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It Starts at Home: First Conversion Therapy Study Shows Pivotal Role of Parents

By The Seattle Lesbian
November 29, 2018
Conversion therapy
Health Faith and Religion
A new study has found that damage of conversion therapy for LGBT young people begins at home. ...
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Ex-Focus on the Family Daughter Amber Cantorna ‘Refocuses’ Her Life Mission

By Sarah Toce, Editor-in-Chief
March 8, 2018
Amber Cantrorna
Faith and Religion National
Amber Cantorna is openly gay and married to a woman named Clara. The decision to embrace her own truth almost cost her everything. ...
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Gay Daughter of Focus on the Family Executive Unmasks Her Coming Out Story with New Memoir

By The Seattle Lesbian
January 4, 2018
Amber Cantorna/Facebook
Faith and Religion
The new memoir "Refocusing My Family" unmasks Amber Cantorna's true story of being raised in the epicenter of Christian family values and how coming out as gay tore that paradigm apart, shunned her from her family, and burdened her with a degree of devastation that nearly took her life. ...
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Queer and Trans Ministers Launch New Nonprofit to Meet Needs Neglected by Church

By The Seattle Lesbian
November 3, 2017
Faith and Religion
Along with weekly liturgy for progressive clergy that encourages queer, anti-racist, and feminist lenses on worship preparation, enfleshed intends to meet pastoral needs that are lacking in the church due to decades of discrimination. ...
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New Report Details the Health Care Rights Attack on LGBT People, Women, Parents, Children

By The Seattle Lesbian
November 2, 2017
Health Faith and Religion
Tipping the Scales: The Coordinated Attack on LGBT People, Women, Parents, Children, and Health Care details the widespread push to pass a variety of religious exemptions laws that would give businesses, government agencies, and individuals a right to discriminate on religious or moral grounds. ...
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LGBT Jewish Org A Wider Bridge Announces Leadership Change

By Heather Cassell
May 22, 2017
A Wider Bridge
Faith and Religion
A Wider Bridge announced its founder and leader will step down next year. Arthur Slepian conceived the LGBT Jewish organization in 2010 following the tragic shooting at the LGBT community center in Tel Aviv in 2009. ...
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One Organization Wants Churchgoers to Throw Glitter on Pentecost Sunday – What You Should Know

By The Seattle Lesbian
May 12, 2017
Faith and Religion
Participants in Glitter+Fire will use glitter in the colors of fire – red, gold, and orange – to re-enact the tongues of fire landing on the disciples, drawing participants together in a community of joy, energy and common purpose. ...
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Pro-LGBTQ Christians to Celebrate Glitter Ash Wednesday

By The Seattle Lesbian
February 9, 2017
Glitter Ash Wednesday
Faith and Religion
Participants in #GlitterAshWednesday will receive ashes mixed with purple glitter, combining a traditional symbol of repentance with a message of solidarity. ...
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DelBene Introduces Bill to Prohibit Religious Registry Under Trump Presidency

By The Seattle Lesbian
November 22, 2016
Politics Faith and Religion
Congresswoman Suzan DelBene introduced the No Religious Registry Act to ensure individuals of all faiths are protected from the establishment of a national religious registry. ...
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Gay Mormons Take Center Stage at TWIST: Seattle Queer Film Festival

By The Seattle Lesbian
October 13, 2016
Faith and Religion Local
Gay Mormons are front and center in the final chapter of Jon Garcia’s hit film trilogy The Falls, premiering at TWIST: Seattle Queer Film Festival Six years after ...
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