A Brief Overview of LGBTQI Terms
Foreword
Bishop Gene Robinson
Introduction
Mychal Copeland, MTS, and D'vorah Rose, BCC
The Black Church
Minister Rob Newells
Buddhism
Acharya Rita M. Gross, PhD
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormon)
John Gustav-Wrathall
The Episcopal Church
Rev. Dr. Cameron Partridge
First Nations (Native American)
Alex Wilson, EdD
Hinduism
Ruth Vanita, PhD
Islam
Shehnaz Haqqani with Laury Silvers, El-Farouk Khaki, and Troy
Jackson
Judaism
Rabbi Jane Rachel Litman
The Lutheran Church
Beth Ann Doerring
The Presbyterian Church
Marvin M. Ellison, PhD, and Sylvia Thorson-Smith, MS
Protestant Evangelical Traditions
Ryan Bell, DMin
The Roman Catholic Church
Sister Jeannine Gramick, SL
Unitarian Universalism
Annette S. Marquis
Conclusion
Mychal Copeland, MTS, and D’vorah Rose, BCC
Afterword
Ani Zonneveld, founder and president, Muslims for Progressive
Values
Acknowledgments
Notes
Mychal Copeland, MTS, speaks and writes about the inclusion of
LGBTQI people and interfaith families in religious life. As Bay
Area director of InterfaithFamily, she helps couples navigate
diversity of religious and cultural backgrounds, and as rabbi at
Stanford University, she led multifaith and Jewish student groups
exploring the intersections between religion and sexuality. She
also served at Congregation Beit Simchat Torah in New York City,
the world's largest LGBTQI synagogue.
D'vorah Rose, BCC, a multifaith healthcare chaplain, rabbi and
palliative care and hospice nurse, consults with and advises
healthcare institutions throughout the United States and
internationally on the intersections of religious and cultural
diversity, pluralism and healthcare status, with a specific focus
on historically underserved communities, including LGBTQI patients
and healthcare providers.
Ani Zonneveld is founder and president of Muslims for Progressive
Values. She is also coeditor of Progressive Muslim Identities:
Personal Stories from the U.S. and Canada.
The Rt. Rev. V. Gene Robinson was the ninth Episcopal bishop of New
Hampshire, being the first openly gay, partnered priest to become a
bishop in historic Christianity. He is currently a senior fellow at
the Center for American Progress, Washington, DC.
"A timely exploration of the grappling all faith communities must
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—Rick Davis, western regional director, Lambda Legal
"A wonderful compendium of resources.... Religion and LGBTQI rights
are not at odds with one another and this book helps to show
that."
—Rabbi Denise L. Eger, president, Central Conference of American
Rabbis; founding president, Lesbian, Gay and Bisexual Interfaith
Clergy Association
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the divine spirit of love together, the struggle will be well worth
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Jesus: What We Can Learn from Jesus about Love, Fear, Grief, Joy
and Living Authentically
“A strong addition to the fields of theology, religion and LGBTQI
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valuable resource.”
—Rabbi Stephen B. Roberts, MBA, BCC, editor, Professional Spiritual
and Pastoral Care: A Practical Clergy and Chaplain's Handbook
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more fully with the uniqueness of each person and the complexity of
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—Diane M. Millis, PhD, author, Deepening Engagement: Essential
Wisdom for Listening and Leading with Purpose, Meaning and Joy
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