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2024 LGBTQ+ Caucus Endorsements
The LGBTQ+ Caucus met on Saturday, June 15 via Zoom to vote on endorsing both resolutions and candidates for elected positions. Resolutions considered for endorsement were recommended by Caucus members. All persons seeking elected positions were contacted by the Endorsements Committee of the Caucus, and were requested to complete a questionnaire if they wished to…
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Task Force on LGBTQ+ Inclusion Highlights Blue Book Report to Launch Pride Month
“The Blue Book” — a book containing reports from boards, committees, and commissions for the General Convention of the Episcopal Church — is published and distributed to delegates and other participants prior to each General Convention. On this first day of June — as we celebrate the launch of Pride Month and look forward to…
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Episcopal Church Releases New LGBTQ Pride Shield
In a May 16, 2024 press release, the Episcopal Church Office of Public Affairs unveiled a new Pride Shield “In affirmation and celebration of The Episcopal Church’s LGBTQ+ members.” As described in the release “The design retains the upper-left blue corner of The Episcopal Church’s shield logo and incorporates elements of the traditional Pride flag…
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Episcopal Church Task Force on LGBTQ+ Inclusion Issues Statement from Inaugural Meeting
A Statement from the Episcopal Church’s Task Force on LGBTQ+ Inclusion Cleveland, Ohio | March 26, 2023 The Episcopal Church’s Task Force on LGBTQ+ Inclusion held its inaugural meeting in Cleveland from March 23-26 where we began the process of implementing the charge given to us by the 80th General Convention: to continue the work of…
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Episcopal Bishops Decry Legislative Initiatives and Governmental Actions Targeting Trans Children and Their Families
Members of the Episcopal Church LGBTQ+ Caucus applaud the House of Bishops for reaffirming their 2022 statement supporting the transgender community. In the year since this statement was first issued, anti-transgender targeting has only increased — with the draconian legislation adopted in Tennessee as a most egregious recent example. Our bishops’ reaffirmation of their commitment…
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An Open Letter on the Findings of the Court of Review
Dear Bishops and Standing Committees across the Episcopal Church, In May of 2022, members of the LGBTQ+ caucus for GC80 raised deep concerns about the Reverend Charlie Holt’s election as Bishop Coadjutor in the Diocese of Florida. Since then, two investigations by the Court of Review have found that the Diocese of Florida and the…
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Episcopal Church Convenes Task Force on LGBTQ+ Inclusion
When the Episcopal Church gathered for its COVID-delayed, abbreviated 80th General Convention last July in Baltimore, one of the resolutions on its agenda was entitled “Create a Task Force on LGBTQ+ Inclusion.” Proposed out of the Diocese of Los Angeles, the explanation for the resolution reads: In 1976, the 65th General Convention of the Episcopal…
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Responses to “Lambeth Calls” Process & Effort to Reaffirm Lambeth 1.10
Members of the TEC LGBTQ+ Caucus have been monitoring events leading up to the 2022 Lambeth Conference of Anglican Bishops (July 26-August 8.) In the last few days, that work has expanded to tracking responses to the breaking news that the conference — billed as a time of study, reflection and reconciliation — now includes…
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LGBTQ+ Caucus Offers Prayers for the 2022 Lambeth Conference of Anglican Bishops
It has been a long and winding road to the 2022 Lambeth Conference of Anglican Bishops. Convened by the Archbishop of Canterbury, the conference will take place at the University of Kent, Canterbury Cathedral and Lambeth Palace from July 26 – August 8. The normal ten-year cycle would have seen a conference held in 2018,…
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LGBTQ+ Caucus Endorses Rachel Taber-Hamilton for VP of HOD
The LGBTQ Caucus of the Episcopal Church enthusiastically endorses Rachel Taber-Hamilton for Vice-President of the House of Deputies and urges her election.
LGBTQ+ Caucus 