Good King Wenceslas might be #gay. Yes, the king in the Christmas carol. The king and his page Podiven are real historical figures who loved each other in 10th-century Bohemia. Sep. 28 is the feast day of St Wenceslaus I, duke of Bohemia. #FaithfullyLGBT qspirit.net/gay-king-wen...

Euphrosyne / Smaragdus of Alexandria is a 5th-century saint who left life as a woman to become a male monk in an Egyptian monastery. His own father didn't recognize him until the saint revealed the truth to him shortly before dying. #faithfullyLGBT qspirit.net/euphrosyne-s...

Virginia Mollenkott was a feminist Bible scholar and queer theologian whose 13 books liberated many LGBTQ lives. She died on Sept. 25, 2020 at age 88. Her books include “Is the Homosexual My Neighbor?” and “Omnigender.” #faithfullyLGBT qspirit.net/virginia-mol...

Christianity means loving your “queer neighbor as yourselves. Or your queer self as your neighbor” in new book “You Can, If You Want To: Navigating Christian Faith, Conscience & Matters LGBTQ+” by gay priest James Alison. @bloomscontinuum.bsky.social #FaithfullyLGBT www.amazon.com/dp/139942299...

Bullied into killing himself, gay teen Tyler Clementi brought international attention to suicide of LGBTQ youth by jumping to his death Sept. 22, 2010. Anti-LGBTQ religious leaders helped form the hostile atmosphere that drove him to die. #FaithfullyLGBT qspirit.net/tyler-clemen...

John McNeill was a pioneering #gay priest, psychotherapist, author, theologian and Jesuit scholar who inspired many LGBTQ people of faith and allies. He died 10 years ago on Sept. 22, 2015. McNeill wrote the 1976 book “The Church and the Homosexual.” #FaithfullyLGBT qspirit.net/john-mcneill...

Henri Nouwen was a priest and author who wrestled with his homosexuality. He died on Sept. 21, 1996. His struggle with being #gay may have added depth to his writing. His “spirituality of the heart” touched millions. #FaithfullyLGBT qspirit.net/henri-nouwen...

Hildegard of Bingen is a medieval German mystic, artist, composer and scientist who loved another nun named Richardis and wrote with ecstasy about Mary. Her feast day is 9/17. Hildegard celebrated God’s green web of life as “viriditas.” #faithfullyLGBT qspirit.net/hildegard-bi...

Free newsletter on #LGBTQ spirituality & the arts. Readers call it inspiring, informative, courageous and “always fabulous.” The Q Spirit Newsletter covers LGBTQ saints and history, emphasizing books & visual art. See samples and sign up at qspirit.net/newsletter/ #FaithfullyLGBT

La Paula Turner was a pioneering Black lesbian clergy who supported LGBTQ Christians since the 1970s. She passed away on Aug. 4, 2025, at age 88. She was one of the first African Americans ordained by the LGBTQ-affirming @mccdenomination.bsky.social. #faithfullyLGBT qspirit.net/la-paula-tur...

September Q Spirit Newsletter is out! Gay chaplain Mychal Judge died helping on 9/11, remembering LGBTQ Christian pioneers La Paula Turner and Trudie Barreras, Mary has lesbian goddess roots and legacy, Augustine defended intersex, queer Bernard of Clairvaux and more at: conta.cc/3VdISJf

Trudie Barreras enriched LGBTQ Christian life as an artist, author wise woman of deep faith, major Q Spirit supporter, @mccdenomination.bsky.social member, and now a queer saint. She passed away on Sept. 2, 2025, at age 86 in Albuquerque, NM. #FaithfullyLGBT qspirit.net/trudie-barre...

Mychal Judge, chaplain to NY firefighters and unofficial gay saint, died helping others in the attack on the World Trade Center on Sept. 11, 2001. Some are trying to canonize him as an official Catholic saint. #911Anniversary #911day #faithfullyLGBT qspirit.net/mychal-judge...

Rainbow icons of Mary highlight her compassionate connection to the LGBTQ community -- evoking both controversy and celebration. Various rainbow Mary images by contemporary artists are posted for Marymas or the Nativity of Mary on Sept. 8. #faithfullylgbt qspirit.net/rainbow-mary/

Carl Bean was the founding archbishop of the Unity Fellowship Church Movement in the black LGBTQ community, an early AIDS activist and Motown singer of the 1977 gay-liberation anthem “I Was Born This Way.” He died Sept. 7, 2021 at age 77. #faithfullylgbt qspirit.net/carl-bean-bl...

Maurice and Theofredus are 3rd-century martyr-saints and soldiers of Thebes with a homosocial bond. The men gaze lovingly into each other’s eyes in a 15th-century illuminated manuscript. Artists often showed Maurice as a black knight. #faithfullyLGBT qspirit.net/maurice-theo...

After a sexually active and probably bisexual youth, Augustine of Hippo became an influential early Christian theologian. His feast day is Aug. 28. This contradictory queer saint was sex-negative but argued that God created intersex people. #FaithfullyLGBT qspirit.net/augustine-hi...

A queer black man was welcomed as an early Christian convert in Biblical times. The Episcopal church honors Simeon Bachos the Ethiopian Eunuch on Aug. 27. He was a triple outsider - a gender-variant foreigner from a racial minority. #FaithfullyLGBT qspirit.net/ethiopian-eu...

The Black Madonna of Czestochowa, whose feast day is Aug. 26, is the model for Haitian Vodou goddess Erzulie Dantor who protects lesbians. Black Madonnas embody the dark face of the divine feminine. #faithfullylgbt qspirit.net/black-madonn...

Bernard of Clairvaux was a medieval French abbot who wrote homoerotic poetry to Christ and had a same-sex friendship with bishop Malachy of Armagh. His feast day is Aug. 20. His poem to Jesus says: “With my mouth I touch and worship Thee.” #faithfullyLGBTQ qspirit.net/bernard-clai...

Robert Watson Wood was an ordained Congregational minister who wrote America’s first book on homosexuality and Christianity in 1960. He was the first clergy to picket for LGBTQ rights. He died on Aug. 19, 2018 at age 95. #faithfullyLGBT qspirit.net/robert-wood-...

New book: An intersex priest/activist’s life is explored in “Body Problems: What Intersex Priest Sally Gross Teaches Us About Embodiment, Justice, and Belonging” by @wolffdr.bsky.social, religion professor at Augustana College. @dukepress.bsky.social #FaithfullyLGBT www.amazon.com/dp/147803204...

Mary is honored by churches Aug. 15 in a holiday with #lesbian roots. The Feast of the Assumption comes from an ancient Roman festival for woman-loving virgin #goddess Diana/Artemis. It honors the divine feminine and #queer spirituality. #FaithfullyLGBT qspirit.net/mary-diana-a...

Happy birthday to Radclyffe Hall, author of “The Well of Loneliness.” The novel was banned for obscenity because it showed queer love with religious arguments supporting it. Hall, a devout British Catholic, was born Aug. 12, 1880. #faithfullyLGBT qspirit.net/radclyffe-ha...

New book: A transgender minister reflects on the fundamentalist faith of his closeted gay father who died of AIDS in the theopoetic memoir “Reading Secrets: A Queer Inheritance of Life and Scripture” by Malcolm Himschoot @liftupvalleys.bsky.social. #faithfullyLGBT www.amazon.com/dp/196351114...

John of La Verna is a medieval Italian friar known for his visions of kissing and being kissed by Jesus. His feast day is Aug. 9. John also had an intense relationship with a fellow friar. Scholar Kevin Elphick writes about him as a queer saint. #FaithfullyLGBT qspirit.net/blessed-john...

Delores Berry was a black lesbian singing evangelist whose music and ministry blessed many. She died Aug. 8, 2017 at age 66. Berry was an @mccdenomination.bsky.social clergy who co-founded the National Coalition of Black Lesbians and Gays in 1978. #faithfullylgbt qspirit.net/delores-berr...

My book listed among New LGBTQ Christian Books in 2025, from our friends at Q Spirit: qspirit.net/lgbtq-christ...

My unique LGBTQ Christian ministry is analyzed by the Queer God Squad in a new video. “She can find gender fluidity and queer sensibilities in everything,” said @bishopdurrell.bsky.social in Lesbian Author Kittredge Cherry Champions Queer Faith... #faithfullyLGBT www.youtube.com/watch?v=l8oC...

August Q Spirit Newsletter is out! Lazarus, Martha and Mary as Jesus' Beloved Disciple and queer chosen family, new video of Queer God Squad on Q Spirit, Ethiopian eunuch shows early church welcomed queers, Daniel, Wilgefortis, Joseph of Genesis, Song of Songs & more #faithfullyLGBT conta.cc/41tr6VJ

Gay Australian priest Shane St Reynolds discusses the Rainbow Christ Prayer by K Cherry and P Cheng: “more than a beautiful invocation; it is a spiritual embrace that holds the queer community tenderly through every season of life.” #faithfullyLGBT www.thegoodnewsblog.org/2025/06/the-...

Mary and Martha of Bethany were close friends of Jesus. The Bible calls them “sisters,” but maybe they were a lesbian couple. They formed a non-traditional family with their bachelor "brother" Lazarus. Their feast day is July 29. #FaithfullyLGBTQ qspirit.net/martha-mary-...

Was Lazarus the “beloved disciple” of Jesus and maybe even his lover? Some scholars say so. He may also be the “naked young man” at Jesus' arrest. His coming out of the tomb can be an LGBTQ symbol. His feast day is 7/29. Art by @kristenwheeler.bsky.social. #FaithfullyLGBT qspirit.net/lazarus-jesu...

Joseph, a popular figure in the Bible’s Book of Genesis, can be seen as a gender-nonconformist. Queer Bible scholars say Joseph wore a “princess dress” also known as a “coat of many colors” and was changed from female to male in the womb. #faithfullyLGBT qspirit.net/joseph-queer...

Boris is one of the most popular Russian saints, but his same-sex love story has been buried. He confided in George the Hungarian, prayed with him and when assassins attacked, they died together. Their feast day is 7/24. #faithfullyLGBT qspirit.net/boris-george...

Some scholars believe the Biblical Song of Songs was originally written as same-sex love poetry. Paul R. Johnson translated it as a gay love poem and @tehomcenter.bsky.social sees it as erotic poetry between women. Others are queering it in many ways. #FaithfullyLGBT qspirit.net/shulamite-so...

Symeon of Emesa and John, 6th-century Syrian monks, were joined in a same-sex union and lived together as desert hermits for 29 years. Their feast is July 21. Their union ceremony is a model for the adelphopoiesis brother-making ritual. #FaithfullyLGBT qspirit.net/symeon-emesa...

Queer saint Wilgefortis prayed to avoid marriage to a pagan king - and her prayers were answered when she grew a beard! Her feast day is 7/20. The “virgin martyr” has natural appeal for LGBTQ people. She's popular despite church opposition. #faithfullyLGBT qspirit.net/saint-wilgef...

Nancy Ledins made headlines as the 1st transgender Roman Catholic priest after gender confirmation surgery in 1979. She died July 18, 2017 at age 82. Ledins left the Catholic church, but ministered later at Wedgewood Church in Charlotte, NC #faithfullyLGBT qspirit.net/nancy-ledins...

Huge thanks to 29 donors who gave to my Pride offering! We matched the number of donors in 2023 total -- and just fell $243 short. You can still donate to support my LGBTQ spirituality projects. Pride Month is over, but the rainbow blessings go on forever! 🌈

New book: A queer pastor’s experiences are expressed poetically in “Glitter Psalms: A Young Man’s Coming of Age and Intersections of Faith and Queerness” by Leo Jones-Morton, pastor of Unifour Church. Psalms include “Young Man with the Rainbow Heart.” #FaithfullyLGBT www.amazon.com/dp/B0FB47TZK...

Sally Miller Gearhart was a #lesbian educator, theologian, activist and author of books such as 1974 classic “Loving Women / Loving Men: Gay Liberation and the Church.” She died on July 14, 2021 at age 90. #FaithfullyLGBT qspirit.net/sally-gearha...

Kuan Yin, the genderfluid spirit of compassion in Buddhism, can be thought of as a queer Christ figure or LGBTQ role model. Buddhists celebrate Kuan Yin's enlightenment on July 13, 2025, Kuan Yin is male, female or androgynous as needed. #FaithfullyLGBT qspirit.net/kuan-yin-que...

i am so excited for this book to be out! @pacedubs.bsky.social, @riverneedham.bsky.social, many others and I contributed to this. it is well worth a read for preachers, no preachers, queer, and cishet all to explore.

The Bible story of the Good Samaritan shows how all people are really neighbors, including outcasts such as LGBTQ people. It will be read at many churches Sunday, 7/13. Could one or both characters be LGBTQ? #FaithfullyLGBT qspirit.net/good-samarit...

I discuss LGBTQ Pride as a spiritual gift (and a lot more) in a new video interview from Sunshine Cathedral. Many thanks to Durrell Watkins and Robert Griffin, both bishops at Sunshine Cathedral, for interviewing me for their weekly Bishop Talk series. #faithfullyLGBT www.youtube.com/watch?v=zL0j...

New book! A full year of queer commentaries for every Sunday and feast day are provided by an interdenominational group of 15 preachers and scholars in “A Queer Lectionary: (Im)proper Readings from the Margins" Year A” by @docreligionprof.bsky.social #faithfullyLGBT. www.amazon.com/dp/164065795...

July Q Spirit Newsletter is out! My new video interview on Pride as a spiritual gift. Apostle Paul's homosexuality? Queer preacher of 1776, Pauli Murray, Marinos / Marina the Monk, David & Jonathan Jeremy Bentham, Pulse, James Tinney founded black LGBTQ church in 1982 and more at: conta.cc/4nAItNR

Steve Pieters was a gay clergyman and one of the longest-surviving AIDS patients. He died July 8, 2023 at age 70. His ground-breaking 1985 interview with televangelist Tammy Faye Bakker shifted public opinion on AIDS. I celebrate his life in this tribute. #FaithfullyLGBT qspirit.net/steve-pieter...

Early LGBTQ rights protests happened every #FourthofJuly from 1965-69 in front of Independence Hall in Philadelphia. Picketers included Robert W. Wood, the first member of the clergy to picket for #LGBTQ equality. #faithfullyLGBT qspirit.net/annual-remin...