GALA 2022: Community

Partners of Queering Our Roots

LGBTQ-RAN celebrated its 20th anniversary in the fall of 2021. We marked this milestone with a month-long Queering Our Roots campaign honoring five elders of LGBTQ+ religious movements in the U.S. as well as highlighting the rich history that LGBTQ-RAN has gathered over these years.

Learn how partners of our campaign are preserving our religious history.

	Church of the Covenant in Boston recounts the highlights of its advocacy for justice for LGBTQ persons over the past 40 years.
	JQ International portrays the range of activities and services they have carried out on behalf of LGBTQ persons, their families, and allies around the world.
	The Archives & Special Collections at Meadville Lombard Theological Seminary has digitized and published online records that document the work of the AIDS Task Force of the Unitarian Church of NYC.
	Metropolitan Community Churches (MCC) has been at the vanguard of civil and human rights movements and has been on the forefront of the struggle towards marriage equality. MCC was founded by Rev. Troy Perry.
	Resurrection Metropolitan Community Church is on a bold mission to transform hearts, lives, and history and partners with LGBTQ-RAN in memory of their beloved pastor Rev. Vickey Gibbs.
	San Francisco Theological Seminary profiles notable alumni of the seminary who have provided leadership in LGBTQ+ religious movements.
	The Southern Jewish Resource Network for Gender & Sexual Diversity (SOJOURN) is the American South's resource for Jewish & LGBTQ+ programming, education, support, and advocacy. Its mission is to advance LGBTQ+ affirmation and empowerment across the South.
	United Church of Christ's LGBTQ+ ministries spread the message of love and compassion, justice and peace that is at the very core of the life and ministry of Jesus. Rev. Mike Schuenemeyer's lecture explores their history.