The Shower of Stoles Project is a collection of over a thousand liturgical stoles and other sacred items representing the lives of gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender people of faith. These people have served as leaders in thirty two denominations and faith traditions. The Shower of Stoles project began in 1995 when Martha Juillerat was forced out of the ministry for being a lesbian. Martha Juillerat wanted to do something symbolic to demonstrate the number of LGBTQ+ Christians serving the church, so she asked people to send her a stole and the collection grew to represent hundreds of LGBTQ+ people. Learn more about the stories of these Christians, and their stories at the the LGBQ+ Religious Achieves Network and at the other links below. Watch these two videos to learn more about the Shower of Stoles Project.
(LGBTQ+ historical archives at the Presbyterian Historical Society
News story on the Shower of Stoles Project
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