96 20 2500 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. Rush W. Allunn Stole Text RUSH W. ALLUNN (SP?) ORDAINED 1997 Denomination Presbyterian Church (USA) Contribution Date 1997 Contribution Story In 1997, North Decatur Church donated about a dozen stoles to the collection. A few honored members of the church, a few more were Signature Stoles from the congregation, including this one. The final few stoles were made to honor LGBT persons known to the church (although not necessarily members there) who serve the Presbyterian Church in silence. 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 358 Title A name given to the resource Rush W. Allunn Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Decatur, Georgia (USA) Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource North Decatur Presbyterian Church Allunn, Rush W. Clergy Activist Georgia 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. Rusty Moore Stole Text RUSTY MOORE Former Member, Park Slope United Methodist Church Brooklyn, New York I was an active Methodist for twenty years, the last ten of which as a woman of trans-sexual experience. After the first <a href="https://www.lgbtran.org/Profile.aspx?ID=21">Creech trial</a>, I felt I had to choose between joining the long slow process in the Methodist Church of over-turning the rejection of queer people, or resigning from the church. I chose to resign. I believe that if all people who accept queer people as full-fledged Christians in the Methodist Church would resign, it would bring home the implications of the issue with the greatest possible impact. My good wishes go out to those people who are still struggling for queer acceptance within the Methodist Church. We are allies in the broader struggle. 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. Unfortunately, despite the best efforts of Park Slope and many others, the UMC continues its discriminatory ways. Rusty is one of thousands of LGBT people and their allies who have grown tired of waiting for justice, and have chosen to leave. 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 561 Title A name given to the resource Rusty Moore 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 Church Trials Clergy Activist Creech, Jimmy Methodist Moore, Rusty New York New York City Ordination Queer/non-conforming Reconciling Ministries Network (formerly Reconciling Congregation Program) Transgender activism 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 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. Ruth Bruland Stole Text I have a stole in this collection because I have a dear friend who has kept insisting to me that the Church can make true and whole public declaration of the Gospel for which no apology needs to be made, and that the yokes these stoles represent were intentionally placed on the shoulders of gay and lesbian children of God by God because who is to say why things happen the way they do. What we are to say is the Gospel. Thanks be to God. Ruth Bruland, formerly Grand Canyon Synod 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 1208 Title A name given to the resource Ruth Bruland 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 Ruth Bruland Bruland, Ruth Evangelical Lutherans of America (ELCA) Lutheran Ordination Reconciling Works (formerly Lutherans Concerned) Theology United States https://exhibits.lgbtran.org/files/original/ae62a954346792414173ade830171e18.jpg 8671f6115d92b3d328b2b30c4284cb3b https://exhibits.lgbtran.org/files/original/237db65532e77071917fb1653aa8cfa0.jpg 9932e01eaac876a9fd8a2f2f320faa44 https://exhibits.lgbtran.org/files/original/b49af52fec143b3d5f6a4ba626812c7e.jpg 4ea68637051a9411c859db736fcf403b 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. Ruth Frost and Phyllis Zillhart Stole Text I give this stole in honor of the ministry of Ruth Frost and Phyllis Zillhart. Ruth and Phyllis attender Luther Theological Seminary at the time that I did. We shared classes. One class, I remember in particular, was Faith and Ministry. This class is taken by seniors after internship; it is an exercise in integrating book and experiential learning. Ruth and I were in the same section; what I remember is the gift of pastoral care she demonstrated in a case study she presented. I am not at all surprised at the call they have accepted at St. Francis. God has called and blessed them with the gifts of ministry, relationship, and parenting. Despite the loss of ELCA endorsement, the ministry of that congregation continues to flourish, and I believe that Ruth and Phyllis do as well. God’s blessings on them and all who step forward in “ecclesiastical disobedience” so that justice might be done. Denomination Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Contribution Date 2015 Contribution Story Originally a part of the collection of stoles housed by ReconcilingWorks: Lutherans for Full Participation, this stole was donated by them to the Shower of Stoles Project in 2015. Ruth Frost's biographic profile in the LGBTQ Religious Archives Network's Profile Gallery can be accessed <a href="https://www.lgbtran.org/Profile.aspx?ID=291">here</a>. 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 1218 Title A name given to the resource Ruth Frost and Phyllis Zillhart Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Minnesota (USA) Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Anonymous Evangelical Lutherans of America (ELCA) Frost, Ruth Lutheran Minnesota Ordination Zillhart, Phyllis https://exhibits.lgbtran.org/files/original/77a06bf2064ba9df1ecaeeda0d7a2f8d.jpg 40e5e2e5e04718c5f1d2ed816dd0c139 Person An individual. Text Any textual data included in the document <a href="mailto:ryan@rollingthestoneaway.org">ryan@rollingthestoneaway.org</a> Ryan Hoffmann has worked in marketing, communications, and development with several Catholic organizations and brings a wealth of creativity, energy, and experience to this position.  Originally from Iowa, Ryan earned a Masters in Higher Education at Iowa State University and completed a Masters in Spirituality at Loyola University Chicago in 2008. He’s currently studying at Catholic Theological Union in Chicago where he’ll begin the Doctor of Ministry program this fall. Biographical Text <a href="mailto:ryan@rollingthestoneaway.org">ryan@rollingthestoneaway.org</a> Ryan Hoffmann has worked in marketing, communications, and development with several Catholic organizations and brings a wealth of creativity, energy, and experience to this position.  Originally from Iowa, Ryan earned a Masters in Higher Education at Iowa State University and completed a Masters in Spirituality at Loyola University Chicago in 2008. He’s currently studying at Catholic Theological Union in Chicago where he’ll begin the Doctor of Ministry program this fall. 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 Ryan Hoffman RTSA Conference Staff Ryan Hoffman 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. S.A. Stole Text EXCLUSION IS UGLY S.A. Denomination Presbyterian Church (USA) Contribution Date 1995 Contribution Story Never let it be said that this collection is devoid of humor. An anonymous minister, identified only by the initials "S.A.," sent us a bright lime green polyester stole with an off-white wheat shaft stitched on it -- an ordination gift which recipient apparently did not find particularly tasteful. However, the minister added that the stole was the perfect vehicle for making this statement to the church: "Exclusion is Ugly!" This stole was one of the original 80 stoles that were on display on Sept. 16, 1995 when I set aside my ordination before Heartland Presbytery (see stole #1 for details). 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 42 Title A name given to the resource S.A. 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 Anonymous Ordination Presbyterian Presbyterian Church (USA) United States https://exhibits.lgbtran.org/files/original/edc2af1af89b2b0049d503b681100401.jpg cb5c4288458c81c7e73bdf52b1f8ad1b 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. YouTube ID Eleven-character ID assigned by YouTube CNApcyzaY60 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 Sacred Spirit. Yeha-Noha (Wishes Of Happiness And Prosperity) Subject The topic of the resource A short meditation of 3 minutes and 58 seconds. With closed eyes or not, enjoy listening to this uplifting spiritual invocation. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CNApcyzaY60 ceremonial invocation sacred music 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. Sacred Worth (Candler School of Theology) Stole Text Sacred Worth, Candler School of Theology Ecumenical Atlanta, GA Sending Forth Service April 18, 2012 Sacred Worth is an organized group of LGBTQ and allied seminarians at Candler School of Theology, who seek to support the diverse expressions of human love and sexuality among all of God’s children and is committed to acts of justice, education, conversation, and celebration with Candler, Emory University, and the larger community. Each year we have a Sending Forth service where we recognize and bless those in our community who are heading into the church and the academy. We also recognize the loss of leadership that the church has brought upon itself in excluding LGBTQ people. This stole was placed on the altar next to an unlit candle, symbolizing the loss of light, life, and love that has been and continues to be excluded from the Body of Christ. Denomination Ecumenical Contribution Date 2012 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 1157 Title A name given to the resource Sacred Worth (Candler School of Theology) Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Atlanta, Georgia (USA) Atlanta Clergy Activist Ecumenical Georgia Ordination 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 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. Sacred Worth Group at Wesley Theological Seminary, Washington DC Stole Text Sacred Worth at Wesley Theological Seminary, Washington D.C. Denomination United Methodist Church Contribution Date 2000 Contribution Story This stole arrived along with 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. "Sacred Worth" is a group of LGBT students who took their name from a declaration of the United Methodist Church that "all people are of sacred worth." 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 653 Title A name given to the resource Sacred Worth Group at Wesley Theological Seminary, Washington DC 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 Sacred Worth Group at Wesley Theological Seminary Clergy Activist Methodist Ordination Reconciling Ministries Network (formerly Reconciling Congregation Program) United Methodist Church Washington, D.C. https://exhibits.lgbtran.org/files/original/b39e666a9465c9c6582efd9be919568f.jpg 8b39cbee49f96ee6333b6bd671ea81b5 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.safeplaceinternational.org/ 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 Safe Place International - California Description An account of the resource Safe Place International is a holistic leadership development organization committed to empowering LGBTQIA+ refugees, displaced persons, and single mothers.   <a href="https://www.safeplaceinternational.org" target="_blank" rel="noopener">https://www.safeplaceinternational.org</a> Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived https://www.safeplaceinternational.org/ https://exhibits.lgbtran.org/files/original/914126e40a4ee5fb8d37612481194fc4.jpeg 91b96db97a2edb937dc3b253e2e090e4 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 Safer for Transgender Sikhs to Connect Online Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Virtual Communities are Critical Lifelines for Transgender Sikhs by Harmeet Kaur Kamboj, October 6, 2022 https://therevealer.org/virtual-communities-are-critical-lifelines-for-transgender-sikhs/ https://exhibits.lgbtran.org/files/original/0a3bf8899d719286565f9ef580ba4b18.png 851d31e3301eaa2030a2995453b41a29 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Queer Spirit Podcast Description An account of the resource Podcasts from WMPG.org and 90.9 Still Image A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Sage Hayes Subject The topic of the resource Queer Spirit Podcast Description An account of the resource Sage Hayes, who uses she, he and they pronouns, is a white bodied practitioner of somatic alchemy. They are dedicated to working towards collective healing and liberation. Sage grew up and is currently living on unceded territories of the Wampanoag / Narragansett native peoples. Sage is supported by Italian / Swedish / German / Scottish lineages of birth and adopted families. Sage is a lead teaching assistant with the Somatic Experiencing Institute and integrates biodynamic craniosacral therapy, systemic constellations, dance, intuitive practices, and somatics. An educator, a community organizer, and a healing arts practitioner, Sage is inspired to midwife nervous system supremacy into evolutionary and collective embodied practices of nourishment, connectivity, rest and liberation which serve the all/the we. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Marvin Ellison and Tamara Torres-McGovern Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Sage Hayes https://exhibits.lgbtran.org/files/original/834b67ff586039a577c3d30fa8039eb6.jpg 8466feb375e7f3ddb3362a828ea034ea 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 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 Sahaykwisa Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived https://www.eriegaynews.com/news/article.php?recordid=201510sahaykwisa 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. Salih-Michael Fisher Stole Text SALIH-MICHAEL FISHER Park Slope United Methodist Church Brooklyn, New York The spirit lives in everyone. The community of humankind is everyone. Lesbians and gay men are still part of community and spirit. Although others wish and want them not to be. But they too continue to sit at the table and hold up their bowl to be nourished. The spirit, the mother and father of souls, boldly feed them the food of life in front of their other children who would deny them. Teaching them in essence the universal lesson: the spirit does not discriminate with hate and indifference. Bottom line: neither should they because a woman or man is gay! 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 543 Title A name given to the resource Salih-Michael Fisher 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 Fisher, Salih-Michael Methodist New York New York City Ordination Reconciling Ministries Network (formerly Reconciling Congregation Program) United Methodist Church https://exhibits.lgbtran.org/files/original/e216fdaf95de0aa0af65a6c512a29c96.jpeg 1e385d405e3626749a602dc8bb6dfbbd https://exhibits.lgbtran.org/files/original/8607bad8cf9e5cec03c73b81187585a4.jpeg 587ac2c603b95b0d438d869335a9e2f9 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Queer Spirit Podcast Description An account of the resource Podcasts from WMPG.org and 90.9 Still Image A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Samaa Abdurraqib Subject The topic of the resource Queer Spirit Podcast Description An account of the resource Samaa Abdurraqib, an African American Muslim feminist, was born in New York, grew up in Ohio, and earned her Ph.D. at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Samaa came to Maine in 2010 as an assistant professor at Bowdoin College. Currently, she’s the Community Engagement Coordinator for the Maine Coalition to End Domestic Violence. In that role, she shares information with immigrants and others regarding the programs and resources available to people experiencing intimate partner violence. She also serves as the Executive Director of the Maine Humanities Council. Samaa’s writings and public talks include these titles: “On Being Black and Muslim: Eclipsed Identities in the Classroom,” 'I Speak for Myself: American Women on Being Muslim,' “The Sacred and the Sexual,” and “My Faith, My Feminism: How Islam Has Shaped My Activism.” Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Marvin Ellison and Tamara Torres-McGovern Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Samaa Abdurraqib https://exhibits.lgbtran.org/files/original/47c5fc5a62a6cd44b1a3d1252eca1529.jpg bfec6768eea306b424ad5dfb468b2a3a 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. YouTube ID Eleven-character ID assigned by YouTube bA22Y-nlRhE 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 Same Old Story, Stevie Wonder Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bA22Y-nlRhE https://exhibits.lgbtran.org/files/original/d26396160d44426cc8a7c3b114569a31.jpg 4157db572f9863f348a2ec5389552ab6 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 Samyuktha Vijayan, Principal Program Manager at Swiggy Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived https://www.businessinsider.in/swiggy-offers-an-lgbt-support-group-with-its-first-transgender-employee/articleshow/70168484.cms https://exhibits.lgbtran.org/files/original/547d4981076439054befdc515b142184.pdf ccb6ac73d8fd6ece1af6226fb4971226 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 February 1965 After the ball was over... By now I am sure everyone has heard about the famous Mardi Gras Ball held in San Francisco Jan. 1 and sponsored by six homophile organizations (DOB included) to raise funds for the Council on Religion and the Homosexual. As a result of police harassment of the ball (by the police's own count there were 55 officers present) there have been many publicity breakthroughs in San Francisco. The "conspiracy of silence" of the news media has suffered a fatal crack. The Council held a press conference the day following the ball which received coverage on KRON-TV and in the S.F. Chronicle and the S.F. Examiner. Subsequently the American Civil Liberties Union called and volunteered to defend the six people arrested (three attorneys and one housewife for "interfering with officers in the performance of their duty" and two men for so-called disorderly conduct). The ACLU also held a press conference which was duly reported in the papers and on TV. Mayor John R. Shelley announced he had not yet studied the police reports so he could not comment. Apparently he still hasn't seen the reports because he has made no comment. For two half-hour program the Dick Stewart show on KGO-TV featured the Rt. Rev. Canon Robert W. Cromey, vicar of St. Aiden's Episcopal Church, and Don Lucas, executive secretary of the Mattachine Society, in a lively discussion of the reasons for the Council on Religion and the Homosexual. Guy Strait, the editor of Citizens News, was interviewed on "Spectrum 74" on KCBS radio. The attorneys who were arrested (Evander Smith, Herb Donaldson and Elliott Leighton) appeared on KAFE-FM and that tape was replayed by BBC throughout the British Commonwealth. Board members of the Council taped a 90 minute program about the Council which will be aired on KPFA-FM about Jan 27 or 28. Call the station and/or watch your papers for the date. The Rev. John Moore, pastor of Glide Memorial Methodist Church in San Francisco has given a series of three sermons on sex. The one on Jan. 17 entitled "Church, Community, and Homosexuality" filled the church and received coverage in all three S.F. papers. A series of 3 broadcasts about the Council is scheduled for airing in the near future on KXKX-FM. Further, the long-awaited KRON-TV special on homosexuality is now announced for early in Feb.—watch your papers! Part of the problem homophile organizations have had in getting their message to the public has been the reluctance or refusal of mass media to tough the subject. This barrier has been broken. Although the ball was not the financial success it was hoped it would be, it has done more to bring the homosexual's plight to the attention of the public than anything else. Letters to the editors of all three S.F. papers were overwhelmingly against the police tactics. Comments from foreign newsmen and newspapers have been all against the police. Although S.F. papers have not seen fit to comment editorially on the ball and the ensuing actions other papers in the U.S. have, and all favorably to the homosexual position. It would seem that the homophile organizations in San Francisco have been in at the birth of a new era which can only result in a final determination that U.S. citizenship is for all whether homosexual or heterosexual, black or white, male or female. DOB member should be proud to be a part of the beginning of this new determination. Phyllis Leon Public Relations Director, DOB 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 San Francisco Chapter of Daughters of Bilitis Reports on CRH and California Hall Incident Description An account of the resource Daughters of Bilitis San Francisco Chapter Newsletter, January 1965. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Repository: <a href="http://www.glbthistory.org" target="_blank" rel="noopener">GLBT Historical Society</a> https://exhibits.lgbtran.org/files/original/f8b44d5c450cb5c2136f7ee138d427f7.pdf 56d329d4d8bc496d84d4f3d1add37bbc Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource San Francisco Chronicle https://exhibits.lgbtran.org/files/original/2a3e9528b5329e270e58af619f6ed082.pdf fd83fefc3915564f657cb0fa71d97ce6 Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource San Francisco Chronicle Report Description An account of the resource A San Francisco Chronicle report of the Council on Religion and the Homosexual. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived The San Francisco Chronicle, 3 January 1965