The solstice is past. Rejoice.
15 responses to “Listening. Talking. Discussing. LGBT”
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Ryan, I think you are right on principle, and I know lots of churches that have made the switch in the States. It’s easy enough to do on paper, too. But somehow it is just so much easier to say LGBT than GLBT (though GBTL would be OK verbally).
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p.s. — Kelvin, I find it a really helpful list. It seems like something that should be circulated beyond the readership of your blog (wide though that is). Clergy mailing, perhaps? Inspires? MU newsletters? My Weekly and The People’s Friend?
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I agree with Kimberley. It’s a very good list and has wide applicability for a number of justice issues I think. Six is a nice round number and the bolded captions are memorable with the resulting explanation clear and direct. I wonder if it could be re-worded to make a handy acrostic or is that just too kitschy? Will think more when my brain recovers from current struggle (marking).
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Thanks for all comments. (Particularly to Gina, who points us to an organisation that I previously did not know about).
Kimberly – I’m happy for this to be reproduced with acknowledgement and happy for others to point towards it from other blogs.
I’ve not been clever enough to make an acrostic. Personally, I think that I use chiasma more frequently when speaking in public than I use acrostics.
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and presumably chiasm is the correct form for this discussion anyway.
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