents options for implementation drawn from national UU membership. Description An account of the resource GA Workshop #316, Length 01:05:24, June 26, 2020 Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Unitarian Universalist Association: Commission on Institutional Change. https://www.uua.org/leaderlab/coic-theology Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Workshop Panelists: Elías Ortega, Mykal Slack, Sofía Betancourt, Ranwa Hammamy Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Audio-visual 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 accountability anti-oppression diversity equity inclusion individualism religion reparations spirituality Theology transgender white supremacy https://exhibits.lgbtran.org/files/original/46921ab4de5e57131db350dfed778ee2.jpg 13618a75c52a1135b2b985aecc678452 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 Sacramentality: The Church of the Beloved Disciple 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 CBD_029 Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1973-09-01 Title A name given to the resource Third home at the West Side Discussion Group Description An account of the resource After being asked to leave the Moravian Church, the Church of the Beloved Disciple found a new home at the West Side Discussion Group, where it celebrated worship in the fall of 1973. The congregation's move reflects the challenges faced by LGBTQ-affirming religious communities in securing stable worship space during the early years of the gay liberation movement. Despite repeated displacement, the church continued to celebrate the Eucharist and expand its ministry, demonstrating the resilience and determination of its members to create a spiritual home for LGBTQ people. Type The nature or genre of the resource Still Image Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Church of the Beloved Disciple Archive, https://beloved-disciple.com Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource 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. Thomas Carson Ziegert Stole Text Thomas Carson Ziegert Ordained as Elder PC(USA) and consecrated as UMC student pastor -- 1st of 2 "ordinations" -- will probably never achieve the 2nd United University Church Presbyterian (USA) and United Methodist Church Los Angeles, California A gift from The Rev. Susan Craig and The Rev. Bear Ride Denomination Presbyterian Church (USA) United Methodist Church Contribution Date 2001 Contribution Story Located on the campus of the University of Southern California, United University Church in L.A. has been a safe haven for many LGBT people of faith, including Tom Ziegert. Pastored by Rev. Susan Craig, a bisexual woman, the church has been diligent in finding ways to utilize and honor the gifted LGBT leaders in their midst. Susan and her partner, Rev. Bear Ride, donated six stoles on behalf of LGBT elders and student pastors that serve United University 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/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 877 Title A name given to the resource Thomas Carson Ziegert Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Los Angeles, California (USA) Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Rev. Susan Craig and Rev. Bear Ride Bisexual activism California Craig, Susan Los Angeles Ordination Presbyterian Presbyterian Church (USA) Ride, Bear United Methodist Church Ziegert, Thomas Carson https://exhibits.lgbtran.org/files/original/1b5633756b3c777b4109b359b94aff8d.jpg 3e8b1561c0002126fbf9ba36fe9622d4 https://exhibits.lgbtran.org/files/original/7bbb3f2e743ddac89c42567104d52a07.jpg 5198043b98f843097edb7dfda7d22791 https://exhibits.lgbtran.org/files/original/d03cdcc9cd4be3890c874e41b97e2107.jpg 82cd05186d3d948c3f72468a1b680cc0 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. Thomas Emerick Stole Text THOMAS EMERICK Director of Music First Presbyterian Church Ewing, NJ As a gay Christian, I dedicate this stole to the glory of God in thanks for the loving recognition my church has made of the gifts brought to the work and worship of the church by the GLBT community; and in hope that the whole body of Christ will soon value the contributions of all its members. 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. The stoles represent a broad cross section of the church, from ordained elders and deacons, to the Director of Music (this stole), and even the church's custodian. 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 460 Title A name given to the resource Thomas Emerick 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 Emerick, Thomas New Jersey Presbyterian Presbyterian Church (USA) Theology https://exhibits.lgbtran.org/files/original/225c83ea256066866e2ea78ead017de7.jpg ec8d3b7a279f9633a0c9d71603f2a41f https://exhibits.lgbtran.org/files/original/b41f140e51eaf3430df6de2da990f664.jpg 105183b8fdf1d888216ef7994b16be74 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. Thomas Green Stole Text THOMAS GREEN 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. Thomas Green is a pastor in the United Church of Christ. 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 764 Title A name given to the resource Thomas Green 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 Clergy Activist Feminism Massachusetts More Light Presbyterians for LGBT Concerns Open and Affirming in the UCC (ONA) Ordination Presbyterian Presbyterian Church (USA) Theology 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. Thomas Martin Stole Text AIDS STOLE From Rev. Thomas Martin Pacific Northwest Conference I became involved in the Conference Task Force on AIDS Ministries early in its inception in the early 1990's. A significant program of the Task Force has been "Strength for the Journey" retreats for persons living with full-blown AIDS. While not all, many of the men and women not only struggled with the disease but also the Church's rejection of their homosexuality. One of the first activities at the retreat is a white sweatshirt with a current logo which the participants paint with colorfast paints. At my first retreat I invited the participants to sign my sweatshirt and this became part of the tradition. I call the sweatshirts my personal AIDS quilt for over 90 of the signers have died. The retreats always close with a prayer for healing, footwashing, and communion. One year I had stoles with the logo made of linen for use in the final service. Several of the participants signed my stole and since then I have worn it many times during services of communions as a reminder of the folks who became an important part of my spiritual journey. As a Christian I do not believe that physical death is the ultimate tragedy. It is spiritual death. Many in the church have practiced spiritual genocide on the Gay and Lesbian community. The lack of faith in the movement of the Holy Spirit in the heart of each believer (good Wesleyan style) has led these folk to assume the role of defenders of God and, indeed in many cases, have become God themselves (so they act). There is no humility in words or actions that prevent the Holy Spirit from working out her will in the hearts of the earnest seekers. Unfortunately the rhetoric (and rules formed out of opinions -- read Wesley's sermon "The Catholic Spirit") has less to do with earnestly seeking after God's will than it does with human fear and distrust. 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. 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 607 Title A name given to the resource Thomas Martin 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 Rev. Thomas Martin AIDS Clergy Activist Martin, Thomas Methodist Reconciling Ministries Network (formerly Reconciling Congregation Program) Theology United Methodist Church United States 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. Thomas S. Russell Stole Text THOMAS S. RUSSELL FOUNDRY UNITED METHODIST CHURCH Washington, D.C. I credit my parents and two local United Methodist congregations in Dayton, Ohio, with inspiring me to believe in God and fostering my desire to live and serve as a follower of Jesus of Nazareth. I served the UMC by teaching school at the Navajo UM Mission School (1979-1981) and also by serving as the Middle East Mission Intern assigned to the Middle East Council of Churches (1983-1986). As a student pastor and deacon, I served congregations in Ohio, Texas, Oklahoma, and Maryland. In 1990, I came out as a gay man and left the ordained ministry of the United Methodist Church. I decided to seek a loving companion with whom to share the rest of my life. I had to leave the ordained ministry of the United Methodist Church, for I could not be openly gay. With great sadness, I informed my district superintendent and bishop. I told them that I would continue in ministry as a lay person and would seek to do what I could to educate others toward a more loving and reconciling relationship with all people, including people who are gay, lesbian, bisexual or transgendered. My partner Alan and I worship at Foundry UM Church in Washington, D.C., where we have many fine Christian friends in a loving, reconciling, diverse community. Denomination United Methodist Church Contribution Date 2000 Contribution Story Established in 1815, Foundry United Methodist Church in Washington, DC has been the home to Presidents, members of Congress, and many other public servants. In 1995, Foundry became one of the largest Reconciling congregations in the country, working for the full inclusion of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people into the life and leadership of the United Methodist Church. This is one of six stoles (#587-591, 846) donated by Foundry 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 588 Title A name given to the resource Thomas S. Russell 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 Foundry United Methodist Church Clergy Activist Methodist Ordination Reconciling Ministries Network (formerly Reconciling Congregation Program) Russell, Thomas S. United Methodist Church Washington, D.C. 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 The Upstairs Lounge Fire Person An individual. 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 Three unidentified men Description An account of the resource Three men who died in the fire were never identified. https://exhibits.lgbtran.org/files/original/76d072cc597d077260aaf242c53b14ef.jpg 4d6cf5acc6712cfdecdd7314f2244236 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 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 Thus Spoke the Plant Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Monica Gagliano, Penguin Random House, 2018 Description An account of the resource ...we breathe each other in and out of existence, one made by the exhalation of the other. 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. Tim Tennant-Jayne Stole Text TIM TENNANT-JAYNE I received my Master of Divinity degree in 1980 from United Theological Seminary, Dayton, OH. I was ordained an Elder in 1982 in the Iowa Conference of the United Methodist Church. In 1985 I went on leave of absence as I came out as a gay man and moved to Minneapolis, MN. Then in 1992 I was place on administrative location with Iowa. Since then I've earned a Master of Arts in Religious Leadership in 1995 from United Theological Seminary of the Twin Cities, New Brighton, Minnesota. I have now begun my own ministry of friendship to the male prostitutes in the Loring Park area, called Legends Street Ministry. The call doesn't end just because the organization doesn't want you. This Pentecost stole was designed by me and made by my ex-wife and myself. I wore it at my ordination. In the photo, I'm in the back row, second from the left; the one in white in a sea of black. Perhaps even then I should have known that a normal life was not for me… Denomination United Methodist Church Contribution Date 1998 Contribution Story Tim Tennant-Jayne's stole was among the first United Methodist stoles donated to the Shower of Stoles collection. The picture attached to the stole is a photograph of the class ordained as Elders by the Iowa Conference in 1982. Everyone in the photo is wearing a black pulpit robe except for Tim, who is garbed in white. Tim tells me that the Bishop took exception to his choice of color; from that point on ordinands were required to wear black robes. Although Tim has not served in an official capacity with the United Methodist Church for over twenty years, he has carved out an important ministry on the streets of Minneapolis, working with those who are routinely overlooked and unwelcome in 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/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 479 Title A name given to the resource Tim Tennant-Jayne Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Minneapolis, Minnesota (USA) Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Tim Tennant-Jayne Clergy Activist Methodist Minneapolis Minnesota Tennant-Jayne, Tim Theology United Methodist 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/. Title A name given to the resource The Historical Development of BIPOC Trans-spiritual Leadership 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 TIMELINE: CHRONOLOGY OF THE INQUISITION Subject The topic of the resource Self-explanatory. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Erenow. Modern History. https://erenow.net/modern/the-spanish-inquisition-a-historical-revision/17.php https://exhibits.lgbtran.org/files/original/e38da7600bdd859f6d356b03be8d63a8.pdf 43e8a1530d010a1a067f28ee33cac7a8 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 Times Literary Supplement Friday March 1 1963 Love and Morals Towards a Quaker View of Sex. 75pp. Friends Home Service Committee. 3s. 6d. These first gropings towards a current Quaker view of sex, formulated with worried care and often, we are told, with painful modification of previous assumptions, will in the main be readily acceptable to many liberally-minded Christians as to serious unbelievers. Central to the Quaker arguments, and worth repeating because still far from universally accepted, is the belief that "sexuality, looked at dispassionately, is neither good nor evil--it is a fact of nature" and, to the Christian, "a glorious gift of God". Morals, which "were made for man, not man for morals", are to be judged by their motives, their intentions and their fruits, and those attitudes, those kinds of behaviour are to be preferred which lead to understanding, compassion, warmth, friendship and love. In t his light, and in the light of some recent research, and also, it should be stressed, in the light of the Will of God of which understanding must constantly be sought, this Quaker group puts forward some tentative conclusions on some of the sexual problems that perplex our society today. Their intended readership, we must suppose, consists of intelligent (the approach is far from simpliste) Quakers (this is implicit) who may be called on to give guidance on these problems (professional help is described and useful addresses given) but who up to this point were singularly ignorant of them (the glossary defines such words as contraceptive, extramarital, intimacy, menstruation). In so far as such a readership exists, the booklet must be welcomed by all who are sympathetic to its general point of view. Since it is, unfortunately, still necessary to tell people that masturbation is almost universal and usually harmless, that seduction by older men is not likely to fix sexual attitudes in younger ones, and that the range of sexual behaviour considered normal and acceptable is almost infinitely variable, even inside different classes in our own community, then it is desirable that such information be given as often as possible, and especially that it should be given with the good-will and loving-kindness that characterize this booklet throughout. But it has faults. It is often muddle-headed and sometimes fails to see the fuller possible ramifications or implications of what is being said. Thus, the authors quote Dr. Sherwin Baily as saying, "I love you" should imply desire for a permanently shared life. This, they say, is unrealistic, since love may be felt where sharing is not possible, as in the cases of homosexuals and of those who love outside marriage. Some of us may realize that when these authors speak of love they mean or include agape, but they ignore what is now the common usage of love among many of those whom the booklet is meant to help. "She saw him across the room and felt a strange new thrill. This was love." Some such phrases are common in the conventional love-ethic of today, and a right gloss on the word would often be something like infatuation or lust or yen--necessary parts of full sexual love, but insufficient along to justify the use of the word love; and the ethic that accompanies this limited interpretation is that "love" of this kind is compulsive and that to deny it is betrayal. The authors do not apparently realize the extent to which they present a counter-ethic, or that usefully to do so demands understanding and discussion of the one that actually prevails. Often they lay themselves open to considerable misunderstanding, as, for instance, when they grant the frequent harmlessness of "light-hearted and loving casual contacts" or commend falling in love with a happily married women as "surely" helpful to "a nervous youngster". But a more serious charge is the disproportionate space given to one problem, homosexuality--sixteen out of forty-three pages of text proper--and the disregard of others now surely more important and serious in light of social health and individual happiness. Nothing whatsoever is said about problems of contraception and abortion in relation to the increase (which the authors initially stress as the most important current developments) of sexual relationship between adolescents and young people before marriage. Everyone who has to do with young people today knows to what a terrible extent these problems are real ones. The current informed guess at the figure of illegal abortions is 300 a day. What this means in terms of distress, danger, financial burdens, contempt for law can be regarded only with horror. One could surely have hoped that, at the least, such a booklet as this would have discussed moral approaches to these problems, at best would have considered whether contraception should be freely available to the unmarried and whether it was not urgently necessary that there should be an official inquiry into abortion. Certainly at any given moment some problems are "fashionable", others not, but the sincerity and deep sense of responsibility with which these Quakers imbue their booklet makes it a matter for regret that these urgent current problems should have been ignored. The Times Literary Supplement March 4, 1963. Dear Sir, You may be glad to have this review ofo ne of your recent books, which appeared in the Times Literar Supplement of March 1, 1963. May I take this opportunity of inviting you to use the Times Literary Supplement more regularly for advertising? I would be pleased to give rates and international circulation on request. Yours truly. Jerome Foster 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 Times Literary Supplement, 1 March 1963 Description An account of the resource The Times published a mixed review in its Literary Supplement on March 1. The reviewer seemed to have misunderstood the intentions of the authors when criticizing the number of pages dealing with homosexuality. 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/2b2e59e06477fc9e4163509f9b1204f9.jpg 0a11a08f45b941dd09722128e4d15ad7 https://exhibits.lgbtran.org/files/original/b86029809ab6d54949bda1216d2d82c4.jpg a48d32fb9db2281c11e7cbefe4311ca4 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. Tina (One of a group of eighteen Lutheran college students in New York) Stole Text TINA ELCA NY Denomination Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Contribution Date 2001 Contribution Story This is one of eighteen stoles made by an group of LGBT Lutheran college students in NY; sixteen are members of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) and two belong to the Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod (LCMS), a far more conservative branch of American Lutheranism. All eighteen stoles have been patterned identically out of rainbow colored felt; each has a first name in block letters on one panel, and either "ELCA" or "LCMS," and "NY" on the second panel. The eighteen students represented by these stoles came to know each other by meeting at an ecumenical event, and they decided to keep meeting together informally. The students were particularly concerned with providing support for one of their two new LCMS friends. Although this young man was not "out" to anyone outside the group, he had been mercilessly abused by his family and his church on the mere suspicion that he was gay, and he feared for his life. Almost all of the other students are "out," but instead of simply trying to push their friend out of the closet, out of his church or away from his family, they chose instead to "sit with him," to be patient, offer their friendship and support, share in Bible study, and provide a listening ear until the young man's fears subsided and he could "find his own way." These stoles were given to me when I directed a display of stoles at the Tang Museum on the campus of Skidmore College in 2001. One of the ELCA students drove to Saratoga Springs, NY to deliver the stoles and tell me their story. As an act of solidarity with their one friend, all eighteen chose to put only their first names on the stoles. The student who delivered the stoles talked with me for quite awhile, but he, too, chose to tell me only his first name and he left no contact information. Although I don't know these students beyond the bit that they chose to share with me, I am touched by their story and impressed with the bond of faith and friendship they have formed. When I asked how their friend was doing, the student smiled and said, "He's getting his spiritual life back." And, he added, "He has changed our lives, too." 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 826 Title A name given to the resource Tina (One of a group of eighteen Lutheran college students in New York) Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant New York (USA) Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource A Group of Lutheran College Students Evangelical Lutherans of America (ELCA) Lutheran New York 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. Tish Tabb Stole Text TISH TABB Park Slope UMC Brooklyn, New York I came to PSUMC over eight years ago. In 1993 Rev. Finley Schaef co-ministered my wedding. In 1995, my husband and I separated, as I began my personal journey out of the closet. As our divorce concluded, my ex-husband discontinued worshiping at PSUMC while I remained involved with the children and youth programs. I began teaching Sunday School almost immediately, and in 1998 was hired as the Sunday School coordinator. I lead this role mostly by example of the many who come before me. Throughout the years I have received love, friendship, support, nourishment, balance, serenity, growth, pride, acceptance, and most of all, community. As a somewhat "quiet" lesbian here, I am happy I can tell my friends and family that I belong to a church that accepts and welcomes all people regardless of who we love. Denomination United Methodist Church Contribution Date 2000 Contribution Story This is one of thirty one stoles from Park Slope United Methodist Church included in a display of UM stoles at the 2000 General Conference of the UMC in Cleveland. All are made from identically sized pieces in turquoise, lavender and purple cotton batik, With only 200 members, Park Slope has donated the largest number of stoles to the collection from a single United Methodist congregation. A diverse community, Park Slope's creed is: Hand in hand, we the people of the Park Slope United Methodist Church -- black and white, straight and gay, old and young, rich and poor -- unite as a loving community, in covenant with God and the Creation. Summoned by our faith in Jesus Christ, we commit ourselves to the humanization of urban life and to physical and spiritual growth. A scrappy congregation utterly committed to putting their faith into action, Park Slope has been unrelenting in its pursuit of justice for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people in the UMC. 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 552 Title A name given to the resource Tish Tabb Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Brooklyn, New York (USA) Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Park Slope United Methodist Church Clergy Activist Methodist New York New York City Ordination Reconciling Ministries Network (formerly Reconciling Congregation Program) Tabb, Tish Theology United Methodist Church Women and Religion https://exhibits.lgbtran.org/files/original/619812499347a4f6a8912398808b2cbd.jpg 119abe3279716a12155268c8b765aa58 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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Text Any textual data included in the document <div id="bio-view"> The Rev. Tom Baynham is a native of Richmond, Virginia and has served as the Director of Worship Arts and Event Planning at the Grace United Methodist Church in Saint Louis since July 2017.  He holds the Master of Sacred Theology from the Boston University School of Theology; the Master of Divinity from the Baptist Theological Seminary at Richmond, and the Master of Arts from Southern Baptist Theological Seminary. He has served congregations in Indiana, New Hampshire and Virginia. From 2011 to 2014, Tom served as the Associate Director for the One Voice Chorus, and receives frequent requests as a soloist, choral adjudicator and clinician.  He is a member of The Hymn Society in the United States and Canada; Advisory Board for the Center for Congregational Song and The CenturyMen. Tom is father to two adult children, Daniel, a social sports coordinator in Jacksonville, Florida, and Lindsey, an ordained elder in the Virginia Annual Conference of the United Methodist Church. </div> Biographical Text The Rev. Tom Baynham is a native of Richmond, Virginia and has served as the Director of Worship Arts and Event Planning at the Grace United Methodist Church in Saint Louis since July 2017.  He holds the Master of Sacred Theology from the Boston University School of Theology; the Master of Divinity from the Baptist Theological Seminary at Richmond, and the Master of Arts from Southern Baptist Theological Seminary. He has served congregations in Indiana, New Hampshire and Virginia. From 2011 to 2014, Tom served as the Associate Director for the One Voice Chorus, and receives frequent requests as a soloist, choral adjudicator and clinician.  He is a member of The Hymn Society in the United States and Canada; Advisory Board for the Center for Congregational Song and The CenturyMen. Tom is father to two adult children, Daniel, a social sports coordinator in Jacksonville, Florida, and Lindsey, an ordained elder in the Virginia Annual Conference of the United Methodist 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/. Title A name given to the resource Tom Baynham Tom Baynham UMC United Methodist Church