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Jesus in Love serves gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender people who have spiritual interests, and our allies. We promote queer spirituality, books and arts.

LGBT Saints

Jesus in Love honors traditional and alternative saints, martyrs, mystics, heroes, holy people, deities and religious figures of special interest to lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer people and our allies. Click for profiles in the LGBT Saints Series by Kittredge Cherry at the Jesus in Love Blog. This list is a work in progress. More names will be added later. LGBT saints are listed by date on our holidays page.

 

Traditional Christian

Aelred: Gay saint of friendship

Avertanus, Romeo, Bartolo and Vivaldo: Patrons of the AIDS pandemic

Boris and George: United in love and death

Brigid and Darlughdach: Brigid loved her female soulmate

David and Jonathan: Love between men in the Bible

Francis of Assisi: Loving across boundaries

God: Queer ways to reimagine God the Father

Our Lady of Guadalupe: Artists imagine Queer Lady of Guadalupe

Holy Spirit:  Pentecost brings LGBT visions

Hildegard of Bingen and Richardis: Mystic who loved women

Jacob and the angel: Wrestling to reconcile sexuality and spirituality

Jesus: Queer Christ embodies God’s wildly inclusive love

Joan of Arc: Cross-dressing warrior-saint

John of the Cross: Dark night of a gay soul

John the Evangelist: The man Jesus loved?

Juana Ines de la Cruz: Mexican nun who loved a countess

Julian of Norwich: Medieval mystic celebrating Mother Jesus

Lazarus of Bethany: Jesusí beloved disciple?

Martha and Mary of Bethany: Sisters or lesbian couple?

Mary, Diana and Artemis: Feast of Assumption has lesbian goddess roots

Mary Magdalene: Undeserved reputation for sexual sins

John Henry Newman and Ambrose St. John:  Did the Pope beatify a gay saint?

Perpetua and Felicity: Friends to the end

Polyeuct and Nearchus: Brothers by affection

Ruth and Naomi: Love between women in the Bible

Sergius and Bacchus: Ancient Roman soldiers and gay lovers

Symeon and John: The holy fool and the hermit who loved each other

Wenceslas and Podiven: Good (gay) King Wenceslas

Wilgefortis: Bearded woman saint

 

Alternative

Anonymous Priest of Sachsenhausen:  Holocaust Remembrance

Artemisia Gentileschi: Baroque rape survivor paints strong Biblical women

Mark Bingham: Gay hero of 9/11 died fighting hijackers

Tyler Clementi: Gay martyr driven to suicide by bullies

Mychal Judge: Gay saint of 9/11 and chaplain to New York firefighters

David Kato: Ugandan LGBT activist

Krishna: What if Christ and Krishna made love?

Kuan Yin: Reflecting the queer Asian Christ

Harvey Milk: LGBT rights pioneer stood for equality

Bayard Rustin: Gay hero who organized the 1963 March on Washington

Rumi: Poet and Sufi mystic inspired by same-sex love

Allen Schindler: Gay martyr and naval officer

Matthew Shepard: Gay martyr and university student

Saints of Stonewall: Launched LGBT rights movement

We'wha of Zuni: Two-spirited Native American remembered on Columbus Day

 

More info

Calendar of LGBT saints listed by date (Jesus in Love)

Calendar of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Saints (Paul Halsall)

Calendar of LGBT / Queer Saints and Martyrs (Queering the Church)

Icons of many saints named above are available on plaques, cards, T-shirts, candles, mugs and more at TrinityStores.com.