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Target scales back on its LGBTQ+ merchandise ahead of Pride Month 2024
In a statement to NPR, a spokesperson for the retail giant says it is committed to supporting the LGBTQ+ community year-round, not only during the month of June.
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United Methodists will again debate LGBTQ clergy and same-sex weddings
The United Methodist Church is holding its first General Conference since the pandemic and will consider whether to change policies on several LGBTQ issues.
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How will Supreme Court rulings on affirmative action, LGBTQ protections affect Rhode Island?
Steven Brown of the Rhode Island ACLU on two of the several big decisions made this week by the country’s highest court.
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The Secret of Chiqui Versace
In this special episode of Mosaic, our podcast on immigration, we introduce Chiqui Versace: a Rhode Island resident who came to the U.S. at 16, looking for work and hoping to support his family back in Colombia. He also came here to be his true self – to not have to hide anything about who he is. From the outside, Versace lived what appeared to be a normal life. For decades he was gainfully employed, paid taxes every year, and volunteered his time for charitable causes. But to stay here, to live the life he had always wanted to live, he had to carry a very big secret.
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Returning Home
The Public’s Radio’s podcast Mosaic has a series of community essays. This essay is by Sean O’Connor, a science educator and co-owner of NewportOut, an organization that serves LGBTQ+ visitors and the LGBTQ+ community in Newport, Rhode Island. A little over 20 years ago, in 2001, I had to run away from this place. Rhode […]
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New England Methodists Look To Annual Meeting For Answers On Denomination’s Future
New England Methodists are gathering for the first time since a controversial vote by the global United Methodist Church to strengthen bans on LGBTQ clergy and same-sex marriages. Many churches in the region have openly defied this rule for years, and some are asking whether it’s time to leave the United Methodist Church. They’re hoping the region’s annual meeting will provide answers.
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Methodist Church Vows To Replace Rainbow Flag That Was Cut Down
A rainbow flag was cut down from the front of an East Greenwich Methodist church that openly opposed a decision by international church leaders to strengthen bans on LGBTQ clergy and marriages.
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Methodist Pastors Say Debate Over LGBTQ Inclusion Points To Deep Divides Within Church
Debate over LGBTQ rights in the Methodist Church moved to the pulpits in New England over the weekend.
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American Methodists Predict Church Split As Leaders Reaffirm Ban on LGBTQ Clergy, Same Sex-Marriages
Methodist leaders from around the world this week voted to reaffirm the church’s opposition to same-sex marriage and gay clergy. Many American Methodists, including the New England Conference, had already moved to make their churches more inclusive of LGBTQ pastors and members. New England Conference leader Bishop Sudarshana Devadhar commented in a statement: “My prayers continue […]