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Uganda Martyrs raise questions on religion and LGBTQ rights
Tough questions about homosexuality, religion and LGBTQ rights are raised by the 45 Uganda Martyrs whose feast day is June 3. Ugandan male pages refused to have sex with their king after they...
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FannyAnn Eddy: Lesbian martyr in Africa
FannyAnn Eddy was a major activist for LGBTQ rights in her native Sierra Leone and the rest of Africa. She was murdered on Sept. 29, 2004. Nobody was ever convicted of the crime. She founded the...
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Black Madonna of Czestochowa becomes lesbian defender Erzuli Dantor
The Black Madonna of Czestochowa, one of the most famous Catholic icons, is the model for a Haitian Vodou goddess who protects lesbians. Traditional images of Erzulie Dantor, the Vodou defender of...
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Patrick Leuben Mukajanga: Ugandan pastor and LGBTQ activist
Patrick Leuben Mukajanga, known by many as Mleuben Maccarthy, was a gay Ugandan pastor and LGBTQ activist. He died in a motorcycle accident while riding from Kampala to his home in Ibanda town on July...
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Augustine of Hippo: Saint who rejected his bisexual past, defended intersex...
After a sexually active and probably bisexual youth, Augustine of Hippo became an influential early Christian theologian who was sex-negative but argued that God created intersex people. This...
View ArticleEthiopian eunuch and Philip: Early church welcomed queers in Bible story
A queer black man was welcomed as an early Christian convert in Biblical times, according to progressive Bible scholars. He was a triple outsider — a gender-variant foreigner from a racial minority —...
View ArticleMaurice and Theofredus: Same-sex paired saints and martyrs of Thebes
Maurice and Theofredus are third-century martyr-saints and soldiers of Thebes with a homosocial bond. They are shown as a same-sex pair in Renaissance art. Maurice’s feast day is Sept. 22 in the...
View ArticleDholuo Rainbow Christ Prayer highlights Africa: “Kristo Lihundu, Alam”
The Rainbow Christ Prayer is presented in the African language of Dholuo to support the people and cultures of Africa, especially Kenya and Tanzania where it is commonly spoken. By offering “Kristo...
View ArticleSally Gross: Intersex priest led legal reform after being defrocked
Sally Gross was an intersex South African anti-apartheid activist who became a Catholic priest — but was stripped of clergy status after revealing that she identified as female in the 1990s. She became...
View ArticleGay Catholic priest reveals his journey in cartoon-style memoir “My Life” by...
A gay Roman Catholic priest reveals his adventurous life and ministry in the cartoon-style memoir “My Life: as a Boy, Priest, Gay Man, and Artist” by Jan Haen. During more than a half-century of...
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