LGBTQ+ Friends

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Living Up to Our Radical Past

Slave labor was the economic foundation of the early United States, and yet, Daquanna Harrison reminds us, Quakers took up…
Interview

Reparations: A Quaker’s Tool For Integrity

“Reparations is a tool for living in integrity,” Lucy Duncan, one of the co-founders of reparationWorks, says. For Quakers, that…
QuakerSpeak: Growing the Community of Friends Interview

Growing the Community of Friends – Embracing Diversity in Quakerism

“George Fox, the Valiant Sixty… Whoever your favorite Quaker hero is, [they] did not do this work so it could…
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Looking at the Legacy of Bayard Rustin

As a gay African American, civil rights activist Bayard Rustin faced discrimination his entire life—sometimes, Walter Naegle reminds us, among…
Interview

Creating Visible Support For LGBTQ+ Folks

“When I was growing up,” says Kerry Wiessmann, “I was taught that God is love and I felt like what…
LGBTQ+ Friends

Made in the Image of God: On Being a Transgender Pastor

“Being an open transgender minister, especially in smaller communities, is not an easy thing to do,” Anthony Kirk, the pastor…
Interview

My Journey as a Transgender Quaker

After decades of depression and despair, an unexpected question changed everything for Chloe Schwenke, then known as Stephen: “Do you…
Interview

How Quakers Respond to Tragedy

After the Pulse Nightclub shooting in 2016, Friends at Orlando Meeting called for a special worship. Later they learned that…
Click to watch: “How I Told My Quaker Meeting I'm Transgender” Interview

How I Told My Quaker Meeting I’m Transgender

When Ted decided to make the transition to male, he knew he wanted to tell his meeting, but didn’t want…
Click to Watch: How Modern Quakers Challenge Gender Roles Interview

How Modern Quakers Challenge Traditional Gender Roles

Historically, Quakers have challenged traditional gender roles by accepting women as ministers. How does that attitude manifest today? Maggie Harrison…
Click to Watch: “How Jesus Affirms My Queerness” Interview

How Jesus Affirms My Queerness

Kody Hersh lifts up the Jesus who stood with those on the margins of society.
Click to watch: Why I Cried My First Time at Quaker Meeting Interview

Why I Cried the First Time I Went to Quaker Meeting

A.J. Mendoza found Quakers as a young adult. He describes the powerful mystical experience that had him crying in the…
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Living Up to Our Radical Past
Reparations: A Quaker’s Tool For Integrity
QuakerSpeak: Growing the Community of Friends
Growing the Community of Friends – Embracing Diversity in Quakerism
Looking at the Legacy of Bayard Rustin