GALA 2022: Queering Our Roots
Queering Our RootsLGBTQ-RAN celebrated its 20th anniversary in the fall of 2021. We marked this milestone with a month-long Queering Our Roots campaign honoring five elders of LGBTQ+ religious movements in the U.S. as well as highlighting the rich history that LGBTQ-RAN has gathered over these years. Watch the videos of these lively and fascinating online events, learn how our partners are preserving our religious history, and support us to plant seeds for LGBTQ-RAN to flourish for the next 20 years. |
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Gala Celebration
LGBTQ-RAN wrapped up its month-long Queering Our Roots 20th anniversary celebration with a closing Gala gathering on Sunday, November 7th. Enjoy this video of this gathering to celebrate all that LGBTQ-RAN has accomplished over the past 20 years and to look toward the future.
Honoring Our Elders: Intergenerational Conversations
As part of our Queering Our Roots campaign, LGBTQ-RAN hosted intergenerational conversations between five elders of LGBTQ+ movements and younger members of the community. Enjoy the videos of these dialogues.
Launch Party
On Sunday October 3, 2021, LGBTQ-RAN hosted the Launch Party for Queering Our Roots. Enjoy brief reflections from long-time LGBTQ-RAN team members Mark Bowman, Carl Foote and Doris Malkmus—as well as some other early advisors—about how LGBTQ-RAN got started, along with highlights of the rich history LGBTQ-RAN has collected over the past twenty years..
Our Sponsors
Partners
Allies
The Center for LGBTQ & Gender Studies in Religion (CLGS)
Eden Theological Seminary
Iliff School of Theology
MCC Boston
Pacific School of Religion
Archival Allies
CLGS Archives Project
Riverside Church
Mennonite USA Archives
Friends
Robert J. Barzan
Evelyn Torton Beck
Dan Blackford
Mark Bowman in memory of Ellie Charlton
Bruce Calvin & David Showers
Steve Carson
Ellie Charlton
Congregation Bet Haverim
Jimmy Creech in memory of Chris Weedy
Marianne Duddy-Burke in honor of Mark Bowman
Lisa Edwards in honor of Mark Bowman
Brendan Faye in memory of John McNeill
Carl Foote
Gabrielle Garcia
Jane Heckles
Doug Heyboer in honor of Richard Peterson
Jordan Heykoop
Mary E. Hunt in honor of Marianne Duddy- Burke & Jim Mitulski
William R. Johnson in honor of Jan Griesinger
Suzanna Krivulskaya
Nancy E. Krody
Joel Kushner in honor of Mark Bowman and our 20th anniversary
Marjorie Larney in honor of Rev. Christina Hutchins
Doris Malkmus
William J. Matson in honor of my many United Methodist queer friends
Monique Moultrie
Alton Mozingo in honor of Rev. Troy D. Perry
Wes Mullins in honor of Troy Perry
Larry Neff in honor of Mark Bowman
Troy Perry in honor of Phillip Ray De Blieck
Rick Peterson
Stedney Phillips in memory of Rev. Elder Freda Smith
Ruth Potts in honor of Evie Beck
Dusty Pruitt
Hal Reed
Irene Renaldy
Bob Roehm
Marti Scheel
Laurel Schneider in honor of Mark Bowman
Mark Shenise in memory of Kenneth Rowe
Barry Smith in honor of Mark Bowman
James Bix South
Janie Spahr in memory of Virginia West Davidson
Jim Spahr in honor of Janie Spahr
Frank Staggs
William Stell
B.J. Stiles
Richard Taylor in memory of Robert Wood
Wendy & Ellen Sweetin Taylor in memory of Rev. Carl Bivens
Emilie Townes
Marnie Warner
Bill Wood
Ralph Wushke in honor of William R. Host
Stan Yogi & David Carroll