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A Church in the Shadow of Stonewall

October 21, 2020 UURHAdmin stories

The History of Gay Liberation at the Fourth Universalist Society in the City of New York Abstract  In 1967, the[…]

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You Can’t Preach Here! You Can’t Marry Here!

October 21, 2020 Eric Schuman stories

Contributed by Eric Schuman Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Salem, Oregon In writing this essay, I ask the reader to understand[…]

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Interview 1 with Dee Graham, Dorothy Emerson, Meg Riley, Doddie Stone, Ann Tyndall

July 19, 2020 UURHAdmin 2019 Feb - New Braunfels TX, conferences

Dee Graham: All right, so we want to start by saying our names. I’m the Reverend Dee Graham and I’m[…]

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Q, Li, and a UU Journey

July 19, 2020 Adele Smith-Penniman stories

Rev. Adele Smith-Penniman talks about her journey in Unitarian Universalism over the past 50 years.  Li discusses this journey in[…]

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Addressing a Standing on the Side of Love Rally at GA 2010

July 19, 2020 Holly Horn stories

B = Dr. Benjamin Maucere     H = Rev. Dr. Holly Horn B: On April 3, 2009 the Iowa State Supreme[…]

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Iowa Wedding Orientation

July 19, 2020 UURHAdmin resources, stories

Hi, I’m Holly, and I’ll be your wedding coordinator for today. That means you have to give me your undivided[…]

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The Sadness in Gaiety

July 19, 2020 Gordon Gibson stories

Sometime in the 1970-71 church year, I believe in Autumn of 1970, I preached a sermon to the Unitarian Universalist[…]

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Keith Kron

Keynote Presentation 2 by Keith Kron

March 10, 2020 Keith Kron 2019 Feb - New Braunfels TX

Keith Kron: We talked about this a little before the break, but I want to talk about, and I won’t[…]

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Keith Kron

Keynote Presentation 1 by Keith Kron

March 10, 2020 Keith Kron 2019 Feb - New Braunfels TX

Speaker 1: This morning we start with Keith Kron, Director of the Transitions Office, providing an overview of this fascinating[…]

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Dee Graham and Dorothy Emerson

Interview with Dee Graham and Dorothy Emerson

March 10, 2020 Dorothy Emerson 2019 Feb - New Braunfels TX

Dee Graham: I’m Reverend Dee Graham and this is … Dorothy Emerson: I’m Reverend Dorothy Emerson. Dee Graham: We’ve both[…]

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Jay Deacon

Interview with Jay Deacon

March 10, 2020 Jay Deacon 2019 Feb - New Braunfels TX

I’m Jay Deacon. I just wanted to add a few stories that there wasn’t time for in the program the[…]

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Michael Crumpler

Conversation with Michael Crumpler

March 10, 2020 Michael Crumpler 2019 Oct - Litchfield CT

Rev. Crumpler: Well, I am the Reverend Michael Crumpler, the LGBTQ and multicultural programs director. It’s a lot. I just[…]

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Ned Wight

Ned Wight

March 10, 2020 Ned Wight 2019 Oct - Litchfield CT

I think I’ll talk about two parts of my ministerial formation and the settlement process as an extension minister. SI[…]

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LGBTQIA Ministers and Partners moderated by Dee Graham

March 8, 2020 UURMaPA Conference 2019 Oct - Litchfield CT

Lindi Ramsden, Lucy Hitchcock, Carlton Smith, and Craig Matheus TRANSCRIPT: Susan Rowley: So I guess that’s my cue to begin[…]

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Interview with Doddie Stone, Elizabeth Strong, Tony Larsen, Craig Matheus

March 8, 2020 UURMaPA Conference 2019 Oct - Litchfield CT

Elizabeth S.: My story actually took place in the ’80s when I was the minister in Syracuse, New York. And[…]

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Interview with Darrick Jackson, Susan Veronica Rak, and Carlton E Smith

March 8, 2020 UURMaPA Conference 2019 Feb - New Braunfels TX

TRANSCRIPT: Susan Veronica: Well, when I was asked to be on this panel, I wasn’t quite sure how my story[…]

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Interview 2 from the Conference in New Braunfels Texas – February 2019

March 8, 2020 UURMaPA Conference 2019 Feb - New Braunfels TX

TRANSCRIPT: Speaker 1: My question is, I want you to think back, now coming into your ministry, but even before[…]

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Dawn Sangrey

Dawn Sangrey

February 22, 2020 Dawn Sangrey stories

TRANSCRIPT: I’m Dawn Sangrey. I’m the Minister Emerita of the Mohegan Lake New York Congregation. When I was just beginning[…]

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Lucy Hitchcock

Lucy Hitchcock

February 22, 2020 Lucy Hitchcock stories

TRANSCRIPT: In 1987 I was invited by Bill Schulz to be part of a colloquium on “Is the Body the[…]

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Marriage Revisited on Pride Sunday

January 22, 2020 Mark Belletini stories

A Sermon offered by the Rev. Mark Belletini First Unitarian Universalist Church of Columbus, Ohio June 10, 2012 Greeting, Centering,[…]

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Integrity

January 19, 2020 Sean Parker-Dennison stories

Rev. Sean Parker-Dennison Preached many times Sean says, “Here is a version of the “coming out” sermon I’ve been preaching[…]

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Winter 2019 Conference

January 19, 2020 Jaco B. ten Hove 2019 Feb - New Braunfels TX, conferences

2019 Winter UURMaPA Conference Report by Jaco B. ten Hove CELEBRATING THE RAINBOW History Made and in the Making On[…]

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Marion Visel’s papers

January 19, 2020 Marion Visel stories

DOCUMENTS FROM REV. MARION VISEL SAME SEX WEDDINGS NEW PALTZ, NY, MARCH 2004 (Chronological Order) 1. Marian Visel papers 1[…]

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Coming Out Sermons

December 28, 2019 Ned Wight stories

From my own experience, preaching a “coming out” sermon during my internship at the First Church in Belmont, MA, in[…]

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Keith Kron

The Van Gogh Café – A sermon preached many times

December 28, 2019 Keith Kron stories

Rev. Keith Kron Reading “Eleven” by Sandra Cisneros What they don’t understand about birthdays and what they never tell you[…]

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Statement of Conscience

December 8, 2019 Rhett Baird stories
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Worship Singing

Rainbow History Flows On

December 8, 2019 Jaco B. ten Hove 2019 Oct - Litchfield CT

Fall UURMaPA Conference Report — October 7-10, 2019 Wisdom House Retreat Center in Litchfield, CT By Jaco ten Hove “Wisdom[…]

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Rev Rhett Baird at UUC Atlanta

A Personal Proclamation

December 8, 2019 Rhett Baird stories

by Rev. Rhett D. Baird © March 24, 2002, Rev. Rhett D. Baird “The UU Rainbow History Project has my[…]

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Intersectionality and More Changes

November 18, 2019 Meg Riley stories

Keynote Address given by Meg Riley UURMaPA Fall Conference, 2019 Note that this is not a word-for-word transcription of Meg’s[…]

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Rev. Leslie Westbrook

Celebrating Love and Commitment

November 14, 2019 Leslie Westbrook stories

Offered by Rev. Leslie Westbrook Cedar Lane Unitarian Universalist Church, Bethesda, MD July 20, 2003 I officiated at my first[…]

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Confronting Our Prejudice

November 14, 2019 Roger Fritts stories

A sermon offered by Rev. Roger Fritts Unitarian Universalist Church of Lexington, Kentucky November 4, 1979 One Monday evening in[…]

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Jay Deacon

Memories, Thoughts, Reflections on the Journey of GLBTQ People in the UUA

October 25, 2019 Jay Deacon stories

Offered by Rev.  F.  Jay Deacon, D.Min. Keynote Address, UURMaPA Conference, October, 2019 (Note:  This is not a word-for word[…]

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Kay Greenleaf (1939 – 2018)

October 24, 2019 Cathie Severance stories

Offered by Cathie Severance; Researched by the UUMA UURMaPA Conference, February and October, 2019 Kay Greenleaf was born on December[…]

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Kim K Crawford Harvie

What in your ministry should be part of the queer history of our faith?

October 23, 2019 Kim K Crawford Harvie stories

Rev. Kim K. Crawford Harvie Arlington Street Church I’ve been thinking about how many secrets I’ve kept about our queer[…]

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Personal Reflections – Brendan Hadash

October 23, 2019 Brendan Hadash stories

Offered at UURMaPA Conference, October, 2019 In January 1982, I began my extension ministry in North Hatley, Quebec, and West[…]

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Robert P. Wheatly

Rev. Robert P. Wheatly (1919 – 2002)

October 23, 2019 David Hunter stories

Offered by David Hunter UURMaPA Conferences, February and October, 2019 The Rev. Robert P. Wheatly died in 2002 at the[…]

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Newell Deane Starr

Newell Deane Starr (1923 – 1996)

October 23, 2019 Arthur Severance stories

Offered by Rev. Arthur Severance UURMaPA Conferences, February and October, 2019 Writes John Buehrens:  Deane Starr was raised in Michigan[…]

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Robert L. Hadley (1928 – 2012)

October 23, 2019 David Hunter stories

Offered by Rev.  David Hunter UURMaPA Conferences February and October, 2019 Rev. Robert L. Hadley died in 2012, at the[…]

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Dorothy M Emerson

Dorothy M.  Emerson (1943 – 2019)

October 23, 2019 Dee Graham stories

Offered by Marni Harmony, Written by Dee Graham UURMaPA Conference, October, 2019 When Dorothy Emerson launched her life as an[…]

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Rosemarie Carnarius

Rosemarie Carnarius (1938-2015)

October 23, 2019 Barbara Child stories

Offered by Rev. Barbara Child UURMaPA Conferences February and October, 2019 It is my honor to share with you a[…]

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Equal Marriage Statement Prepared for The Massachusetts State Legislature Hearing on Same-Sex Marriage

October 23, 2019 Eugene Navias stories

by the Rev. Eugene B. Navias Associate Minister Emeritus, Arlington Street Church, Boston October 23, 2003 I am the Rev.[…]

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Katherine (Kay) Greenleaf

October 23, 2019 Pat Sullivan stories

Personal Reflection – by Pat Sullivan Offered at UURMaPA Conference, October, 2019 I met Kay in 1986, and after a[…]

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James Stoll

James L. Stoll (1936-1994)


October 19, 2019 Jaco B. ten Hove stories

Offered by Rev. Jaco ten Hove UURMaPA Conferences February and October, 2019 “In the world of religion, one of the[…]

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Richard Nash

Richard L. Nash (1935 – 1997)

October 19, 2019 Jaco B. ten Hove stories


Offered by Rev. Jaco ten Hove, Researched by Rev. Marni Harmony UURMaPA Conferences, February and October, 2019 The Rev. Richard[…]

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Frank Robertson

Frank Robertson (1936 – 2008)

October 19, 2019 Ginger Luke stories

Offered by Rev. Ginger Luke UURMaPA Conferences, February and October, 2019 I knew Frank Robertson as a religious educator.  He[…]

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James Stoll

Haunted Man of the Cloth and Pioneer of Gay Rights

October 19, 2019 Mark Oppenheimer stories

By Mark Oppenheimer SEPT. 18, 2010, New York Times The death this month of Seymour Pine, the vice officer who[…]

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Rev. Kathleen Ellis

Celebrating Fifteen Years

October 7, 2019 Kathleen Ellis stories

This sermon won Kathleen the Interweave sermon contest, and she delivered it again at the Interweave gathering at General Assembly[…]

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Gene Navias

Eugene Barnett Navias (1928-2014)

October 7, 2019 Judy Welles stories

Offered by Rev. Judy Welles UURMaPA Conferences, February and October, 2019 “Gene” Navias  was born on March 18, 1928 to[…]

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Diane M W Miller

Our UU Rainbow History

October 7, 2019 Diane M. W. Miller stories

by Rev. Diane Miller UU Fellowship of Salina, Kansas September 15, 2019 Change happens.  (This is an ancient religious truth). […]

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Mark Mosher Dewolfe

Mark Mosher DeWolfe (1953 – 1988)

October 3, 2019 Diane M. W. Miller stories

Offered by Rev. Diane Miller UURMAPA Conferences, February and October, 2019 His name was Mark Mosher DeWolfe.  Born in 1953,[…]

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Recollections of Conducting Same-Sex Weddings in New Paltz, New York, March 2004

October 3, 2019 Marion Visel stories

I knew that New Paltz Mayor Jason West had been performing same-sex weddings, but I learned of the ceremonies officiated[…]

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Jaco B ten Hove

My Journey From Homophobia

October 3, 2019 Jaco B. ten Hove stories

A sermon by Rev. Jaco B. ten Hove Last preached at Paint Branch UU Church, Adelphi, MD, January 8, 2006[…]

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Thea Nietfeld

LGBTQ Movement in the Salina, Kansas, Fellowship

October 3, 2019 Thea Nietfeld stories

When I moved back to my home state of Kansas in 2009, I began providing monthly pulpit supply at the[…]

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Remarks About Gay Pride

August 21, 2019 Doddie Stone stories

A Homily Delivered by Doddie Stone Mount Diablo Church, Walnut Creek, CA June 26, 1988 (Note:  This was Doddie’s “coming[…]

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Responsive Blessing for a Same-Sex Couple Commitment Ceremony

August 21, 2019 author unknown stories

LEADER: Because our love for one another is often not recognized, because our commitments are not yet legal, ALL: We[…]

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Report to the 1987 General Assembly

August 21, 2019 William F. Schulz stories

From the report of Rev. Dr. William F. Schulz UUA President, to the 1987 General Assembly: We Unitarian Universalists have[…]

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