******************************************SOULFORCE PRESS RELEASE: November 5, 2008For Immediate Release Contact: Paige Schilt, Media DirectorCell: 512-659-1771paige@soulforce.org ****************************************** Statement from Soulforce Executive Director, Jeff Lutes: Today is a day of blessing seasoned by loss. For even as America’s historic presidential election ushers in a new dawn of fairness and inclusivity, a majority of voters in Arizona, Arkansas, California, and Florida […]
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LGBT EQUALITY GROUPS TEAM UP FOR 2009 ANTI-HETEROSEXISM CONFERENCE IN WEST PALM BEACH, FLORIDA
****************************************** SOULFORCE PRESS RELEASE: September 24, 2009 For Immediate Release Contact: Carlos Perez de Alejo, Soulforce Media Director, 321-948-3423 Jeff Lutes, Soulforce Executive Director, 512-419-0600 ****************************************** (AUSTIN, TX) From November 20-22, advocates for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) equality will join clergy, educators, mental health professionals and allies at the 2009 Anti-Heterosexism Conference in […]
Religious Straight Americans Speak Up for Gay and Transgender Neighbors
JAY BAKKER LEADS 2nd ANNUAL SEVEN STRAIGHT NIGHTS FOR EQUAL RIGHTS EVENTS, SEPTEMBER 14-20, 2008 ******************************************SOULFORCE PRESS RELEASE: August 25, 2008For Immediate Release Contact: Paige Schilt, Media DirectorCell: 512-659-1771paige@soulforce.org ****************************************** (New York, NY) "Gay and transgender Americans are our neighbors" will be the simple message of faith leaders across the nation during the week of September 14-20, […]
Crisis: 40 Stories Revealing the Personal, Social, and Religious Pain and Trauma of Growing Up Gay in America
edited by Mitchell Gold with Mindy Drucker Order Crisis features the Reverend Dr. Mel White, co-founder and President of Soulforce; Dr. Rodney Powell, renown Civil Rights leader and member of the Soulforce Board of Directors; Brandon Rolph Kneefel, media director for the Soulforce Equality Ride; Mary Lou Wallner, mother of a lesbian, long-time Soulforce volunteer […]
Straight Leaders Sought for Seven Straight Nights for Equal Rights 2008
2nd ANNUAL SEVEN STRAIGHT NIGHTS FOR EQUAL RIGHTS EVENTS, SEPTEMBER 14-20 ******************************************SOULFORCE PRESS RELEASE: August 6, 2008For Immediate Release Contact: Paige Schilt, Media DirectorCell: 512-659-1771paige@soulforce.org ****************************************** (Austin, TX) – There’s never been a more exciting time for straight Americans to take a stand for their lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) friends and neighbors. That’s according to […]
"Gay Days" at the Mega-churches: LGBT Families & Allies Reflect on the American Family Outing
******************************************SOULFORCE PRESS RELEASE: June 24, 2008For Immediate Release Contact: Paige Schilt, Media DirectorCell: 512-659-1771paige@soulforce.org ****************************************** On Father’s Day 2008, a group of LGBT and straight-ally families attended services at Rick Warren’s Saddleback Church in Lake Forest, California. The next day, a smaller group of about 8 families met with pastors and other staff of the influential mega-church […]