Living in the Tension – Mon. September 24

September 21, 2012

With National Coming out day around the corner next month, we thought that we would take our upcoming gathering on September 24th to share parts of our own stories. For those that are willing to share, we’ll be talking about what motivated us to “come out” (and continue coming out today) regarding our sexual orientation [...]

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Living in the Tension Gathering – Mon. 9/10

September 6, 2012

For our upcoming Living in the Tension gathering, we will be discussing advertising in our culture with an emphasis on messages that are directed towards the gay and lesbian community in the world of marketing. We will share our thoughts about the advertisements and look at questions such as; What are the major themes, ideals, [...]

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Living in the Tension – Mon. August 27

August 23, 2012

For our upcoming Living in the Tension community gathering, we will be watching and discussing the documentary Me, My Sex and I. The documentary highlights stories of intersex individuals along with discussing biological sex and exploring concepts of gender. We will be gathering this upcoming Monday, August 27th at 7pm. You can join us at [...]

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Join us for the AIDS Run & Walk Chicago

August 9, 2012

On September, 30th we will be participating in the AIDS Run & Walk Chicago. We would love to have anyone in the Chicagoland area (or even those that would like to travel in for the weekend) join our team with The Marin Foundation for a great time to hang out, exercise, and support the great work that [...]

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Living in the Tension Gathering – Tues. August 7

August 4, 2012

If you have been online in the last week at all, you have probably noticed that everyone and their cousin has commented or blogged about the situation with Chick-fil-A. August 1st has come and gone, so for our next Living in the Tension gathering we want to take some time to discuss how we move [...]

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My Quick Thought on Chick-Fil-A

August 3, 2012

I [Andrew] was just asked by a media outlet my thoughts on tonight’s LGBT Kiss-In Protest at Chick-Fil-A, and how Christians should respond. Here was my answer: This Chick-Fil-A situation got out of control really quick, in no small part to a number of pundits on both ends of the spectrum adding unnecessary fuel to [...]

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Calling All Parents

July 25, 2012

This is a re-post of a piece originally posted on 6/8/12. Thanks to all the parents that have graciously taken the time to talk to us, we are over a quarter of the way done with our initial goal of interviewing 200 parents that have LGBT and questioning children. We would appreciate it if you [...]

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Living in the Tension Community Gathering – Mon. July 23

July 20, 2012

For our next Living in the Tension gathering on July 23rd, we are welcoming a friend from Memphis, Jimmy Cornfoot, to share a part of his journey with faith and sexuality. We will be meeting at our regular spot this upcoming Monday in Room 120 at 5255 N. Ashland Ave. at 7pm. . We hope to see [...]

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God Loves You As You Are, But…

July 13, 2012

The following post is from Kevin Harris, Director of Community Relations at The Marin Foundation. When I went to the doctor as a child for a physical check-up, I remember the doctor tapping my knee with a little tool and my leg would automatically kick out. As a child it was little more than an [...]

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So I’m Sorry, Now What?

July 10, 2012

The following post is from Michael “Fish” Van Huis, interning with us this summer at The Marin Foundation. Michael is majoring in Christian Ministry at Abilene Christian University where he also founded Voice, an unofficial LGBT and allies group at ACU. You can check out his blog at http://livinginboystown.tumblr.com/. [This is part two of my “I’m Sorry” [...]

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