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Profiles Gallery

This Profiles Gallery presents more than 650 biographical sketches of persons who have been leaders or prominent initiators in LGBTQ+ religious movements around the world.

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  • Faith
    • Anglican Church of Canada
    • Baptist
    • Baptist (American Baptist/USA)
    • Baptist (Southern)
    • Black Atlantic Traditions
    • Buddhist
    • Catholic (Ecumenical (EEC), United Ecumenical (UEC))
    • Catholic (Eucharistic)
    • Catholic (Evangelical/Syrian-Chaldean)
    • Catholic (Independent Catholic Church of Americas (ICCA))
    • Catholic (Old Apostolic Catholic Church UK)
    • Catholic (Old Catholic Church)
    • Catholic (Orthodox Catholic Church of America (OCCA))
    • Catholic (Roman)
    • Christian Church (Disciples of Christ)
    • Christian Science (officially Church of Christ, Scientist)
    • Church of England (Anglican)
    • Church of God in Christ
    • Church of Sweden
    • Church of the Brethren
    • Church of the Nazarene
    • Ecumenical
    • Episcopal Church
    • Evangelical
    • Evangelical Church of Lutheran Confession (Brazil)
    • Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada (ELCIC)
    • Evangelical Lutheran Church of America (ELCA)
    • Free Reformed Church (Poland)
    • Friends/Quakers
    • Gay Spirituality
    • Gumbs, Alexis Pauline
    • Hindu
    • Islam
    • Islam (Progressive)
    • Jewish (Conservative)
    • Jewish (ethnic, Reform, Reconstructionist, Orthodox)
    • Jewish (Orthodox)
    • Jewish (Reconstructionist)
    • Jewish (Reform)
    • Lutheran Church of Norway
    • MCC
    • Mennonite Church USA
    • Methodist (UMC, United Methodist Church)
    • Moravian
    • Mormon (The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints)
    • Native American Spirituality
    • Neo-Pagan/New Age Movements/Occultism/Spirituality
    • Pentecostal
    • Presbyterian Church (USA)
    • Reformed (Netherlands)
    • Reformed Church (Dutch)
    • Reformed Church in America (RCA)
    • Salvation Army
    • Seventh Day Adventist
    • Sufism
    • Unitarian Universalist
    • United Church of Canada
    • United Church of Christ/Congregational Church
    • WICCAN
    • Women's spirituality
  • Person
    • Abdullah, Daayiee
    • Abels, Paul
    • Abrams, Allyson Bishop
    • Adewoye, John
    • Adkins, Peg
    • Alison, James
    • Alpert, Rebecca
    • Alter, Levi Ethan
    • Althaus-Reid, Marcella
    • Anderson, James D.
    • Anderson, Sky
    • Arehart, Charles Richard
    • Avery, James Edward
    • Bailey, Jim
    • Bakuraira, Diane
    • Barnett, Jeanne
    • Barrett, Ellen
    • Barrett, Ruth
    • Bean, Carl
    • Beck, Evelyn "Evi" Torton
    • Bell, Jay
    • Bennett, Allen
    • Bernier, Larry
    • Birchard, Roy
    • Blair, Ralph
    • Blue, Lionel
    • Boswell, John
    • Bowman, Mark
    • Boyd, Malcolm
    • Breton, Paul
    • Broshears, Raymond
    • Brown, Vanessa
    • Bryant, Anita
    • Budapest, Z
    • Burnside, John
    • Butler, Larry
    • Byers, Pam
    • Cardarelli, Richard
    • Carter, Mandy
    • Carter, Robert
    • Castellanos, Mari
    • Chappelle, Lucia
    • Charlton, Ellie
    • Chellew-Hodge, Candace
    • Cherry, Kittredge
    • Clement, Robert M.
    • Clemente, Anthony
    • Cole, Michael
    • Collins, Michael
    • Cook, Ann Thompson
    • Cordova Quero, Hugo
    • Coulter, Hugh
    • Creech, Jimmy
    • Crew, Louie
    • Cromey, Robert Warren
    • Cusulos, Stacy
    • Davidson, Virginia West
    • Day, Ann B.
    • DeBernardo, Francis
    • DeJong, Patricia
    • Dell, Gregory
    • DeSantis, Robert
    • Doclar, Charlotte
    • Doherty, Karen
    • Donaldson, Stephen
    • Doner, John
    • Duckett, Valerie Kim
    • Duddy-Burke, Marianne
    • Durham, Lewis
    • Easler, Darin
    • Edwards, Janet
    • Edwards, Lisa
    • Egan, Ed
    • Evans, Arthur
    • Farajaje, Ibrahim
    • Fay, Brendan
    • Floyd, Morris
    • Flunder, Yvette
    • Franklin, Darlene
    • Frey, Jason
    • Frost, Ruth
    • Garner, Darlene
    • Gearhardt, Sally Miller
    • Gilbert, Joseph
    • Glaser, Chris
    • Glasspool, Mary
    • González, Roberto
    • Good, Theda
    • Gore, Susan
    • Gramick, Jeannine
    • Griesinger, Jan
    • Grima, Tyrone
    • Grimes, Bruce
    • Gross, Alfred
    • Groves, Sharon
    • Hanks, Tom
    • Hansen, Ed
    • Hargis, Esther
    • Harmon, Cedric
    • Harris, Stan
    • Harrison, Beverly Wildung
    • Harrison, Rodger
    • Hassemer-Tiedeken, Manfred
    • Hay, Harry
    • Heyward, Carter
    • Hill, Anita
    • Himschoot, Malcolm
    • Holmes, Candy
    • Hope, Glenda
    • Hose, John
    • Humphreys, Laud
    • Hunt, Mary E.
    • Hunthausen, Raymond
    • Huskey, Richard
    • Hutchins, Loraine
    • Hyde, George
    • Isherwood, Christopher
    • Itkin, Michael
    • Jackson, Cari
    • Johnson, Deborah
    • Johnson, Jeff
    • Johnson, Malcolm
    • Johnson, William Reagan
    • Jones, Clinton
    • Jones, Zachary
    • Jordan, Lynn
    • Judge, Mychal
    • Kaiser, Geoffrey
    • Kansfield, Norman
    • Karpf, Ted
    • Kavanaugh, John
    • Kennedy, Magora
    • Kilhefner, Don
    • Kimer, Stan
    • Kimindu, Michael
    • Kirker, Richard
    • Klaassen, Sarah
    • Kleinbaum, Sharon
    • Knox, Harry
    • Koenig, Tricia Dykers
    • Krasman, Aryeh
    • Kromer, David
    • LaFortune, Richard (Anguksuar)
    • Lankenau, Alfred
    • Lawson, Sandra
    • Leggett, Gene
    • Levine, Michael
    • Lewallen, Elinor
    • Lewis, Chuck
    • Leyland, Winston
    • Lightsey, Pamela
    • Linscheid, John
    • Litman, Jane
    • Lucas, Donald
    • Lyon, Phyllis
    • Makalani-MaHee, Bishop S.F.
    • Martin, Del
    • Martin, Ken
    • Mattson, Ron
    • McAaron, Patrick
    • McCoy, Renee
    • McIlvenna, Ted
    • McNaught, Brian
    • McNeill, John J.
    • Michaelson, Jay
    • Mickley, Richard
    • Mitchell, Louis
    • Mitchem, Katheryn
    • Mitulski, Jim
    • Mixon, Rick
    • Mobley-Bowie, Carolyn
    • Mollenkott, Virginia Ramey
    • Monroe, Irene
    • Moore, John V.
    • Moore, Tracy
    • Moroles, Maria Cristina
    • Mortensen, Paul
    • Murray, Pauli
    • Neu, Diann L.
    • Nichols, Jack
    • Noble, John
    • Northwood, Paula
    • Nugent, Robert
    • O'Donovan, Connell Hill
    • Parsons, Jody
    • Pennington, Sylvia
    • Perry, Troy
    • Piazza, Michael
    • Pieters, Stephen
    • Pittinger, Norman
    • Ploen, Richard
    • Porter, Phil
    • Powell, Loey
    • Pruitt, Dusty
    • Ravarour, Adrian
    • Rawls, Tonyia
    • Rhue, Sylvia
    • Rippetoe, Rita
    • River, Falcon
    • River, Jade
    • Robertson, Frank
    • Robinson, Eugene
    • Rodriguez, Larry
    • Rodwell, Craig
    • Roeschley, Annabeth
    • Rustin, Bayard
    • Sarah, Elizabeth Tikvah
    • Schexnayder, James
    • Schmeling, Bradley
    • Seele, Pernessa
    • Senyonjo, Christopher
    • Shirilau, Mark
    • Sidorowicz, Diane
    • Siefkes, James
    • Silver, William (Bill)
    • Sindt, David
    • Smith, Freda
    • Solberg, Randi
    • South, Kenneth
    • Spahr, Jane Adams
    • Spaulding, Randy
    • Spitzer, Julie
    • Spong, Shelby
    • Stores, Bruce
    • Strong, David
    • Suderman, Dale
    • Swenson, Erin
    • Swing, William
    • Teague, Duncan
    • Thompson, Mark
    • Thunderword, Jonathon
    • Tinker, Bonnie
    • Tinney, James
    • Townes, Emilie M.
    • Toy, Jim
    • Treadway, Leo
    • Valdez, Nickie
    • Vella, Christopher
    • Venn-Brown, Anthony
    • Wakeford, Joan
    • Wallace, Sangodare
    • Wangerin, Bernd
    • Warner, Marnie
    • Warren, Howard
    • Washington-Leapheart, Kentina
    • Washington-Leapheart, Naomi
    • Webster, Steve
    • Wedmore, Keith
    • Wells, Howard
    • Wheatley, Bishop Melvin
    • Wheatly, Robert
    • White, Ken
    • White, Mel
    • Whitman, Walt
    • Wilson, Nancy
    • Wood, Robert
    • Woody, Imani
    • Yetunde, Pamela Ayo
    • Ziegler, Karen
    • Zillhart, Phyllis
  • Subject
    • Activist (religious institutions)
    • AIDS
    • Ally
    • Archives/Library/History Activism
    • Artist/musician/poet
    • Asian American
    • Author/editor
    • Bisexual activism
    • Black
    • Church Trials
    • Civil Rights Movement
    • Clergy Activist
    • Conversion Therapy
    • EXHIBIT A Sampler of Early Documents
    • EXHIBIT Council on Religion and the Homosexual
    • EXHIBIT Rolling the Stone Away
    • EXHIBIT Sisterhood is Powerful
    • EXHIBIT The Ordination of William R. Johnson
    • EXHIBIT The UMC Gay Caucus
    • Feminism
    • Gay Liberation Movement
    • International Human Rights
    • Intersex activism
    • Latinx
    • Marriage Equality
    • motive
    • New Year's Ball (San Francisco)
    • Online activist
    • Ordination/clergy
    • Racism
    • Stonewall Riots (NYC)
    • Theology
    • Trans activism
    • Two Spirit
    • U.S. Military
    • Women and Religion
    • Youth
  • Geography
    • Africa
    • Albany
    • Albuquerque
    • Argentina
    • Arkansas
    • Asheville
    • Asia
    • Atlanta
    • Austin
    • Australia
    • Baton Rouge
    • Berkeley
    • Boston
    • Boulder
    • Brasilia
    • Brazil
    • British Columbia
    • Buenos Aires
    • Buffalo
    • California
    • Cambridge
    • Canada
    • Cape Town
    • Carribean
    • Charlotte
    • Chicago
    • Claremont
    • Cleveland
    • Colombia
    • Colorado
    • Columbus
    • Connecticut
    • Dallas
    • Denmark
    • Denver
    • Detroit
    • Durham
    • El Salvador
    • England
    • Florida
    • Fort Wayne
    • France
    • Georgia
    • Germany
    • Hartford
    • Hawaii
    • Henderson
    • Houston
    • Illinois
    • India
    • Indiana
    • Indianapolis
    • Iowa
    • Ireland
    • Israel
    • Japan
    • Jerusalem
    • Kansas City
    • Kentucky
    • Kenya
    • Lexington
    • Lincoln
    • London
    • Long Beach
    • Los Angeles
    • Louisiana
    • Louisville
    • Madison
    • Maine
    • Malaysia
    • Malta
    • Manila
    • Maryland
    • Massachusetts
    • Melbourne
    • Mexico
    • Mexico City
    • Miami
    • Michigan
    • Minneapolis
    • Minnesota
    • Missouri
    • Montreal
    • Nashville
    • Nebraska
    • Netherlands
    • New Brunswick
    • New Hampshire
    • New Jersey
    • New Mexico
    • New Orleans
    • New York
    • New York City
    • Nicaragua
    • Nigeria
    • North Carolina
    • Norway
    • Oakland
    • Ohio
    • Oklahoma
    • Omaha
    • Oregon
    • Pakistan
    • Palm Springs
    • Paris
    • Pennsylvania
    • Peru
    • Philadelphia
    • Philippines
    • Pittsburgh
    • Poland
    • Portland
    • Providence
    • Puerto Rico
    • Quebec
    • Raleigh
    • Regina
    • Rhode Island
    • Rochester
    • Sacramento
    • San Antonio
    • San Diego
    • San Francisco
    • Sarasota
    • Savannah
    • Seattle
    • Singapore
    • South Africa
    • South America
    • South Dakota
    • Spain
    • St. Louis
    • St. Paul
    • Stockholm
    • Sweden
    • Sydney
    • Taiwan
    • Tampa Bay
    • Tel Aviv
    • Tennessee
    • Texas
    • Toronto
    • Tulsa
    • Uganda
    • United Kingdom
    • Utah
    • Vancouver
    • Vermont
    • Victoria
    • Washington
    • Washington, D.C.
    • Wisconsin
    • Wyoming
    • Zimbabwe
  • Organization
    • Acceptance (Australia)
    • Affirm United (Canada)
    • Affirmation (Gay and Lesbian Mormons)
    • Affirmation (United Methodist)
    • Aleph Melbourne
    • Al-Fatiha
    • Association of Welcoming and Affirming Baptists (formerly American Baptists Concerned)
    • Balm in Gilead
    • Believe Out Loud
    • Brethren-Mennonite Council for LGBT Interests
    • Catholic Worker Movement
    • Centre du Christ Liberateur (France)
    • Church of the Beloved Disciple
    • City of Refuge
    • CLOUT (Christian Lesbians OUT)
    • Conference of Catholic Lesbians
    • Council on Religion and the Homosexual
    • Courage (UK)
    • Daughters of Bilitis (DOB)
    • David et Jonathan
    • Dignity
    • Drachma
    • Efetá
    • Equal Partners in Faith
    • Eshel
    • European Forum of LGBT Christian Groups
    • Evangelical & Ecumenical Women's Caucus
    • Evangelicals Concerned
    • Extraordinary Lutheran Ministries (ELM)
    • Faith Temple (Washington, D.C.)
    • Fortunate Families
    • Friends for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer Concerns
    • GALA (South Africa)
    • George W. Henry Foundation
    • GLAD Alliance
    • Glide Memorial United Methodist Church
    • Global Network of Rainbow Catholics
    • Graduate Theological Union (Berkeley, CA)
    • Havruta
    • Homosexuelle und Kirche (HuK)
    • Human Rights Campaign
    • In All Things Charity
    • Institute of Welcoming Resources
    • Integrity
    • Interweave
    • Jewish LGBT+ Group (UK)
    • Jewish Mosaic
    • Keshet
    • Kinship (Seventh Day Adventists)
    • Kirkridge Retreat Center
    • Lazarus Project
    • Lesbian and Gay Christian Movement (United Kingdom)
    • LGBT Religious Archives Network
    • Many Voices
    • Mattachine Society
    • Mexico Network of Rainbow Catholics (REDCAM)
    • Minoan Brotherhood
    • More Light Presbyterians (formerly Presbyterians for LGBT Concerns)
    • Muslim Alliance for Sexual & Gender Diversity
    • National Association of Catholic Diocesan Lesbian & Gay Ministries (NACDLGM)
    • National Coalition of Black Lesbians and Gays
    • National Gay & Lesbian Task Force
    • National Religious Leadership Roundtable
    • Nehirim
    • New Ways Ministry
    • North American Conference of Homophile Organizations
    • Open and Affirming in the UCC (ONA & formerly UCC Coalition for LGBT Concerns)
    • Open Church Group (Oslo)
    • Other Sheep
    • Pacific School of Religion (Berkeley, CA)
    • PFLAG (Parents and Friends of Lesbians and Gays)
    • Pink Menno
    • Pride in the Pews
    • Quaker Emergency Services
    • Quest
    • Radical Faeries
    • Rainbow Sash Movement
    • Raleigh Religious Network for Lesbian & Gay Equality
    • Reconciling Ministries Network (formerly Reconciling Congregation Program)
    • Reconciling Works (formerly Lutherans Concerned)
    • Reformation Project
    • Reformed Congregation of the Goddess
    • Riverside Church (NYC)
    • Roman Catholic Women Priests
    • Shower of Stoles Project
    • Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence
    • Soulforce
    • That All May Freely Serve (TAMFS)
    • The Evangelical Network
    • The Fellowship of Affirming Ministries (TFAM)
    • Trans Faith
    • Union Theological Seminary
    • Unitarian Universalists for LGBT Concerns
    • Unity Fellowship Church Movement
    • WATER (Women's Alliance for Theology, Ethics and Ritual)
    • Wingspan Ministry (St. Paul)
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