As a direct response to the rise of anti-LGBTQ crimes in recent years, “Don’t Say Gay,” anti-trans issues, and book bannings regularly in the news, The Reclaiming Our Spiritual Heritage: An LGBTQ Spirituality Virtual Conference, June 17-24, 2023, challenges the connection between homophobia and religion. The conference, featuring a wide array of internationally known LGTBTQ+ voices, provides a timely and relevant platform to raise awareness and inspire change and aims to and to help the LGBTQ community find deeper levels of wholeness and self-acceptance.
“It’s tragic that many in the LGBTQ community struggle with issues around spirituality. We confuse it with religion and, no wonder, given the treatment we have received at the hands of most religions,” said conference organizer Christian de la Huerta, author of Coming Out Spiritually and Awakening the Soul of Power. “But what’s ironic about that is that before the patriarchal cultures and religions, people that we today refer to as LGBTQ were not only spiritually inclined, but were honored for the roles of spiritual service and leadership they played all over the world.”
Speakers include, among others, Richard Blanco, Inaugural Poet, Prince Manvendra Singh Gohil, Crown Prince of the State of Gujarat in India, still the only openly gay prince in the world; Rev. Elder Cecilia Eggleston, Moderator of The Metropolitan Community Church (MCC), an international LGBT-affirming mainline Protestant Christian denomination; Kierra Johnson, Executive Director of the National LGBTQ Task Force; and Clyde Hall, an internationally recognized and acknowledged authority of Native American culture, dance ritual and folkways. For a complete list of speakers, for more information, or to register, or please visit: https://presenter.consciousleaderssummit.com/pinkmedia
I’m thrilled to receive news of this LGBTQI+ Spiritual Conference! At the time when the United Methodist Church is redefining Herself to be more inclusive and Reconciling as a Church this gives me great hope for my Christian LGBTQI+ Family to come together to show the amazung Love of Christ Jesus to our unsaved and nonSpiritual family!!