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Sexual Soul Transformations Start at Home
“What if the most honoring thing we can do is bring awareness to the here and now?” Photo by Penny Michelle Taylor. By Suzi Southworth, PQ Monthly Sacred sexual unions can both rip our hearts open...
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Is John Paulk ready to renounce his ex-gay gospel?
And is the LGBTQ community prepared to welcome him back into the fold? John Paulk’s biography on Mezzaluna’s website boasts that his “client list reads like a who’s-who of sports figures, national...
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Queer Heroes NW 2013: Rev. Austin Amerine and Rev. Rodney Page
Rev. Austin Amerine (left) and Rev. Rodney Page (right). By Erin Rook, PQ Monthly The second annual Queer Heroes NW, a collaboration between the Gay & Lesbian Archives of the Pacific Northwest...
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Pope Acknowledges “Gay Lobby” Within Vatican
By Nick Mattos, PQ Monthly Holy smokes: the Pope has admitted the existence of a so-called “gay lobby” in the Roman Curia for the first time last week and is considering “what [Roman Catholic leaders]...
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Equality in the eyes of God: Two local ministries provide models of LGBTQ...
The Reverend Nathan Meckley of Metropolitan Community Church of Portland (left) and Sister Paula Nielsen (right) engage the community at large through their innovative, gay-focused ministries., By Nick...
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Ponderlust: Practicing patience in the Valley of Search
By Erin Rook, PQ Monthly “There are resources to help you change.” “I’m not sure I want to change,” I say quietly, as if it were really an option. The stapled print out of religious verses on chastity...
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Everything is Connected: Forever — Five thoughts on marriage
By Nick Mattos, PQ Monthly 1) It is 2005, and I’m 21. My boyfriend, who is older but not much wiser, staggers beside me on the streets of Olympia, Wash. We are flushed with love and whiskey, walking...
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Everything is Connected: Seven devils
By Nick Mattos, PQ Monthly 1) Sometimes, in the cold silence of the morning, it’d be the first thing to hit me as I woke up. Before I’d open my eyes, I’d realize I was awake because the listlessness...
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Everything is Connected: Proxies
By Nick Mattos, PQ Monthly 1) In the holiest of places, a pool sat atop the backs of seven marble oxen. I am in the baptismal room of the Oakland Temple of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day...
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News Briefs: October/November 2013
Joe Bell, father of the late Jadin Bell, was killed during a cross-country trek to raise awareness about the kind of anti-gay bullying that led to his son’s suicide. LOCAL Joe Bell of La Grande, Ore.,...
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Finding Leo: Light a Candle
When I look back over 2015, there were many bright moments. I had a few firsts in my life as a trans man: taking off my shirt in public for the Trans Pride March in June, wearing a tux for my birthday....
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Community Spotlight: Cristy C. Road
Samantha L. Taylor, Columnist, PQ Monthly This is the first installment in a new series I’ve created called “Community Spotlight” where LGBTQ people will be featured for the rad work they do in our...
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Protest and Renewal: Working for Welcome
St. Andrew Lutheran Church, Beaverton, Oregon Leo Bancroft, PQ Monthly You are not alone. You are lovable and worthy. For those of us longing for a community of faith, yearning to be known and loved...
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A CONVERSATION WITH PUSSY RIOT AND STORM LARGE
By Shaley Howard, PQ Monthly Russian punk band Pussy Riot is known for their outspoken resistance to President Vladimir Putin’s regime and infamous arrest for ‘hooliganism’ when they performed “Punk...
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It’s Time!
Typically this time, of the year I dedicate page 3 to the many accomplishments of our Brilliant Media Team. However, before doing so, I feel it is paramount to discuss a few topics flooding the...
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Black and Gay In the Church; Faith screening and discussion brings...
By Olivia Olivia, PQ Monthly This month nearly a hundred community members lined up at the First AME Zion Church on North Vancouver to watch a film that addresses a serious and sometimes ignored issue...
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Memorial Day 2016
By Melanie Davis, Brilliant Media llc. …all politics aside, no one should have to die for freedom[.] ‘The significant problems we have cannot be solved at the same level of thinking with which we...
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By Leo Bancroft for PQ Monthly I was in a bar the other day, telling a story about what’s new with my life. I began by saying, “Well, I’m starting a church…” My friend made a face. Yep. I would make...
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