LGBT+ History Month – Meet Jean-Michel Basquiat, anti-racist artist and social commentator
This year's theme is ‘Politics In Art’, spotlighting 5 'faces', one L, G, B, T & +. Here is the third - a bisexual graffiti artist
LGBT+ History Month – Meet Keith Haring, pop artist and AIDS awareness advocate
This year's theme is ‘Politics In Art’, spotlighting 5 'faces', one L, G, B, T & +. Here is the second - a gay AIDS activist
LGBT+ History Month – Meet Doris Brabham Hatt, modernist painter & feminist activist
This year's theme is ‘Politics In Art’, spotlighting 5 'faces', one L, G, B, T & +. Here is the first - a lesbian pioneer.
Safeguarding survey shows only a third of UK LGBT+ Christian adults say they feel ‘safe to be out’ in their local church
A 2021 safeguarding survey of more than 750 UK LGBT+ Christians shows that only a third ‘feel safe to be out’ in their local churches, and just one in five feel ‘safe to be out to the wider Christian community’.
God’s work of art – A reflection for LGBT+ History Month
THIS REFLECTION by Open Table Network Coordinator Kieran Bohan was written for our celebration of LGBT+ History Month which premiered on YouTube on Sunday 30th January 2022.
Inclusive online church consultation: What did we find out?
IN JULY 2021 Inclusive Church, OneBodyOneFaith and the Open Table Network asked our members and supporters to respond to a survey about your experience of online church and in-person church gatherings and events. Researcher Krysia Waldock shares the newly-published findings of the survey.
Watch out for false prophets – A personal response to the Government consultation on conversion therapy
LAST MONTH, hundreds of clergy signed an open letter to Minister for Women and Equalities Liz Truss, in response to the Government’s current consultation on proposals to ban conversion therapy, which has been extended until 4th February 2022. Warren Hartley from Open Table Liverpool responds.
LGBTQIA+ affirming partners endorse Inclusive Church statement
FIVE LGBTQIA+-affirming organisations have agreed to endorse and signpost to the statement of Inclusive Church, the educational charity which works with churches of different traditions, encouraging them to explore ways in which they may become more inclusive.
Beyond ‘welcome’ and ‘inclusivity’ – A reflection by Andi from Open Table Warrington
THIS IS a thought-provoking and challenging reflection by Andi, who has been involved with our second community in Warrington since its early days in 2015.
Made for transcendence – A reflection by Archbishop Desmond Tutu
OUR FIRST Open Table community in Liverpool hosted its annual carol service this month, with traditional and contemporary readings. This year, it included this reflection from Desmond Tutu, former Archbishop of Cape Town in South Africa, and a passionate advocate for LGBT+ people and those living with HIV. He died on 26th December 2021, but his legacy lives on.
