Our Stories: Coming Out… & Inviting In

Introduction to the Series

• “Telling Our Stories: We Are Pastors Who Happen To Be Gay (or Transgender)” by Rev. Mieke Vandersall

The Stories of LGBTQ Candidates for Ordained Ministry

• “Learning to Sing Again: How the Call to a New Gender Identity Brought Me Back to Church” by Alex Patchin McNeill
• “No One Like Me: The LGBTQ Experience in the Church, and the Children that Keep Me Here” by Anonymous (because it is still not safe for all to be out)
• “I Wanted God to Change Me” by Tad Hopp
• “Dreams Not Surrendered: Presbyterian Welcome—All Are Welcome” by John Russell Stanger

A Testimony to the Beautiful Intricacy of Sexuality

• “A Coming Out Sermon” by Rev. Jim Gertmenian of Plymouth Congregational Church

A Critical Analysis of the “Coming Out” Paradigm

• “Coming Out or Inviting In?” by Darnell L. Moore

Action: Help This Pastor Tell Her Story

• “My Silent Half: Confessions from a Closeted Lesbian“—a Kickstarter project to fund her book