LGBTQ+ Archives - Unitarian Universalist Church of Pensacola https://uupensacola.org/topic/lgbtq/ Welcome to UUCP Thu, 28 May 2026 19:14:06 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 https://uupensacola.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/Chalice-new-uucp-2-150x150.png LGBTQ+ Archives - Unitarian Universalist Church of Pensacola https://uupensacola.org/topic/lgbtq/ 32 32 Emma Jones Society https://uupensacola.org/services/emma-jones-society/ Thu, 28 May 2026 19:14:06 +0000 https://uupensacola.org/?post_type=uu_services&p=14004 Presenters Chris Jadallah and Laynie Gibson will tell the untold story of how Pensacola, Florida hosted one of the nation’s largest LGBTQ+ celebrations decades before Stonewall–and almost nobody knows about it. Come hear how the revival of the story of the Emma Jones Society is being activated in community. Donations to this project would be … Continue reading Emma Jones Society

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]]> 14004  PFLAG Pensacola – Leading with Love https://uupensacola.org/services/pflag-pensacola-leading-with-love/ Tue, 21 Apr 2026 22:13:58 +0000 https://uupensacola.org/?post_type=uu_services&p=13915 Presenter: Lee Poteat,  Chapter President Presentation: For over fifty years, PFLAG has been where LGBTQ+ people, families, and allies have come together in pursuit of justice and affirmation—and always leading with love. What began as a letter led to a march, which launched a meeting and birthed a movement of millions. 5th Sunday, Pass the Plate recipient

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]]> 13915 The Queer Spirituality of Leonard Bernstein https://uupensacola.org/services/the-queer-spirituality-of-leonard-bernstein/ Tue, 21 Apr 2026 22:09:04 +0000 https://uupensacola.org/?post_type=uu_services&p=13911 This week Jimmy Poteat shares a message about the life and work of American musician Leonard Bernstein. We will explore Bernstein’s approach to spirituality, politics, and even Unitarian Universalist thought.

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]]> 13911 What is Safety While In a Diverse Community? https://uupensacola.org/services/what-is-safety-while-in-a-diverse-community/ Sun, 22 Feb 2026 19:09:47 +0000 https://uupensacola.org/?post_type=uu_services&p=13824 How do we embody our values as UUs in an intentional community with people from diverse backgrounds? From culture to civic alignment, to even simply etiquette around expression, how are we stewarding the next generation while fully exploring what it means to be human? Presented by Honor Bell III (they/them), CRE and Admin. Fifth Sunday: … Continue reading What is Safety While In a Diverse Community?

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]]> 13824 Taking Action and Making It Count https://uupensacola.org/services/taking-action-and-making-it-count/ Sat, 24 May 2025 17:04:04 +0000 https://uupensacola.org/?post_type=uu_services&p=13037 Presenter Angelique Godwin, Director of Transgender Equality, Equality Florida, will be sharing her story identifying how choosing to take up space, telling your story, and speaking truth to power can lead to inspiring others and creating change in minds and action. What you can do to get involved and make a difference in your community.

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]]> 13037 God Made Me Gay https://uupensacola.org/services/god-made-me-gay/ Sat, 24 May 2025 17:02:29 +0000 https://uupensacola.org/?post_type=uu_services&p=13035 Presenter Mike Maeshiro is a gay ex-pastor and is now a consultant for queer and deconstructing Christians. He will talk about how he sincerely suffocated for Jesus, not realizing that it was people and bigotry that kept him in the closet, not Jesus. Mike will share his story of how his relationship with God led … Continue reading God Made Me Gay

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]]> 13035 One Surgeon’s Journey https://uupensacola.org/services/one-surgeons-journey/ Sat, 24 May 2025 17:00:04 +0000 https://uupensacola.org/?post_type=uu_services&p=13030 Presenter: Jocelyn E. Leveque, MD FACS Please join us in hearing about Dr. Leveque’s journey with her son as a gay man as well as maintaining a medical practice as a Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeon at the Gulf Coast Plastic Surgery campus on Brent. She has been practicing in Pensacola for 25 years. Her practice has included transgender surgery specifically “top” … Continue reading One Surgeon’s Journey

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]]> 13030 The Queerness of the Natural World: Revelations in Liminal Space https://uupensacola.org/services/the-queerness-of-the-natural-world-revelations-in-liminal-space/ Tue, 21 May 2024 22:01:09 +0000 https://uupensacola.org/?post_type=uu_services&p=12368 Presenter: Nate Schweigert, Chaplain The most beauty in the day comes at sunup or sun down. How does this pertain to our humanity as we ebb and flow in constant states of change? Nate is a nature artist and a hospital chaplain who engages spirituality through panentheism and mysticism in the body and the natural … Continue reading The Queerness of the Natural World: Revelations in Liminal Space

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]]> 12368 Why are Pronouns So Important? https://uupensacola.org/services/why-are-pronoun-changes-important-to-individuals/ Tue, 21 May 2024 21:58:07 +0000 https://uupensacola.org/?post_type=uu_services&p=12364 Organizers of the service: Crys Brockway, Marybeth Ramsey, and Brett Ramsey In honor of Pride month, this service will have a panel discussion with several UUCP members and friends. They will share some of their insights and experiences about their preferred pronoun changes and how it has affected their lives. Watch this service on our … Continue reading Why are Pronouns So Important?

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]]> 12364 History of the Pensacola LGBTQ+ Community https://uupensacola.org/services/history-of-the-pensacola-lgbtq-community/ Wed, 17 May 2023 13:29:57 +0000 https://uupensacola.org/?post_type=uu_services&p=11628 Nancy Hagman, UUCP member, will present some of the history of the LGBTQ+ community in Pensacola. In the past few years the History Museum began to explore more deeply the roots planted here in Pensacola. There is a rich history that has not been well known.

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