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There’s always a lot going on both in and around the Open Table Network, and in other communities. Here are some which involve or interest us most right now. It’s good to know LGBTQIA+ people have a growing voice in so many areas of local, national and international life.
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Methodists, marriage & why it matters: OTN Patron Barbara Glasson in conversation with Mark Rowland of Dignity & Worth
FOLLOWING the success of our recent Q&As with our Patrons, in September our Q&A was a conversation between Barbara Glasson and Mark Rowland about the recent votes on marriage, conversion therapy and gender-neutral inclusive language at the Methodist Conference in June.
'Being gay is very fun and God loves me for me', says OTN trustee with an amazing story to tell
IN AN INTERVIEW with the Manchester Evening News this week, OTN trustee Augustine Tanner-Ihm, recently appointed as a curate at St James and Emmanuel Didsbury, shared his journey through poverty, racism, homophobia and conversion therapy.
Church in Wales approves blessing service for same-sex partnerships
SAME-SEX COUPLES will be able to have their civil partnership or marriage blessed in Church in Wales churches for the first time after new legislation was passed this week.