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IN JANUARY 2022, the new Open Table Birmingham community launched, with more than 50 people present, the largest launch of any Open Table community in the history of the network. Pianist Gary Hopkins, a Ministry Development Officer in the Methodist Church, was there to accompany the hymns chosen for the occasion. Here is his reflection.

FOR LGBT+ History Month, Pam Gold, former Co-Convenor of the Evangelical Fellowship of Lesbian & Gay Christians (EFLGC), and founder of two Open Table communities, shares her story of coming out and being an Evangelical gay Christian.

FOR LGBT+ History Month, the BBC has spoken to several LGBT+ people in ministry who share their stories of faith, hope and love. Among them is OTN Patron Cherry Vann, Bishop of Monmouth, the first lesbian bishop in the Church in Wales, and in a civil partnership.

AT AN LGBT+ History Month event at the Museum of Liverpool on 'Christianity and LGBT+ Lives'. Bishop Paul Bayes, who is also a Patron of the Open Table Network, shared this message on his last day in the role.

Revd Canon Sarah Jones, the first person to be ordained after having made a gender transition in the UK, has written a special prayer on behalf of the Church In Wales Diocese of Llandaff for LGBT+ History Month.

As we celebrate LGBT+ History Month, Revd Rose Hill, a priest in the Church In Wales Diocese of Llandaff, introduces us to Queer Theology and recommends three books to explore this subject further.

FEBRUARY is LGBT+ History Month, an annual festival to celebrate the lives and achievements of LGBT+ people past and present. As part of the month-long festival, the Museum of Liverpool is hosting a panel discussion Big Chat Series: Christianity and LGBT+ Lives, with OTN Coordinator Kieran Bohan on the panel.

FEBRUARY is LGBT+ History Month. We’ve asked our Patrons to share a reflection. Here our Patron John Bell shares a moment of appreciation, affirmation and gratitude to God.

This year's theme is ‘Politics In Art’, spotlighting 5 'faces', one L, G, B, T & +. Here is the fifth - an artist who described herself as ‘two people inside one body’.

This year's theme is ‘Politics In Art’, spotlighting 5 'faces', one L, G, B, T & +. Here is the fourth - a trans writer, artist and activist