Bishop Karen Oliveto first felt her calling to God at age 11. Now, at 61, she’s celebrated as the first out lesbian to be elected bishop in the United Methodist Church. Pride50
Her message to LGBTQ people of faith is one of hope: “I want them to know that God loves them no matter what the Church has to say about them. I want them to know that they are beautiful, that they are beloved, and we need them in this world. They will make a very unique contribution, and we need them.”“Pride means living in a world that has said many lies about who you and your community are. It means not believing the lies.
This year, we’re celebrating the Stonewall 50 — the 50th anniversary of the 1969 Stonewall Rebellion. Where would you like to see the LGBTQ community when we’re celebrating Stonewall 75? “I want us to be able to continue to claim our uniqueness and the powerful things that lie within our community that we can contribute to the larger communities of which we are a part. I don’t want us to lose, particularly, things that we’ve discovered about ourselves as a community. So, I want greater acceptance. I want us to be able to walk without fear, wherever we live. I want us to be able to have role models for our young people.
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