After #vote to #repeal #LGBTQ #bans, many #gay #Methodists are now fully #out.

On the first #Sunday after the conclusion of the #denomination’s #GeneralConference, many #queer #UnitedMethodists #celebrated their #release from the #tight and #narrow #spaces that had confined them.

https://religionnews.com/2024/05/06/after-vote-to-repeal-same-sex-ban-many-lgbtq-methodists-are-now-fully-out/

And about time too.

https://www.umnews.org/en/news/40-year-ban-on-gay-clergy-struck-down #Methodists #UnitedMethodists

#UnitedMethodists Endorse #Change Giving #Regions More #Say on #LGBTQ and Other #Issues.

Delegates voted 586-164 on Thursday for the “#regionalization” #proposal on the third day of their 11-day #GeneralConference, the #legislative #body of the #UnitedMethodistChurch, meeting in #Charlotte, #NorthCarolina.

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Spirituality #Religion #Progress

https://www.communityvoiceks.com/2024/04/28/united-methodist-regionalization-gc-2024/

#UnitedMethodists will again #debate #LGBTQ #clergy and #supporting #samesexmarriage.

The departure of the most #hateful #congregations and #clergy from the #UnitedMethodistChurch to the #GlobalMethodistChurch means there's a better chance than before that the #rules around #samesexmarriage and #LGBTQ #clergy could change.

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Spirituality #Religion #Progress

https://www.wfae.org/race-equity/2024-04-23/united-methodists-will-again-debate-lgbtq-clergy-and-same-sex-weddings

#UnitedMethodists open first top-level #conference since #breakup over #LGBTQ #inclusion.

Thousands of United Methodists are gathering in #Charlotte, #NorthCarolina, for their big #denominational #meeting, known as #generalconference, the only entity that can speak for the entire denomination.

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Spirituality #Religion #Representation #Culture

https://www.newsday.com/news/nation/United-Methodists-schism-LGBTQ-samesex-marriage-i96806

One fourth of #UnitedMethodist #churches in #US have #left in #schism over #LGBTQ #ban. What happens now.

The vast major are #conservative-leaning #churches responding to what they see as the #UnitedMethodists’ #failure to #enforce #bans on #samesexmarriage and the #ordaining of #openly #LGBTQ #people.

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Religion #Hate #Bigotry #Discrimination #Homophobia #Transphobia #EmptyThePews

https://apnews.com/article/congregations-leaving-united-methodist-church-lgbtq-bans-70b8c89ea49174597f4548c249bab24f

United Methodist bishops meet, look to pivot after 2,400+ churches disaffiliate

United Methodist bishops from across the globe are meeting this week for the first time in person since the COVID-19 pandemic.

https://religionnews.com/2023/05/01/united-methodists-look-to-pivot-as-global-methodist-church-celebrates-one-year/

#rns #UnitedMethodists