LGBTQIA+ history

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LGBTQIA+ history across the theological spectrum, including Presbyterian national agency records, personal papers, photographs, and oral histories collected as part of the LGBTQIA+ Collecting Initiative. Featured image: Chicago Gay Pride Parade, 1987.

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Title:
Trends.
Description:
Trends magazine, vol. 5, no. 6, July/August 1973. The theme of the issue is "Homosexuality: Neither Sin nor Sickness." The authors of the various articles within this issue raise the question, "Is it possible for the homosexual to be accepted within the church as a healthy and whole person?"
Subject names:
United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Program Agency.
Topics:
Homosexuality--Religious aspects--Presbyterian Church., Gay rights--Religious aspects--Presbyterian Church.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:144613
Title:
Yet more light.
Description:
Presbyterians for Gay Concerns/Presbyterian Gay Caucus brochure, 1977.
Creator:
Silver, Bill. (artist)
Subject names:
United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Task Force to Study Homosexuality., Presbyterians for Gay Concerns.
Topics:
Homosexuality--Religious aspects--Presbyterian Church., Ordination of gays--Presbyterian Church., Ordination of lesbians--Presbyterian Church.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:144589
Title:
The General Assembly daily news.
Description:
The General Assembly daily news, series of 1975, no. 3, May 19, 1975. Cover story focuses on the Assembly voting to not recognize the Presbyterian Gay Caucus as an organization.
Subject names:
United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. General Assembly (187th : 1975 : Cincinnati, Ohio), Presbyterians for Gay Concerns., United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Task Force to Study Homosexuality.
Topics:
Homosexuality--Religious aspects--Presbyterian Church., Gay rights--Religious aspects--Presbyterian Church.
Geographic subjects:
Cincinnati (Ohio)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:144564
Title:
UPCUSA Task Force to Study Homosexuality.
Description:
The United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Task Force to Study Homosexuality, December 1977.
Subject names:
United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Task Force to Study Homosexuality., Glaser, Chris., Davidson, Virginia West, 1916-2009.
Topics:
Homosexuality--Religious aspects--Presbyterian Church., Ordination of gays--Presbyterian Church., Ordination of lesbians--Presbyterian Church.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:143456
Title:
Presbyterian Panel questionnaire summary of responses, January 1977.
Description:
Presbyterian Panel January 1977 questionnaire summary of responses. The 188th General Assembly (1976) directed the establishment of a Task Force to study "Christian approaches to homosexuality, with special reference to the ordination of avowed practicing homosexuals." The January, 1977 Questionnaire was designed to help that task force do its work.
Subject names:
United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Task Force to Study Homosexuality.
Topics:
Homosexuality--Religious aspects--Presbyterian Church., Ordination of gays--Presbyterian Church., Ordination of lesbians--Presbyterian Church.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:141073
Title:
Presbyterian Charismatic Communion.
Description:
Presbyterian Charismatic Communion Newsletter, Number 47, March-April, 1978. Highlights the PCC's concern with homosexuality and the Church, which was planned to be discussed at the 190th General Assembly.
Subject names:
United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Task Force to Study Homosexuality.
Topics:
Homosexuality--Religious aspects--Presbyterian Church., Ordination of gays--Presbyterian Church., Ordination of lesbians--Presbyterian Church.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:141050
Title:
Homosexuality Study Packet, April 1977.
Description:
United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Task Force to Study Homosexuality study materials. Accompanied is a letter from the Task Force to their fellow Presbyterians, April 18, 1977. Packet includes multiple teaching materials titled, "Process for Community Building," "Raising the Issues," "Models of Presbytery and Synod Studies," and "Personal Sharing From Some Gay Christians and Others." It also includes an annotated bibliography, transcripts of the Task Force's discussion, and statements regarding homosexuality from other denominations.
Subject names:
United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Task Force to Study Homosexuality.
Topics:
Homosexuality--Religious aspects--Presbyterian Church., Ordination of gays--Presbyterian Church., Ordination of lesbians--Presbyterian Church.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:140915
Title:
More Light.
Description:
Presbyterians for Gay Concerns/Presbyterian Gay Caucus newsletter, number 25, December 1, 1977.
Subject names:
United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Task Force to Study Homosexuality., Presbyterians for Gay Concerns.--Periodicals.
Topics:
Homosexuality--Religious aspects--Presbyterian Church., Gay rights--Religious aspects--Presbyterian Church., Ordination of gays--Presbyterian Church., Ordination of lesbians--Presbyterian Church.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:140906
Title:
Background...From the Division of Communications United Presbyterian Church U.S.A.
Description:
Summary of the United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Task Force to Study Homosexuality's report presented to the 190th General Assembly, 1978. The report includes a background paper, policy statement, and recommendations.
Subject names:
United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Task Force to Study Homosexuality.
Topics:
Homosexuality--Religious aspects--Presbyterian Church., Ordination of gays--Presbyterian Church., Ordination of lesbians--Presbyterian Church.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:140899

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