Browsing: Religion and Faith

Second Samuel is a film based off the stage play of the same name about a small conservative Southern town that is rocked by the passing of beloved community member Miss Tris Gertrude.

Whether you are staying safe at home or braving the outside world with your mask in tow at the end of this Pride month, GLAAD would love to introduce you to some new LGBTQ summer songs written by GLAAD Media Institute alumni and friends of GLAAD.

Jamie Lee Curtis and the Lifetime network announced that she will be directing and starring in a movie about GLAAD Media Institute alum Sara Cunningham and her organization Free Mom Hugs.

Franklin Graham didn’t let a crisis go to waste when he rolled into New York City to set up his tent hospital. And he got what he wanted: fundraising and publicity.

COVID-19 requires everyone to stay at home and practice social distancing, which is a struggle for all of us this Easter season, especially those LGBTQ-identifying individuals who already have been alienated from their places of worship. Fortunately, LGBTQ faith organizations are stepping up. We previously posted some Passover celebrations, and today we are sharing some Easter commemorations.

Passover begins tonight. The traditional practice is for families and communities to gather around a meal to retell the story of struggle and liberation for the Jewish people. While it may feel different not to gather this year, LGBTQ Jews who have felt the exclusion of faith communities may find this year’s virtual Seders more open and accepting, since they can participate and reconnect with their faith tradition from the safety of their own home.

 “Franklin Graham’s call for people to ‘unite and work together’ would be much better received if not for his track record of publicly and vocally vilifying LGBTQ people and other marginalized groups.”

The Samaritan’s Purse field hospital in New York City provides much-needed beds. However, CEO Franklin Graham is an attack dog that hasn’t passed up an opportunity to demonize LGBTQ people. Graham is requiring all healthcare providers in his field hospital to adhere to a statement of faith, in which marriage is defined as “exclusively the union of one genetic male and one genetic female” and the unrighteous are sentenced to “everlasting punishment in hell.”