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Rev. '''James Lewis Stoll''', [[Master of Divinity|M.Div.]] ([[January 18]], [[1936]] - [[December 8]], [[1994]]) was a [[Unitarian Universalist Association|Unitarian Universalist]] [[minister of religion|minister]] who became the first [[ordination|ordained]] minister of any religion in the [[United States]] or [[Canada]] to [[coming out|come out]] as [[gay]]. He did so at the annual Continental Conference of [[Student Religious Liberals]] on [[September 5]], [[1969]] in [[La Foret, Colorado]]. |
Rev. '''James Lewis Stoll''', [[Master of Divinity|M.Div.]] ([[January 18]], [[1936]] - [[December 8]], [[1994]]) was a [[Unitarian Universalist Association|Unitarian Universalist]] [[minister of religion|minister]] who became the first [[ordination|ordained]] minister of any religion in the [[United States]] or [[Canada]] to [[coming out|come out]] as [[gay]]. He did so at the annual Continental Conference of [[Student Religious Liberals]] on [[September 5]], [[1969]] in [[La Foret, Colorado]]. |
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Revision as of 08:06, 20 May 2009
Rev. James Lewis Stoll, M.Div. (January 18, 1936 - December 8, 1994) was a Unitarian Universalist minister who became the first ordained minister of any religion in the United States or Canada to come out as gay. He did so at the annual Continental Conference of Student Religious Liberals on September 5, 1969 in La Foret, Colorado. [1] [2]
He led the effort that convinced the Unitarian Universalist Association to pass the first-ever gay rights resolution in 1970. He founded the first counseling center for gays and lesbians in San Francisco. In the 1970s he established the first hospice on Maui. He was president of the San Francisco chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union in the 1990's. He died at the age of 58 from complications of heart and lung disease, exacerbated by obesity and a life-long smoking habit.[3]
See also
References
- ^ Oppenheimer, Mark (July 1996), "The Inherent Worth and Dignity": Gay Unitarians and the Birth of Sexual Tolerance in Liberal Religion", Journal of the History of Sexuality, 7 (1), University of Texas Press: 73–101, doi:10.2307/3840443
- ^ Oppenheimer, Mark (2003), Knocking on Heaven's Door: American Religion in the Age of Counterculture, Yale University Press, p. 30, ISBN 0300100248
- ^ Bond-Upson, Leland (2005-01-09), My Greatly Human Hometown Minister—James Lewis Stoll, 1936-1994, retrieved 2007-09-24
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External links
- Discrimination Against Homosexuals and Bisexuals - 1970 General Resolution of the Unitarian Universalist Association
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