After a long, miserable English winter, signs of spring are particularly welcome – and this morning, England has woken to cloudless blue sky – and a sun which is not merely visible, but which is also giving off some warmth…
Queer Saints and Martyrs
Let Us Remember, March 18th
Chris Wayne Beers, Mormon Missionary – and Suicide
Let Us Remember, March 17th: St Patrick of Ireland- a Gay Role Model?
So why should we see St Paddy as a gay icon? In a notable book on Irish gay history (“Terrible Queer Creatures“) Brian Lacey presents some evidence that Patrick may have had a long term intimate relationship with a man: “St.…
Let Us Remember, March 15th: The (Gay) Roman Centurion and his “Boy”
In Catholic tradition, March 15th is the feast day of “Longinus”, the name given to the Roman centurion at the crucifixion who pierced Christ’s side with his spear. Some writers, like Paul Halsall of the LGBT Catholic Handbook, also identify him with…
For 6th March, Let Us Remember – Saint Michelangelo Buonarotti?
Catholics will not be used to hearing of Michelangelo as a saint, but he is included in the calendars of saints of both the Anglican/ Episcopal Communion, and the Lutheran Church. The key reason for this discrepancy, I suspect, is…
Let Us Remember, for Feb 23rd: Pope Paul II, and His Embarrassing Death
Paul II died, on July 26, 1471 of a stroke, allegedly whilst being sodomized by a page boy. After his death, one of his successors suggested that he should rather have been called Maria Pietissima, “Our Lady of Pity”, because…
Let Us Remember, for Feb 14th, Queer Lovers in Church History
SS Sergius & Bacchus: Gay lovers, Roman soldiers, martyrs and saints. ****** As LGBT Catholics, it is important to recognize that our counterparts have featured strongly in Church history, although modern bowdlerized versions thereof have airbrushed us out. To redevelop…
Holocaust Memorial Day
On facebook yesterday, at the page for the ”Soho Masses Community” group, Trish Fowlie wrote: Let us remember Holocaust Memorial Day tomorrow (that is, Sunday 27th). I attended a service at an Anglican Church today, and was pleased that the…
Let Us Remember, for Dec 27th
John the Evangelist, the “Disciple Jesus Loved” and recall that there was once at least one tradition of the Christian church, the bridal couple in the story of the Wedding Feat at Cana were said to be Jesus himself, and John,…
Let Us Remember, for St Stephen’s Day (Dec 26th)
Gay King Wenceslas, who famously “went out, on the feast of Stephen” with his faithful page, Podiven (who may have been rather more than that).
