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fromSlate Magazine
1 day ago

How Hundreds of Cassette Tapes Hidden Under the Floor of a Bay Area Church Reveal a Unique Slice of Gay Life in the 1990s

Archival audio from 1,200 MCC tapes reveals how LGBTQ-affirming churches provided spiritual support, joy, and trauma processing during the AIDS crisis.
SF LGBT
fromSlate Magazine
5 days ago

Why an Out Queer Person in the Gay Liberation Days of the '70s Would Go To Church

Out queer people in the 1960s–70s attended inclusive churches like the Metropolitan Community Church for spiritual community, support, and care amid activism and family conflict.
SF LGBT
fromSlate Magazine
5 days ago

How an LGBTQ+ Christian Church Faced AIDS in 1980s and '90s San Francisco.

A queer San Francisco church remembered lives lost during the AIDS epidemic through 1,200 cassette recordings of services, revealing struggles reconciling sexuality and faith.
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