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In 1956, the Church of ONE Brotherhood was founded in Los Angeles by a gay-rights activist. [13] In 1962, a Congregationalist pastor began an overt pastoral ministry to gay people in New York City. In 1976, the Episcopal Church officially became fully LGBTQ+ inclusive and affirming. [14] In 1979, Allen Bennett became the first openly gay Rabbi ...
Symbols of the world's largest religions displayed on rainbow flags at the Queer Easter, Germany. Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ+)-affirming religious groups are religious groups that welcome LGBT people as their members, do not consider homosexuality as a sin or negative, and affirm LGBT rights and relationships.
The Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, the largest Lutheran church body in the United States, allows for LGBTQ+ marriage and ordination of LGBTQ+ clergy. [ 75 ] [ 76 ] ELCA policy states that LGBTQ+ individuals are welcome and encouraged to become members and to participate in the life of the congregation. [ 75 ]
Within these theologically moderate-to-progressive Protestant groups, the decades of wrestling over whether to reaffirm or overturn longstanding anti-LGBTQ+ church policies sowed deep divisions ...
United Methodist churches elsewhere had already chosen openly gay pastors, including a bishop in one jurisdiction, and made other moves to accommodate LGBTQ+ worshipers even with the former ...
House of STEM – a community-led initiative to improve LGBTQ+ support, visibility and representation in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths) and STEM-related fields in Ireland; Irish Gay Dads; Outhouse – an LGBT community and resource centre operating in Dublin, Ireland, from 1996 to present day
Methodist churches in North Carolina and the nation are deeply split over the the ordination, marriage and spiritual standing of LGBTQ+ members. Almost 200 western NC Methodist churches leaving ...
This is a list of LGBTQ rights organizations in the United States. It does not include LGBT organizations affiliated with political parties . This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness.