85 20 2500 https://exhibits.lgbtran.org/files/original/cba9f5dc9a1aea2befa674541018e50e.png b158befe9174748bea13a7055b733569 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 Ralston L. White Retreat in Mill Valley, California Description An account of the resource Ralston L. White Retreat web site: <a href="http://www.uccr.org/rlw.htm">http://www.uccr.org/rlw.htm</a>. https://exhibits.lgbtran.org/files/original/28930d1e10f9fe61dd69521ad900a731.jpg 4b03802578999fcbb751c51fe1c0ac3e 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 Ramp to CBST’s 57 Bethune Street sanctuary https://exhibits.lgbtran.org/files/original/1eab4cbb2ca592951a31cff08dcc0ea3.jpg 5e4e135b6a8912dab2383df65ebf237a Person An individual. Text Any textual data included in the document Randall Miller, a life-long United Methodist layperson, has worked for the past twenty-five years in a variety of sectors, including academic, philanthropic, religious, and social justice settings. Randall currently holds the position of Director of the Global Religions Program at the Arcus Foundation, which seeks to build and support a worldwide network of pro-LGBT religious leaders and organizations within Jewish, Christian, and Muslim Communities. Prior to coming to Arcus, Randall was tapped by the Evelyn and Walter Haas, Jr. Fund to lead a six-year national grantmaking initiative that invested $9M in faith-based organizations. This movement building effort has been widely credited for cementing the pro-LGBT policies of the Episcopal Church and the United Church of Christ as well as ramping up the successful repeal efforts of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America and the Presbyterian Church USA. Randall’s other professional experiences include leadership stints at the 1987 March on Washington for LGBT Rights, the Jesse Jackson ’88 Campaign for President, the National Task Force on AID Prevention, the Vanguard Foundation, the Tides Foundation, and the Pacific School of Religion. A long-time champion of LGBT equality, Randall’s religious advocacy began in earnest in the mid 80’s when he attended his first national meeting of Affirmation: United Methodists for Lesbian and Gay Concerns and was subsequently elected to its national council and drafted to be one of two national co-spokespersons. In this role, he facilitated meetings that led to the eventual separation of Affirmation and, what was then, the Reconciling Congregrations Program. He also served for four years as an official observer of the denomination’s first official study committee. Having attended United Methodist General Conferences every four years since 1988, Randall has participated in numerous civil disobedience actions, was formally invited to speak to the gather General Conference three times, and was elected four times to Northern California’s official delegation, including one stint as its head. Other United Methodist positions have included a two-year tenure as the paid director of the National Youth Ministry Organization at the General Board of Discipleship and voluntary positions on the executive committees of the General Board of Global Ministries, the General Board of Church and Society, the United Methodist Committee on Relief, and the Commission on the General Conference. From 2006-2012 Randall was elected to a single term as alternate lay representative to the United Methodist Judicial Council. Randall holds a PhD in ethics and social theory from the Graduate Theological Union in Berkeley, CA and currently resides in both New York City and Oakland, California. In 2012, he and, Glenn Eagleson, his partner of twenty-one years (now twenty-six) were legally married. (This biographical statement provided by Randall Miller.) Biographical Text Randall Miller, a life-long United Methodist layperson, has worked for the past twenty-five years in a variety of sectors, including academic, philanthropic, religious, and social justice settings. Randall currently holds the position of Director of the Global Religions Program at the Arcus Foundation, which seeks to build and support a worldwide network of pro-LGBT religious leaders and organizations within Jewish, Christian, and Muslim Communities. Prior to coming to Arcus, Randall was tapped by the Evelyn and Walter Haas, Jr. Fund to lead a six-year national grantmaking initiative that invested $9M in faith-based organizations. This movement building effort has been widely credited for cementing the pro-LGBT policies of the Episcopal Church and the United Church of Christ as well as ramping up the successful repeal efforts of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America and the Presbyterian Church USA. Randall’s other professional experiences include leadership stints at the 1987 March on Washington for LGBT Rights, the Jesse Jackson ’88 Campaign for President, the National Task Force on AID Prevention, the Vanguard Foundation, the Tides Foundation, and the Pacific School of Religion. A long-time champion of LGBT equality, Randall’s religious advocacy began in earnest in the mid 80’s when he attended his first national meeting of Affirmation: United Methodists for Lesbian and Gay Concerns and was subsequently elected to its national council and drafted to be one of two national co-spokespersons. In this role, he facilitated meetings that led to the eventual separation of Affirmation and, what was then, the Reconciling Congregrations Program. He also served for four years as an official observer of the denomination’s first official study committee. Having attended United Methodist General Conferences every four years since 1988, Randall has participated in numerous civil disobedience actions, was formally invited to speak to the gather General Conference three times, and was elected four times to Northern California’s official delegation, including one stint as its head. Other United Methodist positions have included a two-year tenure as the paid director of the National Youth Ministry Organization at the General Board of Discipleship and voluntary positions on the executive committees of the General Board of Global Ministries, the General Board of Church and Society, the United Methodist Committee on Relief, and the Commission on the General Conference. From 2006-2012 Randall was elected to a single term as alternate lay representative to the United Methodist Judicial Council. Randall holds a PhD in ethics and social theory from the Graduate Theological Union in Berkeley, CA and currently resides in both New York City and Oakland, California. In 2012, he and, Glenn Eagleson, his partner of twenty-one years (now twenty-six) were legally married. (This biographical statement provided by Randall Miller.) 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 Randall Miller Affirmation arcus Global Religions Program Methodist Randall Miller UMC https://exhibits.lgbtran.org/files/original/edc937e04f34cc7f40fac1d4334ebc2b.jpg 31e1c0396ed2d79ea33a3373a4ff4c8a Person An individual. Text Any textual data included in the document Ray Bagnuolo was born in November of 1951 and grew up in the Bronx, New York, within an Italian-Irish family and not surprisingly, as a Roman Catholic. He attended Roman Catholic schools until his junior year in college, when he transferred to C.W. Post College, Long Island University in Brookville, New York. He finished those studies in 1973 with a B.A. in Spanish. Upon graduation, Ray thought he would teach--or even enter into the religious life--but it was not to be. As a gay man there were many conflicts with that direction, conflicts that were insurmountable for him and would ultimately push him away from formal religion for several years. Instead he decided to continue part-time work in sales and marketing on a full-time basis, a career that would last over twenty years! In 1989, Ray’s early desire to teach took hold again. So sixteen years after graduating college, he left the sales and marketing job and returned to graduate school, earning a Masters in Arts Teaching for Elementary and Special Education. By 2009, when he retired from teaching, he had worked for seventeen years in the Ossining Public Schools in Ossining, New York. While there he taught students in grades 5 – 12, regular and special education, as well as several other teaching assignments including G.E.D instructor and as a graduate level Adjunct Professor at Manhattanville College in Purchase, New York. In 1995, Ray unexpectedly met a group of Presbyterians working for full-inclusion of the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer community (LGBTQ) in the Presbyterian Church (USA). He was encouraged by their faithful achievements and their vision of the prospects for just and loving change in their denomination. He was especially attracted by the way in which they knew God and God’s love for all. Ray’s time away from the church had ended. That “chance” encounter began a new path, and yet a familiar one, building on his early sense of call to ministry many years before. By 2003, Ray had completed seminary, interim training and Clinical Pastoral Education (chaplaincy training) in a Trauma One hospital setting. In 2005, he was ordained as Minister of Word and Sacrament in the PC (USA), as an openly gay man. He was called to serve his first congregation as part-time interim pastor while continuing to teach high school special education. After three years as interim, it was clear to Ray that this was the path he was called to follow and retired early from teaching in 2009 at the age of 57. During those years of preparation and candidacy, Ray faced many of the same struggles that other folk who were called and Queer experienced. There were times, in the midst of some of the ugliest attempts to keep us out of the church, that he wondered what he was doing – feeling as though he was back in those days of marginalization from his early church experiences. If it were not for the faithful and determined allies, colleagues and friends who stood with him and others during those years and beyond, it would have been a different path for him, for sure, but more—for the ultimate stunning changes in the denomination during the 2010’s. From 2009 until early 2013, Ray served an inner-city congregation in New York City, with a large outreach to folks living in homeless conditions. Along with ministry to sisters and brothers with much less than anyone should ever have, this congregation provided a welcoming for all, including space for 52 twelve step meetings that continue to gather each week there. Their slogan was, “You were welcome here long before you arrived.” Ray “borrowed” that from South Church in Dobbs Ferry, New York, where he first learned about the love and justice of a welcoming congregation. In those days, installed (permanent) positions for openly Queer ministers were few and far between. To this day Ray has yet to have a permanent installed position as a pastor in the PC(USA). So, as he finished his temporary call as Stated Supply Pastor in 2013, Ray accepted a full-time leadership role for That All May Freely Serve, a national grass roots organization that is committed to prayer, presence and advocacy in making the PC(USA) a more welcoming denomination to the LGBTQ community. Today That All May Freely Serve functions as an all-volunteer organization, taking advantage of social media and networking practices to provide a national network of helpers around the country, available to support the LGBTQ community and friends. With that transitional work completed, he began a process of discernment in seeking a congregation to serve. In December of 2016, I was called to serve a welcoming and affirming congregation in the United Church of Christ—as an installed pastor! The journey continues to unfold for us all, especially as God continues to reveal Godself in the world. Surely, that is the Good News—especially for a time such as this. (This biographical statement provided by Ray Bagnuolo.) Biographical Text Ray Bagnuolo was born in November of 1951 and grew up in the Bronx, New York, within an Italian-Irish family and not surprisingly, as a Roman Catholic. He attended Roman Catholic schools until his junior year in college, when he transferred to C.W. Post College, Long Island University in Brookville, New York. He finished those studies in 1973 with a B.A. in Spanish. Upon graduation, Ray thought he would teach--or even enter into the religious life--but it was not to be. As a gay man there were many conflicts with that direction, conflicts that were insurmountable for him and would ultimately push him away from formal religion for several years. Instead he decided to continue part-time work in sales and marketing on a full-time basis, a career that would last over twenty years! In 1989, Ray’s early desire to teach took hold again. So sixteen years after graduating college, he left the sales and marketing job and returned to graduate school, earning a Masters in Arts Teaching for Elementary and Special Education. By 2009, when he retired from teaching, he had worked for seventeen years in the Ossining Public Schools in Ossining, New York. While there he taught students in grades 5 – 12, regular and special education, as well as several other teaching assignments including G.E.D instructor and as a graduate level Adjunct Professor at Manhattanville College in Purchase, New York. In 1995, Ray unexpectedly met a group of Presbyterians working for full-inclusion of the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer community (LGBTQ) in the Presbyterian Church (USA). He was encouraged by their faithful achievements and their vision of the prospects for just and loving change in their denomination. He was especially attracted by the way in which they knew God and God’s love for all. Ray’s time away from the church had ended. That “chance” encounter began a new path, and yet a familiar one, building on his early sense of call to ministry many years before. By 2003, Ray had completed seminary, interim training and Clinical Pastoral Education (chaplaincy training) in a Trauma One hospital setting. In 2005, he was ordained as Minister of Word and Sacrament in the PC (USA), as an openly gay man. He was called to serve his first congregation as part-time interim pastor while continuing to teach high school special education. After three years as interim, it was clear to Ray that this was the path he was called to follow and retired early from teaching in 2009 at the age of 57. During those years of preparation and candidacy, Ray faced many of the same struggles that other folk who were called and Queer experienced. There were times, in the midst of some of the ugliest attempts to keep us out of the church, that he wondered what he was doing – feeling as though he was back in those days of marginalization from his early church experiences. If it were not for the faithful and determined allies, colleagues and friends who stood with him and others during those years and beyond, it would have been a different path for him, for sure, but more—for the ultimate stunning changes in the denomination during the 2010’s. From 2009 until early 2013, Ray served an inner-city congregation in New York City, with a large outreach to folks living in homeless conditions. Along with ministry to sisters and brothers with much less than anyone should ever have, this congregation provided a welcoming for all, including space for 52 twelve step meetings that continue to gather each week there. Their slogan was, “You were welcome here long before you arrived.” Ray “borrowed” that from South Church in Dobbs Ferry, New York, where he first learned about the love and justice of a welcoming congregation. In those days, installed (permanent) positions for openly Queer ministers were few and far between. To this day Ray has yet to have a permanent installed position as a pastor in the PC(USA). So, as he finished his temporary call as Stated Supply Pastor in 2013, Ray accepted a full-time leadership role for That All May Freely Serve, a national grass roots organization that is committed to prayer, presence and advocacy in making the PC(USA) a more welcoming denomination to the LGBTQ community. Today That All May Freely Serve functions as an all-volunteer organization, taking advantage of social media and networking practices to provide a national network of helpers around the country, available to support the LGBTQ community and friends. With that transitional work completed, he began a process of discernment in seeking a congregation to serve. In December of 2016, I was called to serve a welcoming and affirming congregation in the United Church of Christ—as an installed pastor! The journey continues to unfold for us all, especially as God continues to reveal Godself in the world. Surely, that is the Good News—especially for a time such as this. (This biographical statement provided by Ray Bagnuolo.) 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 Ray Bagnuolo Presbyterian Ray Bagnuolo Roman Catholic RTSA RTSA Ecumenical Planning Team That All May Freely Serve (TAMFS) UCC United Church of Christ 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. Ray Barkey Stole Text Ray Barkey Church of the Brethren/ Metropolitan Community Church Chicago, IL This stole is being sent to the Shower of Stoles Project as a celebration of past ministry that is no longer available to me in the Church of the Brethren as the Northern Indiana District removed my ordination in December of 2010 ending over twenty years of ordination and ministry due to my integrity regarding my sexuality and a wonderful relationship. Of equal if not greater significance is the fact that we celebrated my In-Care status with the Universal Metropolitan Community Churches. As we say often at aChurch4Me? MCC, “God is good – all the time!” Denomination Metropolitan Community Church Church of the Brethren Contribution Date 2011 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. 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For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Shower of Stoles Description An account of the resource Items (stoles) for the Shower of Stoles exhibit Stole A stole in the Shower of Stoles exhibit Honoree The person honored by the creation of thestole. Raymond Stole Text Hope Raymond (Japanese characters) Denomination Presbyterian Church (USA) Contribution Date 1996 Contribution Story This is one of about thirty stoles donated by First Presbyterian of Palo Alto. First Palo Alto, a More Light congregation, has for decades been on the forefront of the movement for full inclusion of LGBT persons into the life and leadership of the church and greater society. Among the many leaders of the movement who have come from this congregation is Mitzi Henderson, former national President of PFLAG and national Co-Moderator of More Light Presbyterians. The Japanese characters are a rough translation of the English words HOPE - RAYMOND. It is one of about a dozen stoles in the collection that include Japanese, Chinese or Korean characters. In 1998 I brought a display of stoles to a conference of LGBT seminarians being held at Chicago Theological Seminary. The stoles were hung along a cloister walkway at the front of the building; this stole was near the entrance. At one point a young Japanese man came through the entrance, saw this stole, and burst into tears. I found out later that he was converted by Nazarene missionaries in Japan, and that they had arranged for him to attend a Nazarene college and seminary. While in the U.S. he began to accept his sexuality, but when he began mentioning to others that he was gay, he was dropped immediately from the seminary. With limited English, and his entire support system in this country now gone, he was trying to start over as as student at CTS, an LGBT-supportive seminary affiliated with the United Church of Christ. All this I would hear later. At the time, he simply touched the stole and said, "Thank God, I am not alone!" Martha Juillerat Founder, Shower of Stoles Project 2006 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. 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For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Shower of Stoles Description An account of the resource Items (stoles) for the Shower of Stoles exhibit Stole A stole in the Shower of Stoles exhibit Honoree The person honored by the creation of thestole. Raymond A. Gould Stole Text RAYMOND R. GOULD PRESBYTERIAN Told in May of 1954 by his seminary that he was unfit for ordination until such time as he consummate a marriage with a woman. Denomination Presbyterian Church (USA) Contribution Date 1995 Contribution Story Ray was a long time member of the Kansas City chapter of Presbyterians for Lesbian and Gay Concerns. 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 107 Title A name given to the resource Raymond A. Gould Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Kansas City, Missouri (USA) Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Raymond A. Gould Gould, Raymond A. Missouri Ordination Presbyterian Presbyterian Church (USA) 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. Rebecca J. Hostetler Stole Text Second career pastor; small town public librarian prior to entering seminary in 1979. Became Lutheran as an adult in the American Lutheran Church. Ordained November 23, 1986. Resigned from the ELCA clergy roster on Reformation Day, October 31, 1995. To stay in ordained ministry and to live two lives, leaving part of myself outside the church door, became unhealthy for me; I needed to reign to integrate all of me. Most of my ministry was spent as an Intentional Interim Pastor serving congregations in crisis. Denomination Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Contribution Date 2015 Contribution Story Originally a part of the collection of stoles housed by ReconcilingWorks (formerly known as Lutherans Concerned), this stole was donated by them to the Shower of Stoles Project in 2015. 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 1197 Title A name given to the resource Rebecca J. Hostetler 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 Rebecca J. Hostetler Evangelical Lutherans of America (ELCA) Hostetler, Rebecca J. Lutheran Ordination Reconciling Works (formerly Lutherans Concerned) United States Women and Religion https://exhibits.lgbtran.org/files/original/fe4c81d0c9ce9fe9ae37ddbe90c5658f.jpg b7c110e6d4e33458bca47befb0568340 https://exhibits.lgbtran.org/files/original/eba607089d73fbf56ea60d437435f993.jpg 1a59cb993f4cb51ff499a976b2bcbfe4 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. Rebecca Richards Stole Text REBECCA RICHARDS Born in 1948 and baptized at Calvary United Methodist Church in Arlington, VA. Confirmed at Lincolnia UMC in Alexandria, VA. Raised in a loving Christian home, we never missed a Sunday, Church suppers, picnics and activities like VBC and MYF were a must. As a young adult, I joined as a Charter Member of Christ UMC in Columbia, MD. After years of church leadership, including six as a youth group counselor, I knew I must follow the call into full-time ministry. In 1989 I was ordained a Deacon. My first full-time appointment brought me great joy - a two-point, "corn field" charge filled with people who seemed to love me as much as I loved them. But that blessing became an obstacle. My love for these people made it impossible for me to tell the lies necessary to hide my identity and the reality of the life-giving relationship I had with my partner. I made the decision to surrender my credentials, and stood before the Executive Session of AC to say why I must leave. I still love the church of my roots and am a member of St. John's UMC, Baltimore, MD. This church family, affiliated with the Reconciling Congregations Program, has blessed my union with Kathy, tolerated my occasional preaching, and given me hope when I saw none. Thanks be to a gracious God! Denomination United Methodist Church Contribution Date 2000 Contribution Story Of all the denominational subsets of stoles in the collection, United Methodists by far represent the largest percentage of LGBT clergy who were forced out of the ministry, or who left voluntarily because they could no longer tolerate serving in silence. Rebecca's stole also reflects the hypocrisy of a denomination concerned with a significant shortage of rural pastors, while at the same time denying ordination and calls to committed rural pastors simply because of their sexual orientation. Rebecca is a faithful servant of God and committed United Methodist to the very core of her being. The grief and loss she experienced in leaving the ministry is painfully obvious in this brief story. Fortunately, she has found a loving home at St. John's in Baltimore, and her grief has in now way diminished her faith in God's boundless love. 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/. 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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. ). Biographical Text Pauline Park is a long-time transgender activist based in New York City. She has founded and participated in numerous LGBTQ organizations, including Iban/Queer Koreans of New York, NYAGRA, and Queens Pride House, an LGBT community center based in Queens near her home. She also led the campaign for the 2004 New York City transgender rights law. Born in Korea and adopted into an evangelical Christian family, Pauline grew up in Milwaukee. Park views all human rights struggles as distinct yet interconnected. She has dedicated decades of her life to LGBTQ, Asian-American, and Palestinian solidarity activism. Her life and work are the subject of two documentary films by Larry Tung. His film, Envisioning Justice: The Journey of a Transgendered Woman, is a 32-minute documentary about her life and work. It premiered at the New York LGBT Film Festival (NewFest) in 2008. URL https://paulinepark.com/2010/06/26/reclaiming-our-spiritual-legacy-as-transgendered-people/ 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/. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Pauline Park, 2010 https://paulinepark.com/2010/06/26/reclaiming-our-spiritual-legacy-as-transgendered-people/ Title A name given to the resource Reclaiming Our Spiritual Legacy as Transgendered People 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://paulinepark.com/2010/06/26/reclaiming-our-spiritual-legacy-as-transgendered-people/ 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 Reclaiming Our Spiritual Legacy as Transgendered People Subject The topic of the resource I was asked to speak on spirituality and the transgender community. It seems to me that the connection is an intimate one, far closer than we may realize. Description An account of the resource Speech - Metropolitan Community Church of New York (MCC-NY) Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived By Pauline Park on Stonewall Sunday, June 18, 2000 https://exhibits.lgbtran.org/files/original/7e0dbbb848bcc54c0aa57b9084d3fb48.jpg 7e982b4847c1cbe1ee8905f26cf721f3 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 Recollection of Mervyn Parry from Jane Wheatley, Jesus Lane Meeting, Cambridge: "Mum knew both Mervyn and Dorothy in their youth when they lived in Birmingham. Mervyn taught the piano and Dorothy taught shorthand and typing and they both taught from home, rushing out for a quick kiss and cuddle between students! Dorothy was completely deaf, lip read so well no one realised unless they tried to talk to her without looking at her and founded CAMTAD. Mervyn taught at Impington Village College--learning disabled children and was skilled at Calligraphy, doing all the Quaker Wedding certificates for Cambridgeshire Friends, mine was the last certificate he did as Parkinson's Disease took over and prevented him from continuing. He humbly asked me if it he could do it as his accuracy was no longer perfect, what a wonderful present, of course I said yes! A lovely, lovely man with a wicked sense of humour. He smoked a pipe and used to make us children little dogs made out of pipe cleaners." 20 June 2014 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 Recollection of Mervyn Parry Description An account of the resource Jane Wheatley recorded her memories of Mervyn Parry and his wife Dorothy. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Jane Wheatley of Jesus Lane Meeting, Cambridge https://exhibits.lgbtran.org/files/original/0bacb9567c511eba3b79f8b78a4351df.png 73a95dcad1a52647feb1a6255ef4b010 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 Reconciling Ministries Network (RMN): Participating Organization Profile Description An account of the resource Living into our shared baptismal covenant, <a href="https://rmnetwork.org/">Reconciling Ministries Network</a> equips and mobilizes United Methodists to resist evil, injustice, and oppression as we seek justice for people of all sexual orientations and gender identities. Reconciling Ministries Network (formerly Reconciling Congregation Program) RMN https://exhibits.lgbtran.org/files/original/6058c700433193a1b9d758527425e1e8.png b68cde91dd17c318e9ccdaaebde7f60d 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 ReconcilingWorks: Participating Organization Profile Description An account of the resource Since 1974, <a href="https://www.reconcilingworks.org/">ReconcilingWorks: Lutherans for Full Participation</a> has advocated for the full welcome, inclusion, and equity of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) Lutherans in all aspects of the life of their Church, congregations, and community. Lutheran Reconciling Works (formerly Lutheran Concerned) https://exhibits.lgbtran.org/files/original/f8ac55eec83e67bf4104c83039186643.jpg a7e9ceb95dafde6fa99b3431cf3bb671 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. Text Any textual data included in the document The Reconquista 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 Reconquista and the Lost Kingdom: Reflections from Spanish History Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Carlos Perona Calvete, The European Conservative, 2023. https://europeanconservative.com/articles/essay/reconquista-and-the-lost-kingdomreflections-from-spanish-history/ https://exhibits.lgbtran.org/files/original/af47cfb2add4970ed8dae4897fca83f8.jpg 088799715af15caeeb91b1c1690e94c7 https://exhibits.lgbtran.org/files/original/61012bf1106287fffbb0470359b0844d.jpg cdfb7b86c9dfe83c7e0a317dfd3044e5 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. Red (One of a group of eighteen Lutheran college students in New York) Stole Text RED 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 815 Title A name given to the resource Red (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 https://exhibits.lgbtran.org/files/original/2a5971d27380e27d7cc0bcfecd258557.jpg c685f9988d2c429b2bc73e23093bd894 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 YouTube Video A video hosted on YouTube. Local URL The URL of the local directory containing all assets of the website http://www.redlactrans.org/ YouTube ID Eleven-character ID assigned by YouTube ouElBo6ikGQ 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 REDLACTRANS Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ouElBo6ikGQ Description An account of the resource The Latin American and Caribbean network of transgender people ( RedLacTrans) is the first regional transgender network in Latin America and the Caribbean, and was founded in 2004. In 2021 we at RedlacTrans re-launch this campaign with the support of the Alliance for Positive Leadership (ALEP) and key populations, a project funded by the Global Fund to Fight HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria. https://exhibits.lgbtran.org/files/original/14f38bd9f583fb293f061edb7dc1ecd8.jpg 5b68bd370dd237640aecc9412e38ab2c https://exhibits.lgbtran.org/files/original/a136f68954db7e5835a68fb36797698e.jpg b2b54ca41b4ca0e2e286ad066ae20528 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. Reen Carter Stole Text Reen Carter Denomination Presbyterian Church (USA) United Church of Christ Contribution Date 2001 Contribution Story This is one of 52 stoles donated to the Shower of Stoles collection by members and staff of Church of the Covenant. Although each of the stoles is unique, all of them are tied together by the inclusion of a piece cloth from a common bolt of blue and ivory material somewhere in the stole. Covenant is both a More Light and Open and Affirming Congregation. Their strong and public advocacy on behalf of LGBT persons in the life and leadership of the church has drawn many LBGT persons to become a part of the Covenant church family. Their 52 stoles represent the largest subset of stoles given to the collection by any one congregation. Church of the Covenant, a federated United Church of Christ and Presbyterian Church, is steeped in history. Located just off the Boston Commons, the Gothic revival building erected in the mid-1800's was one of the first churches built in the Back Bay area. In the 1890's the sanctuary was completely redecorated by Tiffany Glass and Decorating Co., including the creation of an extraordinary set of Tiffany stained-glass windows and a chandelier that is said to be the first electrified light installed in a public building by Thomas Edison. Covenant's history of social justice and human rights work is equally rich. When I visited Covenant, I was intrigued to learn that the church was a designated stop along the "Boston Women's Heritage Trail." One of Covenant's members, Abbie Child, was the head of the Women's Board of Missions of the Congregational Church in the late 1800's. Another member, Dr. Elsa Meder, was one of the first women ordained as an elder in the Presbyterian Church. Elizabeth Rice and Alice Hageman, ordained in 1974 and 1975 respectively, were the first women to serve as pastors at a Back Bay church. When they were joined by Donna Day Lower, the church became the only one in the United States with three women clergy. Since opening the "Women's Lunch Place" in 1982, the church has served as a haven for poor women and their children. It is fitting, then, that one of the Tiffany windows is "Four Women of the Bible," including Miriam, Deborah, Mary of Bethany, and Dorcas. Covenant remains on the forefront of work for equality and justice, and is active in the LGBT Welcoming movement in the Boston area and beyond. Martha Juillerat Founder, Shower of Stoles Project 2006 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 754 Title A name given to the resource Reen Carter 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 Carter, Reen Feminism Massachusetts More Light Presbyterians for LGBT Concerns Open and Affirming in the UCC (ONA) Ordination Presbyterian Presbyterian Church (USA) United Church of Christ Women and Religion https://exhibits.lgbtran.org/files/original/2a815d67cf8ba50bc848307d6e6cd76c.JPG 14fcec7887b3e4497391b4cdf6be8546 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 Reginald Eugene Adams, Jr. Description An account of the resource Reginald Eugene Adams, Jr., MCC member, former Jesuit scholastic, partner of Ricky Soleto. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Johnny Townsend collection (pic). https://exhibits.lgbtran.org/files/original/c0958000aa12628212fc060e754b8686.pdf 422d5bc1257658ef1ada6d97d1899f84 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 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/. Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Pierce, Wendi. "Alpha Zeta & A Rose News Vol. 4 No. 11 (October 15, 1988)." Newsletter. 1988. Digital Transgender Archive, https://www.digitaltransgenderarchive.net/files/bv73c0666 (accessed November 10, 2022). Title A name given to the resource Religion and the Transsexual: Can the Church Change? Subject The topic of the resource An essay dealing with transsexuals and the church. Description An account of the resource Sister Mary Elizabeth argues that the church plays a role in driving transsexuals towards surgical options by refusing them an opportunity to worship unmolested. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived This newsletter, Vol. IV, No. IX, is produced by Alpha Zeta & A Rose, a chapter of Tri-Ess, an organization of heterosexual men, often married with children, who demand the right to express their femininity as freely as they express their masculinity. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Archival Record Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Scottsdale, Arizona