LGBTQIA2S Allyship

4th Century Christian same sex couple on sarcophagi demonstrating the acceptance of same sex marriage in early Christianity.

Belonging in Divine Love

LICCF celebrates LGBTQIA2S (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer and/or Questioning, Intersex, Asexual, Two-Spirit) folks. Our community includes and welcomes fully into the life of community the gifts of LGBTQIA2S presence, worship, leadership, and sacrament. In living out who we truly are is the fullness of divine love in our midst.

Homophobic and transphobic judgement and exclusion have too long marginalized many devout people and blinded church communities to the rich life in Christ expressed through LBGTQIA2S genders. What Janet Somerville (past general secretary of The Canadian Council of Churches) said about racism applies to homo-and transphobia as well:

“To face and understand racism, homophobia, and transphobia and to accept with Christ the cost of overcoming it, is a concrete way to receive into history the grace of salvation. Making real, vital room for each other in our diversity is a costly, just path towards the joy that rings out in Psalm 107. O give thanks to God for God is good... because God has gathered us in from the east and from the west, from the north and from the south. Sure we have differences, but our diversity is part of God’s creative delight.”

Multimedia Resources

K.D.Lang on Sound & Silence Man Enough with ALOK