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FEBRUARY is LGBT+ History Month, an annual celebration of lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans & non-binary history. This year’s theme is #BodyMindSpirit - We’ve asked our Patrons and Trustees to share their thoughts on this theme. Here is our Trustee Lucy Berry's response in poetry.

FEBRUARY is LGBT+ History Month, an annual celebration of lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans & non-binary history. This year’s theme is Body, Mind, Spirit - We’ve asked our Patrons and Trustees to share their thoughts on this theme. Here is our Patron John Bell’s offering.

WE ARE DELIGHTED to be a founding contributor to this statement, developed in response to conversations following some divisive and harmful responses to the Church of England’s Living In Love & Faith resources on identity, sexuality, relationships and marriage.

FEBRUARY is LGBT+ History Month, an annual celebration of lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans & non-binary history. This year’s theme is Body, Mind, Spirit - We’ve asked our Patrons and Trustees to share their thoughts on this theme, starting with Barbara Glasson, former President of the Methodist Conference in Britain.

Here is the fifth of five ‘Faces of 2021’ for LGBT+ History Month, to illustrate this year’s theme, Body, Mind, Spirit: Intersex athlete Mark Weston, who represented Britain at the Olympics but had career achievements revoked when his gender identity was revealed.

Here is the fourth of five ‘Faces of 2021’ for LGBT+ History Month, to illustrate this year’s theme, Body, Mind, Spirit: Michael Dillon, the first trans man to transition medically and the first Western European to be ordained as a Buddhist monk.

This year's LGBT+ History Month theme is Body, Mind, Spirit, spotlighting five people to illustrate this theme. Here is the first: Lesbian football pioneer Lily Parr from St Helens.

THIS MONTH’S Two:23 Network meeting included an interview with Open Table Network Coordinator Kieran Bohan on his faith journey and the Open Table story. His husband Warren Hartley also shared a reflection inspired by his experience of supporting the first Open Table community in Liverpool, called: ‘Made in God's image: a person-centred spirituality‘.

On the outside of churches, signs often proclaim ‘All Are Welcome’. Lucy’s poem reflects on what church signs might say if they reflected the reality inside.

IN THE THIRD of our Q&A webinars with our new Patrons, Cherry Vann, Bishop of Monmouth, the first lesbian bishop in the Church in Wales, and in a civil partnership, was in conversation with Open Table Network Co-Chair Sarah Hobbs.