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‘Going back to God, just as we are':
Contesting identities in the Hope and Unity Metropolitan
Community Church
In
Johannesburg’s inner city, gay identity is being constructed
within the context of religion. In response to the homophobia
of the more mainstream churches, the Hope and Unity
Metropolitan Community Church offers a home and spiritual
affirmation to gay men and lesbians. Graeme Reid reports
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Aliens in the Household of God
Growing
up as a gay Christian in South Africa
'As
I have become more involved with gay and lesbian people I
find that there is a real need for the church to move from
rejection, fence-sitting, and indifference to real affirmation
of us', writes Douglas John Torr. As an Anglican priest he
is working in the Diocese of Johannesburg in charge of a small
parish, St. Margaret's Noordgesig, as well as serving as social
responsibility coordinator for the diocese. The National Coalition
for Gay and Lesbian Equality has asked him to create a network
among Christian churches to do advocacy and support work around
gay and lesbian sexuality. ...MORE
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Aspects of religion and
ideology in South Africa
Much of
the presentations in this pre-conference focused on speaker`sexperiences
and difficulties in their communities relating to their religious
and sexual expression. Short summaries highlighting some key
points raised are given in this edition. ...MORE
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‘Religion, ideology and homophobia’
On the
eve of the September 1999 annual conference of the International
Lesbian and Gay Association of South Africa a pre-session
on ‘religion, ideology and homophobia’ was organised. In ‘Umbiko
Wothingo’, the daily newsletter of this 19th ILGA World Conference,
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