Powered by Max Banner Ads History of Pride in the Churches by J Eric Peters Church history and queer history have been intertwining since even before Stonewall. And San Francisco has been the heart of it all. On about August 9, 1966 in the fabulous Tenderloin District of San Francisco, a cop grabbed a drag queen sitting in the Compton Cafeteria, and she threw her coffee in his face. A riot... 

Home for the Holidays by Annette Prue As we come into this holiday season, some of us find ourselves wondering if we want to go home for the holidays. I would like to share a few words of my own personal wisdom and experience with you… Home truly is where the heart is, but home is also where you make it. Home can be made up of friends, family or people that you share time with. It can even be a... 

Coming Out as a Christian by April Blaine Marisa* is the kind of person that others are drawn to. She is confident and outspoken, compassionate and cheerful, intelligent and funny. Marisa is passionate about social justice and identifies herself as a trans person. She is a mom, a dance coach, a gender performer, and… a Christian. As a long time activist in the LGBTQ community, Marisa told me recently... 

The New GLBT Pope Problem by Wayne Besen It is time to admit that the gay community has a gigantic Pope problem. Under the leadership of Benedict XVI, the Vatican has become an implacable foe of liberalism, modernity and basic rights for gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender people. Rome has eagerly jumped with both feet into America’s culture wars and is working on a global scale to punish... 

Gayatri May 2010 ha-shems rainbow as a bridge: laura weinblatt and the return of the jewish queers by Mickey Weems Strictly speaking, Jewish Queers have never left Columbus, ever since they had a Rainbow Flag and a Magen David to call their own. But the Jewish Queers and Allies (JQA) student group at Ohio State’s Hillel, the Jewish student center, faded out as an organization. Laura Weinblatt, who... 

GAYATRI – July 2010 Outnumbered: Math, Religion and You by J Eric Peters Stonewall Columbus’ staff and volunteers hustled and bustled getting ready for Pride weekend when I strolled into the Center on High on Wednesday, June 16 to see what sort of volunteer stuff I could get into. In between trips toting stuff from storage to truck, I learned from a Stonewall staffer that nobody had organized...