PFLAG in Utah
Thank you for all your efforts to gather stories for the Rainbow History Project. I’ve appreciated reflecting on the South[…]
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Robert L. Schaibly (1942-2019)
The Ministries and Faith Development staff offer our condolences to the family and colleagues of the Rev. Robert “Bob” Lloyd[…]
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You Can’t Preach Here! You Can’t Marry Here!
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
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
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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Dawn Sangrey
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
TRANSCRIPT: In 1987 I was invited by Bill Schulz to be part of a colloquium on “Is the Body the[…]
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Celebrating Love and Commitment
Offered by Rev. Leslie Westbrook Cedar Lane Unitarian Universalist Church, Bethesda, MD July 20, 2003 I officiated at my first[…]
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Memories, Thoughts, Reflections on the Journey of GLBTQ People in the UUA
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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What in your ministry should be part of the queer history of our faith?
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
Offered at UURMaPA Conference, October, 2019 In January 1982, I began my extension ministry in North Hatley, Quebec, and West[…]
Read moreEqual Marriage Statement Prepared for The Massachusetts State Legislature Hearing on Same-Sex Marriage
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
Personal Reflection – by Pat Sullivan Offered at UURMaPA Conference, October, 2019 I met Kay in 1986, and after a[…]
Read moreRecollections of Conducting Same-Sex Weddings in New Paltz, New York, March 2004
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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LGBTQ Movement in the Salina, Kansas, Fellowship
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
A Homily Delivered by Doddie Stone Mount Diablo Church, Walnut Creek, CA June 26, 1988 (Note: This was Doddie’s “coming[…]
Read moreInterview with Rev. Richard Kellaway
Interview presumably conducted by Lee Paczulla December 6, 2010 Q: Was the issue of homosexuality already being talked about within[…]
Read moreTying a Ribbon Around the Church
It was the Fall of 1992, and I had just arrived in Portland, Oregon, to take my position as the[…]
Read moreThe Education of a Hayseed in Academia
I became a Unitarian Universalist in 1963, a few years before Stonewall, but my contribution to the Rainbow History Project[…]
Read moreThe Journey of A Congregation
This is the story of a congregation coming to new understandings and new actions regarding lesbians, gay males, bisexuals, and[…]
Read morePersonal Memories of LGBTQ Groundbreakers in the UUA
I was a surprising, and surprised participant in some important moments in the LGBTQ history of the UUA. I say[…]
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