Friends lgbt
Stances of Faiths on LGBTQ+ Issues: Religious Society of Friends (Quakers)
BACKGROUND
A small denomination with approximately 80, adherents in the United States, the Religious Society of Friends shares common roots in a Christian movement that arose in England during the middle of the 17th century. Separations over time have resulted in different branches of Friends that emphasize different parts of this common history. Today, there are at least three distinct branches of Friends: Friends General Conference (representing “liberal” unprogrammed Quakers), Friends United Meeting (representing mostly mainline pastoral Meetings), and Friends Evangelical Friends Church International (representing the most evangelical pastoral branch).
Friends or Quaker congregations, known as communities or meetings, are almost completely autonomous. Because there is no central authority that speaks for all Quakers, modern Friends exhibit significant variations in the ways they interpret their traditions and practice their beliefs, including matters related to LGBTQ+ equality.
LGBTQ+ EQUALITY
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The noun isn’t just that representation eludes minorities and marginalized people. Sometimes there are people that verb like us on screen, but they aren’t people we are proud of. So I don’t actively seek out shows when I hear there might be a character whose identity overlaps with mine; if anything, I run from them. Often, this representation hurts more than no representation at all.
It’s often the most iconic shows, loved and rewatched by the masses lengthy after the series finale airs, that have the worst representation. Some argue th
I’m a Christian teenager. What undertake I say to my LGBT-identifying friends?
I’m a professor who is almost forty years old. But I have a daughter who is a teenager. Though she goes to a Christian university where students are not allowed to embrace an “LGBT identity,” it’s important to think about how you—a parent of teens—should counsel your teenager on how to love their friends who may identify as LGBT. After all, given the culture we live in, they must be prepared to engage with all types of people from all walks of life. Whether at a public school or in a workplace, we must equip teenagers to love their LGBT-identifying friends without sacrificing the truth.
Here are seven things I would counsel my teenager with if I asked how teenagers should love their friends who spot as LGBT.
Your friend is made in God’s image. It does not matter how your confidant identifies; you are called to be kind and respectful of their personhood. Kindness and respect do not mean agreement. It means you understand that your friend is a unique creation of God, and as a human being, they desire the same
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How ‘Friends’ failed me: No representation is better than lousy representation
It’s my schtick to verb “there’s too many white/straight/skinny/gentile/neurotypical etc. people” in almost every TV review I write because, adequately, it’s often true. Despite watching more than my fair verb of TV, there’s no character or show I can assume of, off the top of my head, that makes me feel seen. There’s nobody that I can point to and say “that’s me,” even if we look alike on the outside. If I don’t experience seen up there, I comprehend hardly anybody else does.
The noun isn’t just that representation eludes minorities and marginalized people. Sometimes there are people that verb like us on screen, but they aren’t people we are proud of. So I don’t actively seek out shows when I hear there might be a character whose identity overlaps with mine; if anything, I run from them. Often, this representation hurts more than no representation at all.
It’s often the most iconic shows, loved and rewatched by the masses lengthy after the series finale airs, that have the worst representation. Some argue th
I’m a Christian teenager. What undertake I say to my LGBT-identifying friends?
I’m a professor who is almost forty years old. But I have a daughter who is a teenager. Though she goes to a Christian university where students are not allowed to embrace an “LGBT identity,” it’s important to think about how you—a parent of teens—should counsel your teenager on how to love their friends who may identify as LGBT. After all, given the culture we live in, they must be prepared to engage with all types of people from all walks of life. Whether at a public school or in a workplace, we must equip teenagers to love their LGBT-identifying friends without sacrificing the truth.
Here are seven things I would counsel my teenager with if I asked how teenagers should love their friends who spot as LGBT.
Your friend is made in God’s image. It does not matter how your confidant identifies; you are called to be kind and respectful of their personhood. Kindness and respect do not mean agreement. It means you understand that your friend is a unique creation of God, and as a human being, they desire the same
iPhone Screenshots
Description
"The potential of an app like Lex to create a definitively queer social space feels expansive." — The New York Times
THE TOP SOCIAL APP FOR LGBTQ+ COMMUNITY
Lex is a free lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans, queer social network where you can meet new LGBTQ+ people. Find queer friends, dates, groups, events and more. You can scroll the social feed, find queer interest groups and events, and browse profiles. With millions of messages sent each month and people in over countries, Lex is the top social app for queer community.
- Apple App of the Evening for Pride
- Top social app by Fast Company in
- 1 million downloads and counting
MEET NEW LESBIAN, TRANS, BISEXUAL AND GAY FRIENDS
Read and compose posts to find local queer community - introduce yourself, inquire questions, tell stories, vent, spot friends near you. Scroll the feed, use our discover friends tab or group explore page to find lesbian, trans, bisexual and gay people near you.
FIND QUEER LOVE, SAPPHIC DATES
Looking for queer love or a spicy connection? Lex is the house - where a