About Jesus in Love

Jesus In Love supports lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender (LGBT) and queer spirituality and the arts.  It promotes artistic and religious freedom and teaches love for all people, regardless of sexual orientation, gender identity or religious faith. 

Jesus in Love is a project of lesbian Christian author Kittredge Cherry.  It’s her gift to the world.  Since she started it in 2005, Jesus in Love has grown to include a popular blog, e-newsletter, videos, image archive and an informal online community of people who share her vision.

Jesus in Love specializes in art that is too queer for religious groups and too religious for LGBT organizations.  The mission is important because conservatives are misusing religion to justify hate and discrimination against LGBT people.

The Jesus in Love logo shows the face of Christ in a pink triangle, the symbol imposed on gay prisoners in Nazi concentration camps. Inside the pink triangle, Jesus joins queer people in transforming suffering into power.

Kitt was inspired by Jesus when she launched Jesus in Love, but she respects all religions.  She chose the name “Jesus in Love” because Jesus, being human, must have fallen in love, and Jesus, being divine, is also madly in love with everyone.  She offers her vision of Jesus in a spirit of love.

As an individual effort, Jesus in Love has the independence and flexibility needed to nurture each person’s unique spiritual journey and do sometimes-controversial work.  Jesus in Love is not an IRS 501(c)(3) non-profit organization, so gifts to Kittredge Cherry for Jesus in Love are not tax deductible.  Click here for info on how to support Jesus in Love.

Our vision

Jesus in Love serves gay, lesbian, bi and trans (GLBT) people who have spiritual interests, and our allies. We promote queer spirituality and the arts, with an emphasis on books and images. We believe that God loves all people, including sexual minorities. We believe that the creative process is sacred. We hope that the new visions, especially the gay Jesus and queer saints, will free people to experience the divine in new ways and lead to a more just world.

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What others are saying

“Keep doing what you do so well.  It’s providing me an education no institution could ever provide!”

— Eric Hays-Strom

“I’m just so in awe of you for creating such a great blog. It’s really impressive.”

— Jon, gay man, age 18

“Kitt, the site’s hardworking administrator, does such an excellent job of promoting (mostly queer) outsider art and in a high quality artistic and creative way… Kitt is a pioneer, outsider god blogger like myself and I like to help her out when I can.”

— MadPriest

“I am a m2f transgender person, & I’m just beginning to learn about the many feminine aspects of faith, of God—of the universe, really! And the art work that you display and link to gives me so much just to look at and so much of life to receive into my heart and enrich my soul. May God bless you abundantly!”

— Sandi

“Keep up the wonderful work.”

— Theodore W. Jennings Jr., Chicago Theological Seminary professor

“Kittredge Cherry is a courageous champion for gay and lesbian religious art. In an age where it is hard for any artist to get visibility, it is especially hard for those who pursue gay/ lesbian religious themes. That such artists are visible at all is almost entirely her work.”

— Douglas Blanchard, artist

“i beamed with pride about helping with your web site and the important message you offer, providing an opportunity for GLBT christians to take back - re-appropriate, if you will - their religion, and to feel good about themselves and about who they are. this is such meaningful work for all people. continued success!”

— Franklin Odel, straight ally

“I LOVE your blog! It is really refreshing to hear from someone who isn't trying to fit inside of some institutional, religion-sourced and oppressive shoebox but speaks of liberation and acceptance, without. Awesome!”

— Enrico Gomez, Gay Mexican Catholic / Buddhist

“I just want to tell you how much I really appreciate your writing and the ‘Jesus in Love’ organization. It has been a great comfort and joy to come to the website for a quick pick-me-up or source for inspiration.”

— Kevin, gay man, age 21

“One of the most refreshing voices I currently encounter online. Kitt’s posts are all about, in my humble opinion, the extravagant, redemptive love of God... One of her methods is to look for and write about saints that may be relevant exemplars of that love for the LGBTQI community. Perhaps to my family, seeing articles about ‘Gay (or Lesbian) Saints’ may be problematic, but these are highly relevant to those of us seeking to live and perceive ourselves in positive light in the face of a church that until recently has painted us in very negative light indeed.”

— Eric Hays-Strom

“Jesus in Love is the most radically progressive and life affirming Christian LGBT site on the Internet that I have ever seen. I find its message both inspiring and empowering.”

— Ernesto Borges Torres, gay Buddhist

“Kitt always has something important to say!”

— Malcolm McPherson, Sydney Australia

“It is a beautiful website, doing such important work in the world!”

— Hunter Flournoy, erotic Christ teacher

“Your blog gives me joy and inspiration.”

— Jendi Reiter, poet, editor, straight ally for LGBT rights

“I live in Russia, in Moscow. I am very glad to read your blog ‘Jesus in Love.’ Among all LGBT-Christian sites it is the best. … I am very glad to see progressive religion which is shown by you. Yes God will bless you!”

— Russian woman

“I want you to know that every single LGBTQI young person I encounter, and I encounter quite a few, particularly from India and The Middle East, who is struggling with reconciling their sexual selves with their spiritual selves, are guided to this blog by me and specifically to this [LGBT Saints] series.… This is a huge service you are providing to the world. I am so grateful for it and for you. Om Shanti Shalom!”

— Raven/Sage Mahosadha, black, queer, writer and sacred activist

“I admire Kittredge Cherry. She is a brave person in that she touches the very center of many people’s being and is not afraid.”

— Amos Lassen, book reviewer for GLBT and Jewish communities.

“I value the witness you provide to the community and to the world. I, too, have benefited directly from your ministry -- I still have on my shelf and use your ‘Equal Rites’ book, and I remember your willingness to stand up publicly and be seen and heard and counted. My ministry has evolved to include being a ‘public, Christian lesbian face’ in the midst of a religiously conservative setting.”

— Kyle Lovett, pastor in Hawaii

“I learn so much from your posts, and they often bring me to a greater understanding of Spirit working in my life. I like to give back to places that spiritually enrich me, and Jesus in Love certainly does that. I am very grateful for all you do.”

— Salvatore Sapienza, author and former monk

“Your little website is spreading more Truth than the whole gay media put together. They’re after our bodies. You’re after our souls. Keep up the Good Work!”

– from a note that came with a gift