Woodbrooke, the Quaker residential study centre in Birmingham, has places still available for its course Quakers for Equality: Embracing the LGBT Community For the past 5 years Manchester and Warrington Friends have worked with Manchester Gay Pride to engage with the LGBT community. We’ve hosted ceilidhs, information evenings, outdoor meetings for worship, walked in the [...]
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Sadly, this Gathering was attended by only a small number of members – but, on a positive note, the small number meant that we could all be together much of the time. We once again enjoyed the hospitality at the Nightingale Centre, set in lovely Derbyshire countryside. We did mindfulness with Leti and Bible study with [...]
Maggie Fiona Fox, a member of Manchester and Warrington Area Meeting, writes about the impact of transgender politics on the medical needs of transsexual people. The assault of transgender politics on transsexual medical needs
We’ve been asked if we can help to find a picture that could be included in the BYM annual report. It’s to illustrate a section of the annual report dealing with ‘Same-sex marriage’. Ideally they’re looking for a punchy, colour, portrait orientation image that sums up the subject. The technical side is that it needs [...]
A Ugandan gay rights group has filed a lawsuit against a US minister accusing him of involvement in a campaign to persecute gay people in Uganda. Scott Lively denies helping anti-gay groups in Uganda spread violence against gays. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-17387887
Upcoming course at Woodbrooke Quakers for Equality: Embracing the LGBT Community Wednesday 9 May 2012 – Friday 11 May 2012 Course Details For the past 5 years Manchester and Warrington Friends have worked with Manchester Gay Pride to engage with the LGBT community. We’ve hosted ceilidhs, information evenings, outdoor meetings for worship, walked in the [...]
This sounds like my kind of campaigning tool. One which lets me show solidarity and throw dietary angst to the winds. Ben & Jerry have renamed their Apple Pie flavour Apple-y Ever After, and invite everybody to "tie the knot for marriage equality" Over on Twitter, Patrick Strudwick (@PatrickStrud) urges all gay people to discard [...]
And don’t forget – coming soon… Quaker Lesbian & Gay Fellowship Spring Gathering 13th-15th April 2012 The Nightingale Centre, Great Hucklow, Derbyshire The focus for the weekend will be a mixture of discussions and activities (indoor and outdoor), which people can opt into as they wish. Saturday will include a focus on spirituality and sexuality. [...]
Paddy Storrie, deputy head of St George’s school in Harpenden, Hertfordshire, was sickened when he read in that children in faith schools were more likely to be subject to homophobic bullying. “I just thought: if there’s a member of the school community that might be having an utterly miserable time, it was our Christian duty [...]
