By Joseph Plummer
PRIDE is much more than parades and parties. What began as a protest to police raids and harassment at New York City’s Stonewall Inn in 1969 has become an international movement that not only demands civil rights for LGBTQ+ but also celebrates the lives, history, and cultural contributions of LGBTQ+ Individuals.
Led by fellowship minister the Reverend Tom Rosiello, this UUFSMA Sunday Service several members will offer their reflections on the meaning of PRIDE in their personal lives and the greater community. The music for this Sunday will feature LGBTQ+ composers with Mauro Ledesma as our pianist and Mexico’s famous and proud trans-woman Morganna Love singing «Mírame,» a song portraying the experience of being a trans-woman and written for Love by Mexican composer Ramses Peña.
Pride is celebrated all over the world, usually in the month of June. As efforts to roll back hard-won freedoms for LGBTQ+ people are on the rise, this is a particularly important year for all LGBTQ+ folks and their allies to visibly celebrate PRIDE and renew commitment to protect same-sex marriage and all LGBTQ rights. For more than half a century, Unitarian Universalist congregations have welcomed openly LGBTQ+ individuals as members and ordained them as clergy. Here at the UU Fellowship of San Miguel de Allende, we invite all LGBTQ+ individuals to our services and to find a spiritual home with us. Here we will openly and honestly affirm your unique worth and dignity.
To participate in our online Sunday Service, visit www.uufsma.org and click on the Zoom Service button on the home page. If requested, enter password: 294513. Sign-in from anywhere Sunday mornings between 10:15-10:25am CST.
UUFSMA donates 50 percent of its income to support nonprofit organizations that provide health, educational, and environmental services for underserved communities in the San Miguel region. Please support this work by clicking on the website home page Donate button. Now more than ever, your support is essential.
In addition to continuing live Zoom services, UUFSMA has returned to limited in-person Sunday services. Reservations are no longer necessary. Space permitting, guests who show their vaccination card can join the in-person service, and be approved for future attendance. Our Fellowship welcomes people of all ages, races, religions, sexual orientation, and gender identity. Enjoy previous services at https://www.youtube.com/. Enter UUFSMA in the search box.
*Joseph Plummer is the UUFSMA Board Secretary
Unitarian Universalist Fellowship Sunday Service
“A Celebration of PRIDE”
Speaker: The Reverend Tom Rosiello
Sun., Jun 5, 10:30am
Zoom link: https://zoom.us/j/414604040
Password: 294513
