1 November 2025 This Month in Queer Religious History* Rev. Dr. Pauli Murray   On 8 January 1977, history was made when the Rev. Dr. Pauli Murray became the first African American woman ordained as an Episcopal priest. Yet this groundbreaking moment was merely the culmination of an extraordinary life spent breaking boundaries of race, gender, law, […]

1 October 2025 This Month in Queer Religious History* National Coming Out Day (October 1988) Every year we celebrate the 11th of October as National Coming Out Day, a powerful annual reminder of the importance of visibility, authenticity, and freedom for LGBTQ+ individuals. With roots in the political activism of the late 1980s, National Coming […]

1 September 2025 This Month in Queer Religious History* The Founding of DignityUSA (September 1969) In early 1969, a year that would see the Stonewall uprising in New York City galvanize the modern LGBTQ+ rights movement, an Augustinian priest in San Diego was quietly planting seeds for what would become one of the most enduring […]