Disarming Hate for our LGBTQ+ Siblings in Church Spaces

The urgency of pushing against waves of hate…resistance requires active participation, even as it causes us discomfort; we cannot grow in sameness or find solace in silence. As we step into Pride Month, may we remember there is no liberation for one group which excludes the other. I cannot unsee our LGBTQ+ sibling Audre Lorde’s words (which folks have clung to in many movement spaces), each sentence a call to awakened action: “My silence has not protected me. Your silence will not protect you.”

I am sharing my thoughts below, including a call to contact your reps. in Congress to speak up against LGBTQ+ hate via my spiritual home @middlechurch. Also, support the work of @y.p.collective who is making space for LGBTQ+ folks of faith.

How are you disrupting the silence, standing with our LGBTQ+ siblings + sharing God’s radical love?