Awards & Prizes

Virginia Ramey Mollenkott Award

To encourage and support original research and study of LGBTQ religious history, LGBTQ-RAN offers an annual award for papers, the Virginia Ramey Mollenkott Award. Initiated in 2005, this award honors outstanding scholarship in LGBTQ religious history from among an array of academic papers submitted. The Virginia Ramey Mollenkott Award is the only award offered in this academic arena.

• Award Honorees
• Submission Guidelines

LGBTQ-RAN Educational Resource Prize

To further the teaching and instruction of LGBTQ+ religious history in various classroom contexts, the LGBTQ Religious Archives Network offers an annual LGBTQ-RAN Educational Resource Prize. Inaugurated in 2021, the prize honors scholars and teachers developing curricular and instructional materials for the teaching of LGBTQ+ religious history at all levels of education from primary to higher education, as well as in congregational or community settings.

• Prize Honorees
• Submission Guidelines

LGBTQ-RAN Exhibit Grant

The LGBTQ Religious Archives Network (LGBTQ-RAN) supports the identification, collection and preservation of personal papers and organizational records from lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender religious movements. To encourage scholarly research and historical study of these important movements, LGBTQ-RAN is offering a $1500 Exhibit Grant to support the presentation of a high-quality virtual exhibit to be posted on the LGBTQ-RAN website.

• Submission Guidelines