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[[File:LGBT History Month 2016 logo.png|thumb|150px|"Leap of Faith" logo for LGBT History Month 2016]]This is a '''Timeline of UK LGBT Religion, Belief and Philosophy''', created in connection with the theme of [[LGBT History Month]] 2016. Each of the events listed below has an article about it on this wiki: click the words in blue for more information.

==The Middle Ages==
[[File:De Speculo Caritatis.jpeg|thumb|150px|Saint Ælred of Rievaulx]]
* '''late 6th century''' – [[Findchán]] and Áid the Black are cursed by Saint Columba.
* '''597''' – Saint Augustine becomes first [[Archbishop of Canterbury]].
* '''670''' – Saint [[Theodore of Tarsus]], Archbishop of Canterbury, prescribes fasts and penances for various homosexual acts.
* '''804''' – Death of [[Alcuin]], scholar and deacon, who wrote homoerotic poetry.
* '''850s''' – a woman from [[Wimborne Minster]] is supposedly elected [[Pope Joan]].
* '''1102''' – Archbishop [[Anselm]] convenes the [[Council of London]]: the council condemns homosexuality, but Anselm refuses to allow the decree to be published.
* '''1102''' – Saint [[Ælred]] becomes Abbot of Rievaulx. Although celibate, he wrote of his intense love for other monks.
* '''1123''' – [[Rahere]] founds S Bartholomew's Hospital having had a vision of the saint.
* '''1189''' – [[William Longchamp]] becomes Bishop of Ely, Lord Chancellor, and effectively ruler of England in King [[Richard I]]'s absence on the Crusades.
* '''1223''' – [[Gerald of Wales]] published a book denouncing same-sex marriage in Ireland.

==The Reformation and later==
[[File:Atherton, John (1598-1640) & Childe, John (16 -1640) - 1641.jpg|thumb|150px|John Atherton and John Childe]]
* '''1533''' – the [[Buggery Act 1533|Buggery Act]] is part of Henry VIII's campaign to seize power from the church.
* '''1541''' – [[Rev Nicholas Udall]], Headmaster of Eton, convicted for buggery.
* '''1553''' – Queen Mary I, a Roman Catholic, comes to the throne; the [[Buggery Act 1533]] is repealed, along with other Protestant acts of parliament.
* '''1563''' – the [[Buggery Act 1533|Buggery Act]] is re-enacted under Elizabeth I, a Protestant.
* '''1604''' – death of Archbishop [[John Whitgift]].
* '''1628''' – [[Jeremy Farrer]] is found "abusing himself in a sodomitical manner" in a church.
* '''1640''' – Bishop [[John Atherton]] is executed for buggery.
* '''1660''' – [[Rev John Wilkins]] and others found the Royal Society.
* '''1678''' – [[Rev Titus Oates]] invents the "Popish plot".

==The 19th Century==
[[File:Jeremy Bentham by Henry William Pickersgill detail.jpg|thumb|150px|Jeremy Bentham]]
* '''1813''' – [[Rev John Church]] accused of being chaplain at a [[Molly House]] and conducting same-sex weddings.
* '''1822''' – [[Percy Jocelyn]] is deposed as Bishop of Clogher for "sodomitical practices".
* '''1832''' – death of the philosopher [[Jeremy Bentham]]; he had written in favour of the decriminalisation of gay sex.
* '''1863''' – [[Rev Charles Vaughan]] turns down the chance to be a bishop. His reason is kept secret for 100 years.
* '''1883''' – [[Edward White Benson]] becomes Archbiship of Canterbury.
* '''1889''' – [[Frederick Rolfe]] ("Baron Corvo") is expelled from his college and fails to become a Roman Catholic priest.
* '''1890''' – death of [[Cardinal Newman]]. He is buried as he wished beside his close friend Fr Ambrose St John.

==The 20th Century==
[[File:Ludwig Wittgenstein.jpg|thumb|150px|Ludwig Wittgenstein]]
[[File:Lgcm.png|thumb|150px|LGCM logo]]
[[File:galha2.png|thumb|150px|GALHA logo]]
[[File:Gene+and+Colin+at+St+Martins.jpg|thumb|150px|Colin Coward (left) with American gay Bishop Gene Robinson]]
[[File:Imaan.jpg|thumb|150px|Imaan logo]]
* '''1904''' – [[Robert Hugh Benson]], son of an Archbishop of Canterbury, becomes a Roman Catholic priest.
* '''1909''' – [[Rev E E Bradford]], Uranian poet, becomes Vicar of Nordelph, Norfolk.
* '''1921''' – [[Ludwig Wittgenstein]] publishes ''Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus'', the only major philosophical work published in his lifetime.
* '''1939''' – death of philosopher [[Edward Westermarck]]. He rejected the influence of Christianity on morals and argued that homosexuality was natural.
* '''1958''' – [[Michael Dillon]], first person in the UK to have female to male surgery, becomes a Buddhist monk.
* '''1963''' – publication of ''[[Towards a Quaker View of Sex]]''.
* '''1964''' – [[Ted Wickham]], Bishop of Middleton, hosts the first meeting of what becomes the [[Campaign for Homosexual Equality]]. [[Rev Bernard Dodd]] becomes its first chairman.
* '''1968''' – [[SK]], probably the first gay social group in the country, is founded at the Royal Foundation of St Katharine in Limehouse.
* '''1971''' – [[GLF]] supporters disrupt a rally of the [[Nationwide Festival of Light]].
* '''1970s''' – [[Rev Dennis Nadin]] founds [[Reach]] for lesbian and gay Christians.
* '''1972''' – [[Fellowship of Christ Liberator]] is founded in London. It later affiliates to the [[Metropolitan Community Church]] and becomes MCC London.
* '''1972''' – [[Jewish Gay and Lesbian Group]] founded.
* '''1973''' – the Friends Homosexual Fellowship is founded. It later becomes the [[Quaker Lesbian and Gay Fellowship]].
* '''1976''' – the Gay Christian Movement is founded; it later becomes the [[Lesbian and Gay Christian Movement]] (LGCM).
* '''1976''' – ''[[Gay News]]'' is convicted of "blasphemous libel".
* '''1977''' – the [[Unitarians]] resolve that their ministry be open to all regardless of sex or sexual orientation.
* '''1977''' – [[Rev Michael Harding]] dies in a motorcyle accident.
* '''1979''' – the Gay Humanist Group is founded; it later becomes the [[Gay and Lesbian Humanist Association]] (GALHA).
* '''1979''' – the [[Order of Perpetual Indulgence]] is founded.
* '''1979''' – founding of the [[Evangelical Fellowship for Lesbian and Gay Christians]].
* '''1979''' – [[MCC Bournemouth]] founded.
* '''1980''' – founding of the [[European Forum of LGBT Christian Groups]].
* '''1981''' – [[Rabbi Lionel Blue]] comes out as gay in his book ''Godly and Gay''.
* '''1988''' – [[Jeremy Marks]] founds [[Courage]], for gay and lesbian evangelicals.
* '''1990''' – [[Rabbi Sheila Shulman]] founds [[Beit Klal Yisrael]].
* '''1991''' – [[MCC Newcastle]] founded.
* '''1993''' – Foundation of the gay Humanist charity, the [[Pink Triangle Trust]].
* '''1995''' – [[Rev Colin Coward]] founds [[Changing Attitude]] as a network of LGBT people in the [[Church of England]].
* '''1996''' – [[Derek Rawcliffe]] is banned from acting as an assistant bishop in the Ripon diocese.
* '''1998''' – the [[Anglican Communion]]'s [[Lambeth Conference]] declares that "homosexual practice" is incompatible with Scripture.
* '''1998''' – Archbishop [[George Carey]]'s Easter sermon is disrupted by [[Peter Tatchell]] as a protest against Carey's opposition to gay rights.
* '''1998''' – [[Al Fatiha UK]] is founded for gay Muslims. It later becomes [[Imaan]].
* '''1998''' – [[Fr Bernard Lynch]] is married to his partner by a Cistercian priest.
* '''1999''' – [[Soho Masses]] begin, for gay Roman Catholics.
* '''1999''' – publication of the [[Cambridge Accord]], an attempt to reach agreement throughout the [[Anglican Communion]] on the human rights of gay people.

==The 21st Century==
[[File:Bodhicharya.jpg|thumb|150px|Bodhicharya symbol]]
[[File:Sarbat.png|thumb|150px|Sarbat logo]]
[[File:Rainbow Jews.jpg|thumb|150px|Rainbow Jews logo]]
[[File:Apple Tree Centre.jpg|thumb|150px|The Apple Tree Hindu Temple, Ifield]]
* '''2001''' – the [[Safra Project]] is founded, for LBT Muslim women.
* '''2001''' – [[David Cairns]], former Catholic priest, is elected to Parliament.
* '''2002''' – the [[Gay Druid Brotherhood]] is founded.
* '''2003''' – [[Rev Jeffrey John]] is rejected as Bishop of [[Reading]].
* '''2003''' – [[Rev Giles Fraser]] founds [[Inclusive Church]]
* '''2003''' – [[Rev Mervyn Kingston]] founds [[Changing Attitude Ireland]]
* '''2004''' – [[Bodhicharya Diverse]], an LGBT Buddhist meditation group, is set up.
* '''2004''' – re-enactments are staged of the ancient church ceremonies ([[adelphopoiesis]]) for uniting two men as brothers.
* '''2004''' – [[Rev Jeffrey John]] is appointed Dean of [[St Albans]].
* '''2004''' – publication of the [[Polari Bible]].
* '''2005''' – the musician and journalist [[Richard Coles]] becomes an Anglican priest.
* '''2006''' – [[Affirmation Scotland]] founded, to press for inclusion of LGBT people in the [[Church of Scotland]]
* '''2006''' – [[John Reaney]] is turned down for a job as a Church of England youth worker, following an interview with [[Anthony Priddis]], Bishop of Hereford. An employment tribunal subsequently rules this is a case of unlawful discrimination. 
* '''2007''' – [[Sarbat]] established, as a resource for LGBT Sikhs.
* '''2008''' – [[Rev Peter Cowell and Rev David Lord]] have a church blessing for their civil partnership
* '''2008''' – [[Rev Sharon Ferguson]] takes over from [[Rev Richard Kirker]] as Chief Executive of [[LGCM]].
* '''2008''' – [[Rev Scott Rennie]] is appointed minister of Queen's Cross Church, Aberdeen.
* '''2008''' – Fr [[John Owen]] is named [[Stonewall Bigot of the Year]] following homophobic remarks on television.
* '''2010''' – death of [[Rev Elder Jean White]], founding pastor of the [[Metropolitan Community Church]] in London.
* '''2011''' – [[Rainbow LGBTQI Unitarians]] founded.
* '''2011''' – [[Symon Hill]] walks from Birmingham to London, as a pilgrimage of repentance for homophobia in the church.
* '''2012''' – [[GALHA]] becomes the LGBT section of the British Humanist Association.
* '''2012''' – [[Rainbow Jews]] project launched.
* '''2012''' – [[Courage]] closes, replaced by [[Two:23]].
* '''2012''' – [[Justin Welby]] succeeds [[Rowan Williams]] as Archbishop of Canterbury.
* '''2012''' – [[Rev Kelvin Holdsworth]] invites Roman Catholics unhappy with their church's stance on equal marriage to join him in the Scottish Episcopal Church.
* '''2013''' – [[Faith and Sexuality Project]] set up.
* '''2013''' – [[Soho Masses]] cease, replaced by [[LGBT Catholics Westminster]].
* '''2013''' – the [[Marriage (Same-Sex Couples) Act 2013|Marriage (Same-Sex Couples) Act]] includes provision for religious marriages, but the [[Church of England]] and [[Church in Wales]] are specifically excluded.
* '''2013''' – a [[Hindu temple in Crawley]] announces it will welcome marriages by same-sex couples.
* '''2013''' – [[Cardinal Keith O'Brien]] resigns after accusations of "inappropriate acts".
* '''2013''' – [[Paul Flowers]], chair of the Co-op bank, is suspended as a Methodist minister.
* '''2013''' – [[Rev Rowland Jide Macaulay]], founder of [[House of Rainbow]], is ordained as a priest in the Church of England.
* '''2013''' – [[Pat Robertson]], American televangelist, is named [[Stonewall Bigot of the Year]].
* '''2013''' – [[Soho Gathering]] founded.
* '''2014''' – gay pagan group the [[Brotherhood of Cernunnos]] founded.
* '''2014''' – [[Twilight People]] project set up, to explore the hidden history of trans people of faith in the UK.
* '''2014''' – [[Tracey Byrne]] takes over from [[Rev Sharon Ferguson]] as Chief Executive of [[LGCM]]. 
* '''2015''' – [[TESSAC]] (The Ecumenical Society of Saint Augustine of Canterbury) briefly becomes a member of the [[LGBT Consortium]].
* '''2015''' – [[MCC South London]] closes.
* '''2015''' – the [[Church of England]]'s General Synod is to debate [[transgender naming ceremony|services to welcome trans people under their new names]].
* '''2015''' – Rev [[Andrew Foreshew-Cain]], married to his same-sex partner, is elected to the [[Church of England]]'s General Synod. Meanwhile Canon [[Jeremy Pemberton]], also in a same-sex marriage, is refused a licence to be a hospital chaplain in Nottinghamshire.
* '''2017''' – the Lesbian and Gay Christian Movement is renamed as [[OneBodyOneFaith]].
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