Posts Tagged ‘Moms’
Back To School For Trans Kids
The back-to-school season can bring a mixture of emotions for parents and kids alike. For some it’s all excitement. For others, it’s nervousness and trepidation. For transgender children and their parents, it can be a time of sheer terror. While some schools (and the communities they are in) are great, others are so anti-trans that…
Read MoreFamily Conversations: My Mom’s Journey To Advocacy
A few years ago when I was new to working as an advocate for inclusion and equality for all in faith communities, Ross Murray from GLAAD taught me that people generally move from active opposition to silence to tolerance to acceptance and then to advocacy. I’ve seen this happen over and over now in my…
Read MoreDevotion Through Dysphoria
Back in the middle school years, I used to worry that I didn’t look or act like everyone else. I spent a ton of time in front of the mirror trying to learn to change my face with makeup, and even though my personality didn’t suit it, I spent lots of my parent’s money on…
Read MoreA Proud Mother Shares Her Story
In honor of Pride, I am grateful for the chance to share a sermon given by Lourdes, mom of a gay son, who attended one of the Believe Out Loud workshops offered by Integrity, the LGBT-advocacy organization within the Episcopal Church. Our partners in other denominations offer similar workshops with the guidance of the Institute for Welcoming Resources,…
Read MoreRoad To Emmaus: Building Relationship With My Mother
“Were not our hearts burning within us while he talked with us on the road and opened the Scriptures to us?”(Luke 24:32) The Road to Emmaus pericope has become one of my favorites in the biblical canon. The more I read it the more I consider the relational ministry of Jesus, and how relationships play a…
Read MoreThe Power Of Grace In My Non-Traditional Family
This is my family: 2 gay moms and 3 straight kids. 2 Whites, 2 Blacks and 1 Puerto Rican. 3 siblings from 3 different birth families. 5 different souls. This is not an effort to get people to change their minds about marriage, but rather, to give people a look into my heart and my non-traditional family. My two…
Read More4 Reasons This Christian Family Supports Marriage Equality
Join Holli and her family by sharing your own photo to support marriage equality. Post your photo directly to our facebook wall, or submit your photo via email to team@believeoutloud.com Many of the arguments over same-sex marriage and homosexuality center on religion. As a religious person who also believes in equality regardless of sexual orientation,…
Read MoreMother’s Day: Underdogs And Beloved Children
Mother's Day Reflection from Michael Adee
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