Dear Friends in Christ,  CeCe McDonald is on trial for second-degree murder.  On June 5, 2011, CeCe McDonald, 23, a transwoman of color and 4 of her trans and queer black friends, set out about midnight to walk to a Cub Foods store in south Minneapolis.  Their path took them past the Schooner Tavern, where...Continue reading→

Metropolitan Washington, D.C. Synod Assembly Publically Supports Maryland Civil Marriage Protection Act, the Uniting American Families Act, Support for Persons Living with HIV/AIDS, and the Maryland DREAM Act Met in assembly on April 27-28, by majorities greater than two-thirds, the Metropolitan Washington, D.C. Synod passed individually resolutions in support of the Maryland Civil Marriage Protection...Continue reading→

As the United Methodist Church (UMC) Quadrennial General Conference begins today in Tampa, Florida, we all need to turn our thoughts, our prayers, and our hearts toward the around 1000 delegates of this global denomination as they take up again the existing prohibitions levied against lesbian and gay Christians and proposals to exclude transgender people....Continue reading→