(Editor’s note: Although there has been considerable scholarship focused on LGBTQ community and advocacy in D.C., there is a deficit of scholarship focused on LGBTQ religion in the area.
Religion plays an important role in LGBTQ advocacy movements, through queer-affirming ministers and communities, along with queer-phobic churches in the city.
This is the final installment of a three-part series exploring the history of religion and LGBTQ advocacy in Washington, D.C.
Visit our website for the previous installments.) Six sisters gathered not so quietly in Marion Park, Washington, D.C. on Saturday, October 8, 2022.