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The Gathering Cardiff
The Gathering is an LGBTQ+ church and community for people interested in safely exploring the Christian faith. We are based in Cardiff and serve the community throughout South Wales and further afield.
This podcast is a platform to broadcast our discussions surrounding faith and LGBTQ+ issues, events, thoughts and reflections with voices from a diverse range of Christian backgrounds, other faiths and from people in the LGBTQ+ community and our allies.
We are proud to be celebrating our 10th anniversary and have launched this podcast to celebrate our wonderful community.
Hello, and welcome to a very special episode of The Gathering Podcast! Join the team on this episode as we talk to Georgia (Writer and Director of our film project, Fruits of the Spirit) alongside some of the cast and crew as we find out how this project came about and what it was like to work on both sides of the camera!If you would like more information including on our training programme that is linked to film, click here: https://www.thegatheringcardiff.org/fruits-of-the-spiritThe Gathering is an LGBTQ+ church in Cardiff City Centre. We meet every Sunday at 19:00-20:30 - more details on our website here.You can find us on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter, where you can find out more about us and what we're doing!If you would like to donate to the work of The Gathering, you can do so here.--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thegatheringcardiff/message
Content warnings for this episode: non-graphic discussion of conversion therapy, spiritual abuse, mental health problems, suicidal ideation, and hospitalisation.
Hello, and welcome to a very special episode of The Gathering Podcast! Join Sam (Worship Leader) and Georgia (LGBTQ+ Community Link Worker) as they interview Jayne Ozanne about her faith journey, what it was like to come out as a senior evangelical figure in the Church of England, and the fight to ban conversion therapy. Please heed the content warnings above when listening to this episode, and, if this brings up anything for you, get in touch with one of our Pastoral Leaders, or call the conversion therapy helpline at 0800 130 3335.
You can also find support and resources at the Ozanne Foundation here.
The Gathering is an LGBTQ+ church in Cardiff City Centre. We meet every Sunday at 19:00-20:30 - more details on our website here.
You can find us on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter, where you can find out more about us and what we're doing!
If you would like to donate to the work of The Gathering, you can do so here.
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Happy Pride Month everyone! This month we will be releasing our next series of The Gathering Podcast, all about different elements of PRIDE - P for Pride, R for Reconciliation, I for Inclusion, D for Discrimination, and E for Empowerment. Join us as we discuss these topics together. This week is our conversation about Inclusion with G (he/him), Pastoral Leader.
The Gathering is an LGBTQ+ church in Cardiff City Centre. We meet every Sunday at 19:00-20:30 - more details on our website here.
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Happy Pride Month everyone! This month we will be releasing our next series of The Gathering Podcast, all about different elements of PRIDE - P for Pride, R for Reconciliation, I for Inclusion, D for Discrimination, and E for Empowerment. Join us as we discuss these topics together. This week is our conversation about Empowerment with Lee (she/her), a URC minister and member of The Gathering .
The Gathering is an LGBTQ+ church in Cardiff City Centre. We meet every Sunday at 19:00-20:30 - more details on our website here.
You can find us on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter, where you can find out more about us and what we're doing!
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After the technical difficulties of last week (apology post here), this is our next episode! We will release our I for Inclusion when we manage to re-record with G.
Happy Pride Month everyone! This month we will be releasing our next series of The Gathering Podcast, all about different elements of PRIDE - P for Pride, R for Reconciliation, I for Inclusion, D for Discrimination, and E for Empowerment. Join us as we discuss these topics together. This week is our conversation about Discrimination with Nici (they/them), Pastoral Leader.
The Gathering is an LGBTQ+ church in Cardiff City Centre. We meet every Sunday at 19:00-20:30 - more details on our website here.
You can find us on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter, where you can find out more about us and what we're doing!
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Happy Pride Month everyone! This month we will be releasing our next series of The Gathering Podcast, all about different elements of PRIDE - P for Pride, R for Reconciliation, I for Inclusion, D for Discrimination, and E for Empowerment. Join us as we discuss these topics together. This week is our conversation about Reconciliation with Sam (he/him), Pastoral Leader. Just a brief content warning, this episode gets pretty heavy at times as we discuss our experiences of harm in church spaces. So, CW for religious homophobia and spiritual harm.
The Gathering is an LGBTQ+ church in Cardiff City Centre. We meet every Sunday at 19:00-20:30 - more details on our website here.
You can find us on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter, where you can find out more about us and what we're doing!
TheGatheringCardiff #TheGatheringPodcast #pride2023 #PRIDE
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Happy Pride Month everyone! This month we will be releasing our next series of The Gathering Podcast, all about different elements of PRIDE - P for Pride, R for Reconciliation, I for Inclusion, D for Discrimination, and E for Empowerment. Join us as we discuss these topics together, starting with our conversation about Pride with Rev. Del (she/her), Pastoral Leader.
The Gathering is an LGBTQ+ church in Cardiff City Centre. We meet every Sunday at 19:00-20:30 - more details on our website here.
You can find us on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter, where you can find out more about us and what we're doing!
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We had a few issues on the audio for this one - apologies!
Hello, and welcome to a very special episode of The Gathering Podcast! Join Sam (Pastoral Leader) and Georgia (LGBTQ+ Community Link Worker) as they interview MS Hannah Blythyn about her journey into politics, the fight to ban conversion therapy, and the recently-released LGBTQ+ Action Plan. You can read the Action Plan here.
The Gathering is an LGBTQ+ church in Cardiff City Centre. We meet every Sunday at 19:00-20:30 - more details on our website here.
You can find us on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter, where you can find out more about us and what we're doing!
If you would like to donate to the work of The Gathering, you can do so here.
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“My friend, I believe that is an unjust law. If I were to sit in the back I would be condoning injustice”.
For series 3 of The Gathering Podcast, we will be looking at the lives and faiths of four Queer Christians throughout history. This week we are talking about Bayard Rustin!
Bayard Rustin was a civil rights' activist, organiser, and agitator in the U.S. throughout the 20th century. He was a mentor to Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., and in charge of organising the world-famous March on Washington - but his life is rarely taught about in schools or histories of the movement. Why? Because he was gay, and unapologetic about it. With his activism rooted firmly in his faith, Rustin achieved incredible feats, and he never denied his identity as a gay man. Listen more here, with your host Georgia (LGBTQ+ Community Link Worker), and guest Fr. Ruth (Gathering member).
Content warnings for discussions of racism and homophobia.
The Gathering is an LGBTQ+ church in Cardiff City Centre. We meet every Sunday at 19:00-20:30 - more details on our website here.
You can find us on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter, where you can find out more about us and what we're doing!
Bibliography
AfroMarxist. ‘Eyes on the Prize: Bayard Rustin Interview’ (2020), https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3PfPgKAMyaY
Bayard Rustin, ed. by Devon W. Carbado, Donald Weise. Time on Two Crosses: The Collected Writings of Bayard Rustin (Minneapolis: Cleis Press, 2014)
Bayard Rustin, ed. by Michael G. Long. I Must Resist: Bayard Rustin’s Life in Letters (San Francisco: City Light Books, 2012)
Brother Outsider: The Life of Bayard Rustin (2003; dir. Nancy Kates and Bennet Singer)
Eric Marcus. ‘Bayard Rustin’, Making Gay History: The Podcast (2019), https://makinggayhistory.com/podcast/bayard-rustin/
Eric Pace. ‘Bayard Rustin Is Dead at 75; Pacifist and a Rights Activist’, The New York Times (1987), https://www.nytimes.com/1987/08/25/obituaries/bayard-rustin-is-dead-at-75-pacifist-and-a-rights-activist.html
Jervis Anderson. Bayard Rustin: Troubles I’ve Seen: a Biography (Michigan: Harper Collins, 1997)
John D’Emilio. Lost Prophet: The Life and Times of Bayard Rustin (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2003)
TheDCARTS. ‘Bayard Rustin and James Baldwin: Freedom Fighters and Friends’ (2014), https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OalPJ3ITHKg
Walter Naegle, Jacqueline Houtman, and Michael G. Long. Troublemaker for Justice: the Story of Bayard Rustin, the Man Behind the March on Washington (San Francisco: City Light Books, 2019)
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“No deep-seated injustice can be uprooted without overturning traditions, making people uncomfortable, and becoming, oneself, the target of angry criticism.”
For series 3 of The Gathering Podcast, we will be looking at the lives and faiths of four Queer Christians throughout history. This week we are talking about Pauli Murray.
Pauli Murray was a civil rights' lawyer and activist in the U.S. throughout the 20th century. They were instrumental in three great movements for justice in that era: the workers' movement, the civil rights' movement, and the feminist movement. In later life, they trained for ministry, and became the first Black woman to be ordained into priesthood in the Episcopalian church. Listen more here, with Sam (Pastoral Leader), and guest reporter Ruth (Gathering member).
The Gathering is an LGBTQ+ church in Cardiff City Centre. We meet every Sunday at 19:00-20:30 - more details on our website here.
You can find us on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter, where you can find out more about us and what we're doing!
Bibliography:
Patricia Bell-Scott. The Firebrand and the First Lady: Portrait of a Friendship: Pauli Murray, Eleanor Roosevelt, and the Struggle for Social Justice (New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2016)
Pauli Murray and Patricia Bell-Scott. Song in a Weary Throat: Memoir of an American Pilgrimage (New York: Harper & Row, 1987)
Pauli Murray. Dark Testament and Other Poems (New York: WW Norton, 1970)
Pauli Murray. Proud Shoes: The Story of an American Family (Boston: Beacon Press, 1956)
Sarah Azaransky. ‘Roundtable: Embodying Radical Democracy: Pauli Murray’s Legacies and Resources for a Common Freedom Struggle’, Journal of Feminist Studies in Religion, (vol. 29, no. 1, 2013), https://doi.org/10.2979/jfemistudreli.29.1.155
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For series 3 of The Gathering Podcast, we will be looking at the lives and faiths of four Queer Christians throughout history. This week we are talking about Anne Lister!
Anne Lister, often described as the "first modern lesbian", was a noblewoman from 19th century Yorkshire, whose life and loves has since become the subject of hit BBC show 'Gentleman Jack'. Lister was an Anglican, and this did not seem to conflict with her same-sex desires - listen to find out more.
The Gathering is an LGBTQ+ church in Cardiff City Centre. We meet every Sunday at 19:00-20:30 - more details on our website here.
You can find us on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter, where you can find out more about us and what we're doing!
Bibliography:
Angela Steidele. Gentleman Jack: Regency Landowner, Seducer, and Secret Diarist: a Biography of Anne Lister (London: Serpent’s Tail, 2018)
Anne Choma. Gentleman Jack: The Real Anne Lister (London: BBC Books, 2019)
Helena Whitbread (ed.). The Secret Diaries of Miss Anne Lister, Vol. 1: I Know My Own Heart (London: Little Brown Book Group, 2010 [1988])
Helena Whitbread (ed.). The Secret Diaries of Miss Anne Lister, Vol. 2: No Priest But Love (London: Little Brown Book Group, 2015 [1992])
Rebecca Woods. ‘The Life and Loves of Anne Lister’, BBC (2019), https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/resources/idt-sh/the_life_and_loves_of_anne_lister
Rictor Norton. ‘Anne Lister: The First Modern Lesbian’, Gay History and Literature (2003) http://rictornorton.co.uk/lister.htm
Sally Wainwright. Gentleman Jack (2019-2022), BBC One & HBO
Sofia Lotto Persio. ‘Anne Lister, Britain’s First Modern Lesbian, Didn’t Want You to Know About her Sex Life’, Pink News (2020), https://www.thepinknews.com/2020/04/03/anne-lister-first-modern-lesbian-sex-life/
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For series 3 of The Gathering Podcast, we will be looking at the lives and faiths of 4 Queer Christians throughout history, starting with the Public Universal Friend.
The Friend was a radical American preacher in the late 18th century, who became renowned for their rejection of traditional gendered roles and categories, describing themselves as a "genderless prophet". Listen here to our podcast about their faith and life, with hosts Georgia (LGBTQ+ Community Link Worker) and Sam (Pastoral Leader).
For reasons outlined in the episode, our research bibliography for this week will only be available if you email georgia@thegatheringcardiff.org to request it.
The Gathering is an LGBTQ+ church in Cardiff City Centre. We meet every Sunday at 19:00-20:30 - more details on our website here.
You can find us on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter, where you can find out more about us and what we're doing!
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CW: discussions about homophobia and transphobia.
Welcome to this week's episode of The Gathering Podcast: Queer and Christian! Today we have Cae (he/him), one of our members here at The Gathering Cardiff. We talk to Cae about his journey as a queer trans man, and how this interacts with his faith.
Find out more about our upcoming course, Queer Theology 101, here!
The Gathering is an LGBTQ+ church in Cardiff City Centre. We meet every Sunday at 19:00-20:30 - more details on our website here.
You can find us on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter, where you can find out more about us and what we're doing!
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CW: discussion around church-based discrimination.
Welcome to this week's episode of The Gathering Podcast: Queer and Christian! Today we have Paul (he/him), one of our members here at The Gathering Cardiff. We talk to Paul about his journey to gender-non-conformity, and how this interacts with his faith.
Find out more about our upcoming course, Queer Theology 101, here!
The Gathering is an LGBTQ+ church in Cardiff City Centre. We meet every Sunday at 19:00-20:30 - more details on our website here.
You can find us on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter, where you can find out more about us and what we're doing!
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CW: discussions of homophobia, conversion therapy, and HIV stigmatisation.
Welcome to this week's episode of The Gathering Podcast: Queer and Christian! Today we have with us Rev. Jide Macauley (he/him), founder of the House of Rainbow, an organisation dedicated to supporting LGBTQ+ Christians, especially people of colour, asylum seekers, and refugees. Jide's story is an incredible one, but we do talk about some heavy topics, listed above, so do take care when listening.
The Gathering is an LGBTQ+ church in Cardiff City Centre. We meet every Sunday at 19:00-20:30 - more details on our website here.
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CW: mention of homophobia, depression, and self-harm.
Welcome to this week's episode of The Gathering Podcast: Queer and Christian! Today we have Nici (they/them) with us - one of our Pastoral Leaders here at The Gathering, and our Treasurer. We talk to Nici about their testimony as an LGBTQ+ Christian, how The Gathering came to be, and their hopes for the future.
The Gathering is an LGBTQ+ church in Cardiff City Centre. We meet every Sunday at 19:00-20:30 - more details on our website here.
You can find us on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter, where you can find out more about us and what we're doing!
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Hello everyone and welcome back to another series of The Gathering Podcast! As this trailer will tease, our next series will be focused on stories from queer Christians that we know, who will be telling us about their journeys with faith and queerness. These episodes - including two not teased here - will be released every Monday in December, so you'll have us to listen to throughout Advent and beyond!
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Join us for this week's episode where we are speaking to Georgia about faith and journeying through life as an LGBTQ+ Christian and member of The Gathering Cardiff. We are excited that The Gathering Cardiff is 10 years old this year and as part of our celebrations, we aim to celebrate the people that worship with us, work for the organisation, and lead us in our Gathering community.
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Join us for this week's episode where we are speaking to Ali about her faith and journey through life as an LGBTQ+ Christian and her work for The Gathering as a Trustee.
We are excited that The Gathering Cardiff is 10 years old this year and as part of our celebrations, we aim to celebrate the people that worship with us, work for the organisation, and lead us in our Gathering community.
Here's the link to the book we talked about in the episode: http://www.dartonlongmantodd.co.uk/titles/2213-9780232533255-our-witness
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Join us for this week's episode where we are speaking to Revd. Delyth Liddell about her faith and journey through life as an LGBTQ+ Christian and her work for The Gathering as a founding member and Pastoral Leader.
We are excited that The Gathering Cardiff is 10 years old this year and as part of our celebrations, we aim to celebrate the people that worship with us, work for the organisation, and lead us in our Gathering community.
Disclaimer: Other people mentioned specifically in this episode have been contacted and given their permission to be named.
Content Warning: a mention but not a discussion of Conversion Therapy.
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Join us for this week's episode where we are speaking to Helen about her faith and journey through life as an LGBTQ+ Christian and her work for The Gathering as a Church Link Worker.
We are excited that The Gathering Cardiff is 10 years old this year and as part of our celebrations, we aim to celebrate the people that worship with us, work for the organisation, and lead us in our Gathering community.
Disclaimer: Other people or organisations mentioned specifically in this episode have been contacted and given their permission to be named.
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Hi and welcome to The Gathering Podcast, this is our first episode where we talk about what has inspired us to start this journey as a community as part of this launch to celebrate our 10th anniversary as a church. Episodes for this series will be launched on Sundays at the end of The Gathering Sunday meetings! Unfortunately, our conversation was recorded on a different platform - due to COVID restrictions - which has not only changed our audio quality but also means that the transcript doesn't work - we have typed it up and will be available soon on our Social Media.
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