Category Archives: Social justice
“But Those Were Just Words”: Things We Should Stop Saying After This Election
By Jameelah Jones, M.A. This commentary originally appeared on Jameelah Jones’ Medium blog. I won’t type the presidential election results because you already know them. For 24 hours, I didn’t know what so say. For many of us who do …
Treading Water: The United Methodist Church’s Latest Plea
As I watched the business of the 2016 General Conference of the United Methodist Church, my mind flashed back to my childhood. I remembered being a lifeguard. I used to teach people how to tread water. This was …
Why I can’t forget my blackness
The discomfort of being THE black guy in the room is something that I have to negotiate over and over again. Often—especially in progressive and/or queer political spaces— I am one of very few people of color. In practice, the …
Meet me at the intersection of love & justice
Contrary to popular belief, there is power and hope at the intersection of race and LGBTQ life. As a Black, same-gender loving woman who is a pastor, Bishop and activist, I can solidly say that my wife, children, grandchildren, and …
The Black church: Bold and bad enough to accept and affirm
The Black Church has been a strong pillar of the community. I pray that it will have the courage not only to accept, but affirm its gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender children. The recent VH1 segment, Out in Hip Hop: …
Your human rights don’t infringe on my religious freedom
There’s a stink in the air, the putrid smell of Christian elitism framed as “religious freedom.” The Christian right in America has been successfully bullying non-religious and religious minorities for centuries. From the colonization of this country to the civil …