"Item Id","Item URI","Dublin Core:Title","Dublin Core:Subject","Dublin Core:Description","Dublin Core:Creator","Dublin Core:Source","Dublin Core:Publisher","Dublin Core:Date","Dublin Core:Contributor","Dublin Core:Rights","Dublin Core:Relation","Dublin Core:Format","Dublin Core:Language","Dublin Core:Type","Dublin Core:Identifier","Dublin Core:Coverage","Item Type Metadata:Text","Item Type Metadata:Interviewer","Item Type Metadata:Interviewee","Item Type Metadata:Location","Item Type Metadata:Transcription","Item Type Metadata:Local URL","Item Type Metadata:Original Format","Item Type Metadata:Physical Dimensions","Item Type Metadata:Duration","Item Type Metadata:Compression","Item Type Metadata:Producer","Item Type Metadata:Director","Item Type Metadata:Bit Rate/Frequency","Item Type Metadata:Time Summary","Item Type Metadata:Email Body","Item Type Metadata:Subject Line","Item Type Metadata:From","Item Type Metadata:To","Item Type Metadata:CC","Item Type Metadata:BCC","Item Type Metadata:Number of Attachments","Item Type Metadata:Standards","Item Type Metadata:Objectives","Item Type Metadata:Materials","Item Type Metadata:Lesson Plan Text","Item Type Metadata:URL","Item Type Metadata:Event Type","Item Type Metadata:Participants","Item Type Metadata:Birth Date","Item Type Metadata:Birthplace","Item Type Metadata:Death Date","Item Type Metadata:Occupation","Item Type Metadata:Biographical Text","Item Type Metadata:Bibliography","Item Type Metadata:Embed Code","Item Type Metadata:Volume Number","Item Type Metadata:Issue Number","Item Type Metadata:Publication Year","Item Type Metadata:Publication Date","Item Type Metadata:Table of Contents","Item Type Metadata:Honoree","Item Type Metadata:Stole Text","Item Type Metadata:Contribution Date","Item Type Metadata:Contribution Story","Item Type Metadata:Denomination","Item Type Metadata:YouTube ID","Item Type Metadata:Vimeo ID",tags,file,itemType,collection,public,featured 1071,https://exhibits.lgbtran.org/items/show/1071,Anonymous,,,,,,,Anonymous,,,,,,1169,"Unknown, (USA)",,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,Anonymous,,2013,,"Evangelical Lutheran Church in America",,,"Evangelical Lutherans of America (ELCA),Lutheran,United States",,Stole,"Shower of Stoles",1,0 1072,https://exhibits.lgbtran.org/items/show/1072,Anonymous,,,,,,,Anonymous,,,,,,1170,"Unknown, (USA)",,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,Anonymous,,2013,,"Roman Catholic Church",,,"Catholic,Roman Catholic,United States",,Stole,"Shower of Stoles",1,0 1073,https://exhibits.lgbtran.org/items/show/1073,Anonymous,,,,,,,Anonymous,,,,,,1171,"Unknown, (USA)",,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,Anonymous,,,,"Roman Catholic Church",,,"Catholic,Roman Catholic,United States",,Stole,"Shower of Stoles",1,0 1074,https://exhibits.lgbtran.org/items/show/1074,Anonymous,,,,,,,Anonymous,,,,,,1172,"Unknown, (USA)",,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,Anonymous,,2014,,"Roman Catholic Church",,,"Catholic,Roman Catholic,United States",,Stole,"Shower of Stoles",1,0 1075,https://exhibits.lgbtran.org/items/show/1075,"Christ Church United Methodist (Solidarity Stole)",,,,,,,"Christ Church United Methodist",,,,,,1173,"Denver, Colorado (USA)",,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,"Christ Church United Methodist (Solidarity Stole)",,2008,,"United Methodist Church",,,"Ally,Methodist,United Methodist Church",,Stole,"Shower of Stoles",1,0 1076,https://exhibits.lgbtran.org/items/show/1076,"First Congregational Church (Solidarity Stole)",,,,,,,,,,,,,1075,"Indianapolis, Indiana (USA)",,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,"First Congregational Church (Solidarity Stole)","FIRST CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH United Church of Christ Indianapolis, Indiana Truly ONA It wasn’t until 2004 that FCC Indy became truly ONA, even though the ONA statement had been passed in 1994, ten years ago.  We were in “ONA limbo.” I’m sure there are other churches like ours – intellectually tolerant of diversity, but resistant to advocacy for gay and lesbian people.  A marker of a technically-but-not-truly ONA church is an ONA church with few openly gay or lesbian members.  Have you heard these confusing, diffusing, and alienating statements?  “Open and affirming means welcoming all people – it’s not just about gay people.  How about racism, poverty, and mental illness?”  Or, “Aren’t we supposed to be welcoming to conservative people, too?” Controversy about celebrating our 10th anniversary of our ONA statement was the background for a reconciling dialogue.  The Shower of Stoles surrounded our celebration, and each stole was a witness to the visible and invisible gifts of LGBT believers. We are now a truly ONA church. ",,,"United Church of Christ",,,"Ally,Indiana,Open and Affirming in the UCC (ONA),Ordination,United Church of Christ",,Stole,"Shower of Stoles",1,0 1077,https://exhibits.lgbtran.org/items/show/1077,"Reverend Joe Halloran",,,,,,,"Reverend Joe Halloran",,,,,,1084,"Colorado Springs, Colorado (USA)",,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,"Reverend Joe Halloran","Reverend Joe Halloran Roman Catholic Colorado Springs, Colorado This stole was used in Catholic Masses in many different countries.",,,"Roman Catholic Church",,,"Catholic,Colorado,Halloran, Joe,Roman Catholic",,Stole,"Shower of Stoles",1,0 1078,https://exhibits.lgbtran.org/items/show/1078,"Rev. Sarah J. Flynn",,,,,,,"Rev. Sarah J. Flynn",,,,,,1071,"Burlington, Vermont (USA)",,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,"Rev. Sarah J. Flynn","Rev. Sarah J. Flynn American Catholic Church of New England (formerly United Methodist Church) Burlington, Vermont I am sending with this letter a stole bearing the United Methodist emblem at one end of it. I am sending with this letter a stole bearing the United Methodist emblem at one end of it. I wore this stole during my pastoral ministry which began as a student pastor in 1961 and continued as a full time Elder after I was ordained.  I served parishes in New Jersey, New York and Connecticut before leaving pastoral ministry. The reason for leaving was that I had finally come face to face with my transsexual gender identity after having struggled to deny it for about 25 years. I completed my transition in 1978 and started life over, eventually becoming a college registrar and advisor which became my second career. During my second career as a registrar I served for 9 years as a United Methodist supply pastor on weekends. I served on conference committees and even arranged the installation service of an incoming bishop. The bishop who had originally ordained me to the ministry had, after I transitioned, re-issued my ordination papers in my new name at the request of the bishop under whom I had been serving. I believe this was a bold step for a bishop to take in 1978. It was even bolder perhaps to appoint me to a part-time parish which I served on a “don't ask, and I won't tell” basis (but if asked, I would have told!) Why then am I sending this stole? Because 1.) I owed it to the many LGBT people who had helped me over the years to come out and make my witness on behalf of their need for justice, and 2.) I met the woman who became my same-sex life partner. Being out and being in a same sex relationship put me at odds with the United Methodist Church policy banning self-avowed, practicing homosexuals from being appointed to parishes or blessing same-sex unions. I am guilty of being and doing both. So I left the part-time parish I was serving, retired from the United Methodist ministry and have been serving as a priest in an open and affirming church ever since. I left because I did not want to create problems for the liberal bishops under whom I had served. By law, they would be forced to put me on trial even though it would be contrary to their own consciences to do so. I left also because there is much to be done both in terms of pastoral ministry and social justice advocacy for LGBT people and I could not do that work and avoid becoming involved a futile trial proceeding that would lead to my dismissal. Out of respect for the bishops who took such risks I thought it best to leave on my own and continue the work in another church. Rev. Sarah J. Flynn American Catholic Church of New England  ",,"

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","United Methodist Church",,,"Clergy Activist,Flynn, Sarah J.,Methodist,Theology,Transgender activism,United Methodist Church,Vermont",,Stole,"Shower of Stoles",1,0 1079,https://exhibits.lgbtran.org/items/show/1079,"First Unitarian Society",,,,,,,"First Unitarian Society",,,,,,1070,"Denver, Colorado (USA)",,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,"First Unitarian Society","First Unitarian Society Unitarian Universalist Denver, CO The scales, rainbow and dove represent the principles which include a diverse world community with peace, liberty and justice for all.  To fulfill these principles, the Unitarian Universalist denomination and this church, represented by the flaming chalice, strive for civil marriage as a civil right. First Unitarian has selected Just Marriage as this year’s congregational project. ",,,"Unitarian Universalist",,,"Clergy Activist,Colorado,Marriage Equality,Theology,Unitarian-Universalist Association",,Stole,"Shower of Stoles",1,0 1080,https://exhibits.lgbtran.org/items/show/1080,"Rev. Jim Chandler",,,,,,,"Rev. Jim Chandler",,,,,,1069,"Denver, Colorado (USA)",,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,"Rev. Jim Chandler","REV. JIM CHANDLER CHURCH OF RELIGIOUS SCIENCE Denver, CO This is a place where all people, in all our diversity, on all our different paths and with all our individual and unique expressions of life, may come together to celebrate our inherent oneness as perfect manifestations of the One Spirit through the use of Science of Mind principles. We recognize that our thoughts create our journey and by affirming love, faith, compassion, and joy, we attract beauty, peace, and purpose into our lives. We give thanks for our uniqueness and our diversity of life, while we celebrate the One Life that is All Life…… God’s Life!",,,"Church of Religious Science",,,"Chandler, Jim,Church of Religious Science,Ohio,Theology","https://exhibits.lgbtran.org/files/original/617531c581b3b5ae22645977308cbe03.jpg,https://exhibits.lgbtran.org/files/original/c84e8142db7401f611a27495006326d7.jpg",Stole,"Shower of Stoles",1,0 1081,https://exhibits.lgbtran.org/items/show/1081,"Miranda Keefe",,,,,,,"St. James Presbyterian Church",,,,,,1068,"Bellingham, Washington (USA)",,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,"Miranda Keefe","MIRANDA KEEFE St. James Presbyterian Church Bellingham, Washington Miranda Meagan Keefe, a Transsexual woman, was born in 1954 as a male named Randy Keefe. Sunday School, choir, VBS and youth group at St. James Presbyterian in Bellingham, WA shaped her deepening faith in Christ until she felt called to ministry. She attended Fuller Theological Seminary in Pasadena, California, served as Associate Pastor for youth at First Presbyterian in Prosser, WA, and then as Pastor at Naches Presbyterian Church in Naches, WA. In 1987 she surrendered her PCUSA ordination to pastor Christ Community Church, an ecumenical congregation in Bellingham. She transitioned to her current female gender in 1995, left the pastorate, and returned to St. James. She frequently teaches classes at St. James, preaches once or twice a year, and has served as Deacon. Miranda was married when she was in the male gender and had three sons. In 1991 she became a single parent raising her children with the help of her parents. In 2005 she finished studies at Western Washington University to earn a Masters in Psychology – Mental Health Counseling. She hopes to resume her PCUSA ordination in a validated ministry doing counseling.",,,"Presbyterian Church (USA)",,,"Keefe, Miranda Meagan,Ordination,Presbyterian,Presbyterian Church (USA),Washington",,Stole,"Shower of Stoles",1,0 1082,https://exhibits.lgbtran.org/items/show/1082,"Anonymous Army Chaplain",,,,,,,Anonymous,,,,,,1064,"Unknown, (USA)",,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,"Anonymous Army Chaplain","ANONYMOUS United States Army",,,Unknown,,,"U.S. Military,United States",,Stole,"Shower of Stoles",1,0 1083,https://exhibits.lgbtran.org/items/show/1083,"Anthony Effertz, S.F.O.",,,,,,,"Anthony Effertz",,,,,,1063,Unknown,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,"Anthony Effertz, S.F.O.","ANTHONY EFFERTZ, S.F.O. Catholic When a Franciscan is invested into the Franciscan Order, he is girded with the Franciscan Cord. This is a white rope with three knots in it. The three knots symbolize the vows, or promises, a Franciscan makes of poverty, chastity, and obedience. I am a member of the Franciscan Order, and I am gay. Over the years I have become a superior in the Franciscan Order. Although I am out publicly, I am still in the closet to many members of the Franciscan Order. If they knew my orientation, I might be asked to resign, so I have served in silence. I do not desire to serve in silence, therefore I give this Franciscan cord (a symbol of who I am) to you as a sign of my conviction that God truly loves all humankind regardless of their sexual orientation. I am Anthony Effertz, S.F.O. I love God, God loves me, and I am gay.",,,"Roman Catholic Church",,,"Catholic,Effertz, Anthony,Roman Catholic,Theology",,Stole,"Shower of Stoles",1,0 1084,https://exhibits.lgbtran.org/items/show/1084,"Rev. Rod Reinhart",,,,,,,"Rev. Rod Reinhart",,,,,,839,"Bloomfield Hills, Michigan (USA)",,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,"Rev. Rod Reinhart","REV. ROD REINHART EPISCOPAL 17 years ago Rod Reinhart founded People Who Care About People With AIDS, an AIDS Ministry of the Episcopal Church. He is an active interim minister in the Episcopal Diocese of Michigan. He is currently rector of Nativity Episcopal Church in Bloomfield Hills. Fr. Reinhart fought a long struggle against the forces of prejudice and homophobia in order to be ordained as a priest in the Episcopal Church. He has long been an open advocate of full inclusion and equality for GLBT in society and the church. Fr. Reinhart is also the founder of the World Sabbath of Religious Reconciliation. This is a new interfaith holy day dedicated to making peace among all religions, races, nations and ethnic groups.",,,"Episcopal Church",,,"AIDS,Clergy Activist,Episcopal Church,Michigan,Reinhart, Rod,Theology","https://exhibits.lgbtran.org/files/original/86cdf9bd1591b489eae43cc8070b4dff.jpg,https://exhibits.lgbtran.org/files/original/e63c4406b30e43f391d213395f95effb.jpg",Stole,"Shower of Stoles",1,0 1085,https://exhibits.lgbtran.org/items/show/1085,"Seabury-Western Theological Seminary",,,,,,,"Professor Paula Barker",,,,,,882,"Evanston, Illinois (USA)",,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,"Seabury-Western Theological Seminary","From Professor Paula Barker SEABURY-WESTERN THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY EPISCOPAL CHURCH With gratitude for the gay, lesbian, and bisexual students among whom I have taught and learned; in honor of the faithfulness of their ministries... whether ordained or not; and with prayer for a future of openness, integrity, and recognition of mutual blessing.",,,"Episcopal Church",,,"Barker, Paula,Episcopal,Illinois,Integrity,Ordination","https://exhibits.lgbtran.org/files/original/df0f7514f93712ef47155c87fb983e16.jpg,https://exhibits.lgbtran.org/files/original/b3eaa4b610a2ca7d9f647f8b0a049012.jpg,https://exhibits.lgbtran.org/files/original/f79786d61e5f29a78a64484b7c5fb95a.jpg,https://exhibits.lgbtran.org/files/original/492736f2c93dc24aab8cc3dad84af0a1.jpg",Stole,"Shower of Stoles",1,0 1086,https://exhibits.lgbtran.org/items/show/1086,"Cheryl Breiner",,,,,,,"Cheryl Breiner",,,,,,884,"Unknown, (USA)",,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,"Cheryl Breiner","CHERYL BREINER CHRISTIAN CHURCH (DISCIPLES OF CHRIST) I was ordained in the Central Rocky Mountain Region of the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) in May 1982. My partner Doretta Philpot and I will have lived together 20 years in June 2002. She gave me this stole. I offer it to the Project because after I came out in the Central Rocky Mountain Region in 1996, I lost my standing as a minister that region. I offer it with hope for a new day in the church when love will reign.",,,"Christian Church (Disciples of Christ)",,,"Breiner, Cheryl,Christian Church (Disciples of Christ),Philpot, Doretta,Theology,United States,Women and Religion","https://exhibits.lgbtran.org/files/original/d2874d98753490ad3ff36a3988da72a8.jpg,https://exhibits.lgbtran.org/files/original/fe0bfc4cab8d34ff774db24ffa82f389.jpg",Stole,"Shower of Stoles",1,0 1087,https://exhibits.lgbtran.org/items/show/1087,"The Rev. Tammy Lindahl",,,,,,,"Rev. Tammy Lindahl",,,,,,2,"Minneapolis, Minnesota (USA)",,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,"The Rev. Tammy Lindahl","THE REV. TAMMY LINDAHL PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH (USA) Minneapolis, Minnesota Born on a dairy farm in central Minnesota, I found a home in the Presbyterian Church. It is in the church that my faith was nurtured and challenged. It was there that I learned about love, care, peace and integrity. I was ordained as an elder at age 21, and served as Sunday School Superintendent and youth group advisor. After graduating from McCormick Seminary I was called to rural ministry. Ordained in 1986, I have served five small rural parishes. In 1994, affirming who I am as a lesbian, I ""came out"" on the floor of Heartland Presbytery.  I pray for the day when God's Spirit will move the church to the full acceptance of gays and lesbians in the church. Vindicate me, O God, for I have walked in my integrity, and I have trust in God without wavering. Psalm 26:1",1995,"Tammy's partner, Martha Juillerat, was the founder of the Shower of Stoles Project.   Tammy has subsequently been able to return to her call to parish ministry. On May 27, 2018, she was officially transferred into the United Church of Canada. She is now serving as a minister in Bella Coola, Canada.  This stole was one of the original 80 stoles that were on display on Sept. 16, 1995 when Shower of Stoles Project founder Martha Juillerat set aside her ordination before Heartland Presbytery (see Stole #1 for details).","Presbyterian Church (USA)",,,"Juillerat, Martha,Lindahl, Tammy,Minneapolis,Minnesota,Ordination,Presbyterian,Presbyterian Church (USA),Women and Religion",https://exhibits.lgbtran.org/files/original/72011193c88776f3ab460eaabefaff8e.jpg,Stole,"Shower of Stoles",1,0 1088,https://exhibits.lgbtran.org/items/show/1088,"Frank Schaefer",,,,,,,"Frank Schaefer",,,,,,1177,"Pennsylvania (USA)",,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,"Frank Schaefer","FRANK SCHAEFER United Methodist Pennsylvania Frank Schaefer is a former ordained minister of the United Methodist Church (Eastern PA) where he ministered for more than 20 years until December 2013. He is married to Brigitte and has four children. He was educated at Princeton Theological Seminary and also earned a CPE degree at Hershey Medical Center’s residency program for chaplains. In 2013, Frank Schaefer was tried by a United Methodist court for officiating his son’s same-sex marriage in 2007 and was defrocked over his refusal to uphold the Book of Discipline in its entirety because it contains discriminatory laws and language toward lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer persons. Now a United Methodist lay person, speaker, and activist, he continues to advocate for human rights.",2014,"Frank donated his stole during a series of events at First United Methodist Church of Germantown, PA. Events included an exhibit of the Shower of Stoles Project and a demonstration against the Eastern Pennsylvania Conference of the United Methodist Church and it's decision to defrock Frank.   The back of the stole contains heartfelt, hand-written messages from his colleagues and supporters: “God made you a prophet.” “Thank you for your strong stance for integrity in the church.” “Frank, ordained in the spirit—an ordination that can never be taken away.” “Thank you for your witness with a father’s love.” “We are greater today because we have been blessed by your courage.”","United Methodist Church",,,"Ally,Clergy Activist,Marriage Equality,Methodist,Ordination,Pennsylvania,Schaefer, Frank,United Methodist Church","https://exhibits.lgbtran.org/files/original/86a6edf9758b0165d74ca9c7a6ddbdeb.jpg,https://exhibits.lgbtran.org/files/original/853a498dd5968d8db918f89a3e881d74.jpg",Stole,"Shower of Stoles",1,0 1089,https://exhibits.lgbtran.org/items/show/1089,"Rev. Anita Hill",,,,,,,"Rev. Anita Hill",,,,,,1178,"Saint Paul, Minnesota (USA)",,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,"Rev. Anita Hill","Rev. Anita Hill Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Saint Paul, MN This deacon’s stole was given to Anita Hill by St. Paul-Reformation Lutheran Church (Saint Paul, MN) in May 1994 when she was installed as “Pastoral Minister,” a term shared with Catholic women who are unable to be ordained. The Rev. Anita C. Hill retired this stole on the occasion of her “extra ordinem” service of ordination by the same congregation on April 28, 2001. Pastor Hill was officially received as a member of the clergy roster of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America on September 18, 2010. Hill played a significant role in the change in policy of the ELCA to allow openly LGBT clergy who are in relationships to serve on the rosters of her denomination. ",,"Click here for a biographic profile of Anita Hill, in the LGBTQ Religious Archives Network's Profile Gallery.","Evangelical Lutheran Church in America",,,"Clergy Activist,Evangelical Lutherans of America (ELCA),Hill, Anita,Lutheran,Minnesota,Ordination,St. Paul,Women and Religion",,Stole,"Shower of Stoles",1,0 1090,https://exhibits.lgbtran.org/items/show/1090,"Hearts on Fire - Reconciling Ministries Network's Convocation (Solidarity Stole)",,,,,,,,,,,,,1174,"Lake Junaleska, North Carolina (USA)",,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,"Hearts on Fire - Reconciling Ministries Network's Convocation (Solidarity Stole)","Hearts on Fire Reconciling Ministries Network’s Convocation Lake Junaleska, NC September 2-5, 2005 This gathering of RMN was protested by the Ku Klux Klan. This stole, and hundreds like it, was created by Parents Reconciling Network, an extension ministry of RMN. These stoles are distributed at every gathering of RMN and the wider United Methodist Church as a visible witness in support of ending the denomination’s anti-homosexual stance.   ",2006,,"United Methodist Church",,,"Ally,Methodist,North Carolina,Ordination,Reconciling Ministries Network (formerly Reconciling Congregation Program),United Methodist Church",,Stole,"Shower of Stoles",1,0