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Read on to find the answers to these questions, and to be introduced to a fascinating group of individuals
 
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* [[Scott Anderson]], United States - first openly gay Minister, Presbyterian Church  
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'''Canada'''
* [[Ellen Barrett]], United States - first lesbian ordained priest, Episcopalian
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* [[Lionel Blue]], Great Britain - prominent journalist, and one of the first Rabbis in the U.K. to come out as gay  
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* [[Eilert Frerichs]] - United Church Minister who fought successfully to get LGBTQ individuals accepted into the church and allow the ordination of self-declared homosexuals (1988).
* [[Malcolm Boyd]], United States - first openly gay Episcopalian priest
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* [[Brent Hawkes]] - Metropolitan Community Church minister who performed the first same-sex marriage in Canada
* [[Carl Bean]], United States - founder, Unity Fellowship Church
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* [[Gary Paterson]] - first openly gay moderator, United Church of Canada
* [[Deborah Brin]], United States - first openly gay rabbi in Judaism
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* [[Joseph Douce]], France - founder of the 1st LGBTQ Church in France
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'''France'''
* [[Guy Erwin]], United States - first LGBTQ Lutheran Bishop
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* [[Sharon Ferguson]], Great Britain - CEO, Lesbian & Gay Christian Movement
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* [[Joseph Douce]] - founder of the 1st LGBTQ Church in France
* [[Darlene Garner]], United States - first African American Clergyperson, Metropolitan Community Church
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* [[Ludovic-Mohamed Zahed]] - Imam and founder of an LGBTQ Mosque
* [[Steven Greenberg]], United States - first openly gay Orthodox rabbi
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* [[Muhsin Hendricks]], South Africa - first openly gay Imam
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'''Great Britain'''
* [[William Johnson]], United States - first openly gay ordained Minister, United Church of Christ
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* [[Cindi Love]], United States - former Executive Director, Metropolitan Community Church
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* [[Lionel Blue]] - prominent journalist, and one of the first Rabbis in the U.K. to come out as gay  
* [[Jose Mantero]], Spain - first openly gay Catholic priest in Spain
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* [[Sharon Ferguson]] - CEO, Lesbian & Gay Christian Movement
* [[Gary Paterson]], Canada - first openly gay moderator, United Church of Canada
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* [[Mark Solomon]] - one of the first openly gay Rabbis in the U.K.
* [[Reverend Troy Perry]], United States - founder, Metropolitan Community Church
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* [[Carol Stone]] - world's first transgender priest, Anglican
* [[Bishop Gene Robinson]], United States - first openly gay Bishop of the Episcopalian church
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* [[Mark Solomon]], Great Britain - one of the first openly gay Rabbis in the U.K.
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'''Israel'''
* [[Carol Stone]], Great Britain - world's first transgender priest, Anglican
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* [[Mpho Tutu van Furth]], South Africa - Anglican priest
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* [[Ron Yosef]] - first orthodox Jew to come out as gay
* [[Ouyang Wen Feng]], Malaysia - first gay pastor in Malaysia
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* [[Ron Yosef]], Israel - first orthodox Jew to come out as gay
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'''Malaysia'''
* [[Ludovic-Mohamed Zahed]], France - Imam and founder of an LGBTQ Mosque
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* [[Ouyang Wen Feng]] - first gay pastor in Malaysia
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'''South Africa'''
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* [[Muhsin Hendricks]] - first openly gay Imam
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* [[Mpho Tutu van Furth]] - Anglican priest
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'''Spain'''
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* [[Jose Mantero]] - first openly gay Catholic priest in Spain
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'''United States'''
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* [[Scott Anderson]] - first openly gay Minister, Presbyterian Church  
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* [[Daniel Atwood]] - first rabbi to be ordained in the Orthodox section
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* [[Ellen Barrett]] - first lesbian ordained priest, Episcopalian
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* [[Allen Bennett]] - first reform rabbi to come out as gay (1978)
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* [[Malcolm Boyd]] - first openly gay Episcopalian priest
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* [[Carl Bean]] - founder, Unity Fellowship Church
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* [[Deborah Brin]] - first openly gay rabbi in Judaism
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* [[Guy Erwin]] - first LGBTQ Lutheran Bishop
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* [[Darlene Garner]] - first African American Clergyperson, Metropolitan Community Church
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* [[Steven Greenberg]] - first openly gay Orthodox rabbi
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* [[William Johnson]] - first openly gay ordained Minister, United Church of Christ
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* [[Cindi Love]] - former Executive Director, Metropolitan Community Church
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* [[Reverend Troy Perry]] - founder, Metropolitan Community Church
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* [[Bishop Gene Robinson]] - first openly gay Bishop of the Episcopalian church
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* [[Megan Rohrer]] - first transgender Bishop of the Evangelical Lutheran Church (2021)
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* [[Robert Wood]] - activist and author of the book 'Christ and the Homosexual' (1960)
  
 
==See Also==
 
==See Also==
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* http://www.huffingtonpost.com/news/lgbt-religious-leaders/
 
* http://www.huffingtonpost.com/news/lgbt-religious-leaders/
 
* http://www.lgbtran.org/About.aspx
 
* http://www.lgbtran.org/About.aspx
* http://www.clgs.org/about/history-mission
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* https://clgs.org/about-clgs/history-and-mission/
 
* http://www.glaad.org/programs/faith
 
* http://www.glaad.org/programs/faith
  

Latest revision as of 21:51, 10 May 2021

LGBTQ Religion

When we mention the word 'pioneer', we immediately think of the notion of an individual who either created something completely new, or was the first person to embark on such a mission. That is what we have collected here - a group of individuals in the religious community who were first in their endeavors and accomplishments.

Religious organizations and religion itself, of course, have generally been hostile to the LGBTQ community as a whole, though there has been significant progress to and acceptance of LGBTQ individuals and leaders in the religious community in developed countries. Much of this has been accomplished by the individuals highlighted below, while much of the work continues to be carried forward by many other religious individuals listed in QueerBio.Com.

The religious community includes a broad range of religions, and in our efforts to uncover the LGBTQ pioneers of the religious community we have managed to find individuals of many faiths - Jewish, Christian (Lutheran, Catholic, Episcopalian, etc.), Muslim, and others.

The Religious Archives Network (RAN) catalogues a large number of LGBTQ religious participants and helps to support the archiving and presentation of the history of this community. The Pacific School of Religion in the United States has its Center for Lesbian and Gay Studies in Religion and Ministry.

Do you know:

  • who was the first openly gay Imam of the Muslim faith?
  • who founded the first LGBTQ church for homosexuals in France?
  • who was the world's first transgender priest?

Read on to find the answers to these questions, and to be introduced to a fascinating group of individuals

Canada

  • Eilert Frerichs - United Church Minister who fought successfully to get LGBTQ individuals accepted into the church and allow the ordination of self-declared homosexuals (1988).
  • Brent Hawkes - Metropolitan Community Church minister who performed the first same-sex marriage in Canada
  • Gary Paterson - first openly gay moderator, United Church of Canada

France

Great Britain

  • Lionel Blue - prominent journalist, and one of the first Rabbis in the U.K. to come out as gay
  • Sharon Ferguson - CEO, Lesbian & Gay Christian Movement
  • Mark Solomon - one of the first openly gay Rabbis in the U.K.
  • Carol Stone - world's first transgender priest, Anglican

Israel

  • Ron Yosef - first orthodox Jew to come out as gay

Malaysia

South Africa

Spain

United States

See Also

Further Reading/Research


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