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Three of the world’s top Christian leaders have spoken out against laws that criminalise homosexuality. Pope Francis, head of the Catholic Church, joined the Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby, and Ian Greenshields the Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland in calling out churches that turn away gay people, and countries that […]
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8 Feb 2023 /
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Five LGBTIQA+ Christians shared their experiences of navigating their faith and sexuality and gender identity in a unique Perth PrideFEST event on Saturday 19 November at Perron Place in Victoria Park. Queer Christian Stories was a discussion panel run by Acceptance Perth LGBTQ+ Catholics. The discussion panel featured five practicing Christians who are lesbian, […]
Tags: acceptance perth, Christian, christianity
7 Dec 2022 |
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Federal Liberal MP Trent Zimmerman has a clear message for Martyn Iles, the head of the Australian Christian Lobby. “I have no intention of repenting being gay,” the Liberal member for North Sydney said during his appearance on the ABC’s Q+A program on Thursday night. The declaration came as Iles, the Managing Director of the […]
Tags: ABC, ACL, Anika Wells, Australian Christian Lobby, Christian, Israel Folau, Labor, Liberal, Martyn Illes, Q&A, Trent Zimmerman
9 Apr 2021 |
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Pope Francis has declared his support for same-sex unions in a new documentary. Francesco, from director Evgeny Afineevsky, explores the life and teaching of Pope Francis, and these particular comments are causing a stir around the world. “Homosexual people have a right to be in a family,” the Pope says in the film. “What we […]
Tags: Catholic, Christian, marriage equality, Pope Francis, Same Sex Marriage
22 Oct 2020 |
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A newly formed collective of Australian Christians has come together to call for an apology to the LGBTIQ community and “address the harm” inflicted by the organised Church. Equal Voices will be holding their AGM at Pitt Street Uniting Church by former High Court justice Michael Kirby on January 30. Speaking to Buzzfeed, Equal Voices […]
Tags: Christian, christianity, equal voices, High Court, Michael Kirby
5 Jan 2017 |
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A man in Indiana has been barred from singing at his own grandmother’s funeral after the family church’s pastor saw an image of the man taking part in LGBT pride celebrations. Connor Hakes received a letter from Father Bob Lengerich informing him that he would not be welcome to serve at the parish, including at […]
Tags: Catholic, Christian, connor hakes, funeral, Indiana, pastor, Religion, USA, World News
1 Dec 2016 |
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Queer Christians are telling their unique stories in a new Australian documentary by producer John Wallace. The video gives LGBTI Christians and their families and support networks a platform to detail their personal experiences navigating life as queer people of faith. Wallace tells Same Same he was inspired by a mother of a gay son […]
Tags: Christian, christianity, coming out, documentary, family, Homophobia, john wallace, rainbow family
15 Apr 2016 |
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Tasmanian Parliament have passed a motion to support marriage equality, becoming the third state to urge the federal government to take action. The bill, which was introduced by the Greens, was passed 15-9 in Tasmania’s predominantly Liberal lower house. Two other Liberal governed states, NSW and WA, passed similar motions in the past few months. […]
Tags: ACL, Australian, brown, Christian, croome, equality, hodgman, lobby, Mark, Marriage, rodney, Tasmania, will
20 Nov 2015 |
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The Roman Catholic Church appears to have adopted a more conciliatory tone towards homosexual people in a document revealed at the Pope’s synod this week. A synod is a meeting of the church called to discuss doctrine. Pope Francis had called a two week long synod to take place with bishops representing the Catholic Church […]
Tags: Catholic, Christian, cohabitation, Homosexual, Marriage, Pope Francis, Same Sex Marriage, Vatican
14 Oct 2014 |
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Dr Gávi Ansara, PhD is many things. He’s Manager – Policy & Research at the National LGBTI Health Alliance in Australia. Outside of this role, he is an internationally award-winning social change agent, researcher and a leading scholar on intersex, trans, and non-binary gender health. He’s also an Orthodox Jewish man who challenges stereotypes about […]
Tags: Christian, Doctor Gavi Ansara, Gender, Intersex, Judaism, Muslim, Religion, Sexuality, Spirituality, transgender
2 Jul 2014 |
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