grantaire-put-that-bottle-down:
hey there LGBTQ kids who are also Christian/Jewish! If you feel like you’re disobeying God, questioning your faith, or feel wrong and dirty for loving who you love, there’s this fantastic site I found today called hoperemains that accurately and thoroughly combs through scripture and its (many) mistranslations, validates your orientation, and basically let’s you know that you’re not pissing off God. It’s insanely thorough and after reading through every page on the entire site it’s super helpful. Go check it out!
No no no! Jewish LGBTQ kinderlach! Go to Keshet!
hoperemains is completely from a Christian perspective, and not pluralistic or interfaith at all.
If you reblogged the first post from me please reblog this amendment so the Jewish peeps can access this resource too!
Trans Jewish kids, you can go to TransTorah as well!
Muslim LGBTQ kids, you can go to iamnotharaam! It’s run by a mod squad of different genders and orientations, and they take submissions from everybody!
–BB
MAY ANYONE WHO REBLOGS THIS BE ELEVATED TO THE EQUIVALENT OF SAINTHOOD IN THEIR RELIGION BLESS ALL OF YOU OH MY GOD.
REBLOGGING THIS AGAIN BECAUSE IT’S SO FREAKING IMPORTANT TO ME AND ALL MY FOLLOWERS TO READ THAT DEAL WITH GRIEF AND GUILT WHILE BEING LGBTQ AND RELIGIOUS
I created a masterdoc once of various religions and denominations of christianity and their LGBTQ affirming groups therein, esp. in the DC area (because that’s where I’m from). Lemme see if I can dig it up and post the info here.
In short, I don’t care WHAT you are, how conservative your denomination is, there’s 99.9% a group for LGBTQ& Allies for you. Yes, even THOSE groups.
Sorry there’s not many URLs. The list was for print.
Soulforce: organization for ending spiritual violence against GLBTQ people http://www.soulforce.org/
Gathered from http://www.hrc.org/resources/entry/faith-positions pages & http://jesusinlove.org/links.php
AME, Church of God in Christ, & other Black churches: Operation Rebirth (Washington DC area local churches: Unity Fellowship Church, Inner Light Ministries, Greater Hope Christian Church, Freedom Fellowship Christian Church, National City Christian Church)
Baha’i: GayBahai.net
Baptist: The Association of Welcoming & Affirming Baptists, Alliance of Baptists, Rainbow Baptists, Cooperative Baptist Fellowship
Church of the Brethren/Mennonite: Brethren Mennonite Council for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Interests
Buddhism: (no bans against GLBTQ people) lots of local organizations. In DC, Mintwood Zendo & Vajrayogini Buddhist Center
General Christian: ChristianGays.com, GayChurch.org, CLOUT (Christian Lesbians Out Together),
Disciples of Christ: Open & Affirming Ministries/GLAD Alliance
LDS: Affirmation, The Family Fellowship (LDSFamilyFellowship.org), MormonsForMarriage (straight LDS against Prop 8)
Episcopal church: (allows SS marriage, ordain GLBTQ ministers & hierarchy) Integrity, TransEpiscopal, Claiming the Blessing
General Evangelical Christian: ChristianGay.com, Evangelicals Concerned, The Evangelical Network
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA): Lutherans Concerned, Extraordinary Lutheran Ministries, Goodsoil.org
Hinduism: (long history of accepting homosexuality & MtF trans people) The Gay & Lesbian Vaishnava Association
Islam: Muslims for Progressive Values & Al-Fatiha (local to DC!)
Jehovah’s Witnesses: A Common Bond
Judaism: (reform & reconstructionist have full acceptance, some conservative and even a few orthodox are somewhat ok) so many orgs that there’s a World Congress of Gay, Lesbian, and Bisexual Jewish Organizations. Local: Bet Mishpachah & GLOE (@ the DCJCC)
Metropolitan Community Church: full rights & intentional outreach to GLBTQ people
Old Catholic/Independent Catholic: (some [the larger ones] have full rights… they are as follows) The Old Catholic Church Province of the United States (TOCCUSA), American National Catholic Church, Catholic Apostolic Church of North America (CACINA), Ecumenical Catholic Communion, the American Catholic Church, the American Apostolic Communion, the Independent Catholic Church of the West, the Catholic Apostolic Church in North America, the National Catholic Church of America, Hispanic Catholic Church
Orthodox Catholic: Axios
Pagan: most forms of pagans, heathens, and the like give full rights to GLBTQ people, Radical Faeries (GLBTQ Earth-based spirituality group)
Pentecostal: Fellowship of Reconciling Pentecostals International & Freedom 2 Be
Presbyterian: More Light Presbyterians, That All May Freely Serve, The Covenant Network of Presbyterians, The Shower of Stoles Project
Religious Society of Friends (Quakers): Friends for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer Concerns, The Quaker Lesbian Conference, The American Friends Service Committee
Roman Catholic: Dignity, New Ways Ministry, The National Association of Catholic Diocesan Lesbian and Gay Ministries, Catholic Association for Lesbian and Gay Ministries, Fortunate Families
Seventh-Day Adventist: Seventh-day Adventist Kinship International, Someone to Talk To
Sihkism: SARBAT: LGBT Sihks
Unitarian Universalist: full rights & outreach to GLBTQ people. Interweave: UUs for LGBT Concerns
United Church of Christ: full rights & outreach to GLBTQ people. The United Church of Christ LGBT Ministry, The United Church of Christ Coalition for LGBT Concerns
United Methodist: The Reconciling Ministries Network, Affirmation: United Methodists for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Concerns, The Methodist Federation for Social Action, United Methodists of Color for a Fully Inclusive Church
Also for reading:
http://www.hrc.org/resources/entry/what-does-the-bible-say-about-homosexuality
http://www.hrc.org/resources/entry/religion-and-coming-out-issues-for-african-americans
http://www.hrc.org/resources/entry/perspectives-on-the-bible-and-lgbt-people
http://www.gaychurch.org/Gay_and_Christian_YES/gay_and_christian_yes.htm
Okay this is cool. Thank you. And I just really love seeing us all come together to lend each other a hand like that.
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