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The Church of England must break its toxic colonial legacy

On By Jeremy PembertonIn Church of EnglandLeave a comment

March 12 marks the 25th anniversary of the ordination of women priests within the Church of England. Yet while today marks one milestone, lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people remain second-class citizens. Next year the Anglican bishops from around the world will meet for the Lambeth Conference. Except that a tranche of them, mostly from …

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Two types of abuse

On By Jeremy PembertonIn Anglican Communion, change, church, homophobia, LBGT+2 Comments

We were going to get the train and were the only people on the down escalator at Leicester Square. On the up escalator was a line of people. As we started down, we began to hear a man on the other side muttering "Queers". He looked at me as we passed, then started shouting repeatedly, …

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