A site I’ve been wanting to write about for weeks, and have sadly neglected, is “la lucha, ma pulpito“, run by delfin waldemar bautista. which I enjoy for its completely fresh, lively appearance and tone – and a delicious sense…
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Queer Lessons in Cardinal Martini’s Warning From the Grave
Two weeks before he died,Cardinal Martini gave a notable interview with the Italian newspaper, Corriere della Sera, in which he made a fundamentally important statement and asked a crucial question, reported by the New York Times as “The church is 200…
Through a Glass Queerly
“For now we see through a glass, darkly.” (1 Corinthians 13:12 (KJV) “A Glass Queerly” is a new(ish) blog I’ve just come across which takes it’s name directly from the familiar quotation, and is dedicated to queer biblical interpretation (or “hermeneutics”).…
Gay in Uganda – Faith and Sexuality Conference
The challenges to gay Ugandans are severe, and often aggravated by religious groups intent on stoking prejudice and worse. As Chris Morley recently reported, Catholic bishops are now backing the revived bill to criminalize homosexuality, and a government minister (an…
The ‘Patron Saint of Transvestites’ is said to be Charles, aka Lia, d’Éon de Beaumont
Charles (or Lia when in female dress) d’Éon de Beaumont was an extraordinary transvestite character, a French Catholic, a diplomat, a soldier, and a spy who lived for over 80 years in both France and England. He spent about half…
A Queer tale of Oscar Wilde’s friends: the Catholic Priest and his lover, a Dominican Brother
Amid all the Queen’s diamond jubilee nonsense, the queer Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence picnicked on Carlton Hill in Edinburgh yesterday, after visiting key sites in Edinburgh’s gay and lesbian history: ‘Old Queens’ alternative jubilee picnic The Sisters were formed in…
Christina Rosetti, Lesbian Poet (and Saint)
In the Western church, it is the Catholic tradition that is most closely associated with honouring the saints, but other denominations do too (not always using the same terminology). The Church of England, the Episcopal Church, and others in the…
Celebrating Our Relationships
One of the dangers in focussing too much in the controversies over same – sex marriage, whether in church or as civil marriage, is that of ignoring or marginalising other forms of relationship – such as civil partnerships. In our workshop…
Churches Launch Pro-gay Christian Billboard Campaign
GRAND RAPIDS, MI — It took a lifetime of doubt and worry — not to mention five years of marriage to a man — for Cara Oosterhouse to reconcile her sexual orientation with her faith. Oosterhouse, a Grand Rapids native,…
Schonborn Confirms: Discrimination is NOT a Catholic Value.
Yesterday’s report from Cutting Edge that Cardinal Schonborn has confirmed the election of an openly gay man to a parish council in Austria, reversing an earlier decision by the parish priest to exclude him, deserves closer attention than I was…
