Coming out wasn't losing my faith—I was living it
On National Coming Out Day, Shelley Washington reflects on coming out, stepping into the light, and discovering that what was waiting for her the most was grace.
October 11, 2025
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Southern Baptists seek to ban porn, women pastors, and marriage equality
The largest Protestant denomination in the U.S. will consider a measure this week in support of banning marriage equality.
June 9, 2025
Baptist pastor says gay preachers 'should get a bullet in their brain'
Dillon Awes said two gay pastors and the church official who hosted them should "get the death penalty, not be preaching behind the pulpit.”
August 29, 2024
What it means for LGBTQ+ Americans to leave — or choose — Christianity
Almost two-thirds of LGBTQ+ people who were raised Christian have left, new data finds. But queer Black Americans have more to leave behind.
February 14, 2024
Twitter Yanks Westboro Baptist Church's Account
The hostile, homophobic church has lost its original Twitter account.
January 14, 2015
Southern Baptists Expel Gay-Accepting Church
Baptist leaders ousted New Heart Community Church in California over the congregation's decision to accept a variety of views on homosexuality, after a pastor's powerful sermon about his son's coming-out.
September 24, 2014
Southern Baptists Votes to Expel LGBTQ-Affirming Church
College Park Baptist Church in North Carolina says it's not even a member of the Southern Baptist Convention.
September 21, 2022
Westboro Baptist Church Targets Kids' Book Event
The hate group says it will picket a live reading of the LGBT kids' book Square Zair Pair in San Francisco's Castro district.
February 3, 2016
Westboro Baptist Church to Protest Workplace of Kim Davis
The small radical antigay group wants to show their distaste for the Kentucky clerk's adultery.
October 16, 2015
God Wages Ad Campaign Against Westboro
The person or people behind God's social media accounts say the Westboro Baptist Church has been putting words in his mouth.
August 20, 2014
Iconic D.C. Gay Nightclub Town Reopening in Baptist Church
Town, a touchstone for the past decade, will resurface inside a historic church north of Union Station.
August 10, 2019
Kentucky Southern Baptists Consider Expelling LGBT-Affirming Churches
If churches drop a ban on LGBT employees, they're "redefining sin," says the president of the Kentucky Baptist Convention.
November 27, 2017
Westboro Baptist Church Gets Trolled on Pokemon Go
The Kansas headquarters of the notoriously antigay religious group has been marked as a gymnasium in the new interactive Pokemon Go game.
July 11, 2016
WATCH: Foo Fighters Rickroll Westboro Baptist Church
Rock and roll band Foo Fighters aren't going to sit quietly and let the antigay Westboro Baptist Chruch upstage them.
August 24, 2015