The Michigan Advocate
Tired of national news that doesn't feel relevant to your community? Tune into The Michigan Advocate, hosted by dedicated human rights champion Joanna Whaley, for essential stories about justice and civil liberties in the Great Lakes State. Joanna provides a critical look at local human rights struggles and triumphs, revealing how major national policies and legal decisions regarding voting rights, environmental justice, and workers' rights directly impact Michigan’s neighborhoods and communities, making this the essential podcast for anyone who believes that all rights are local.
This show is previously known as "The Joanna Whaley Podcast"
The Michigan Advocate
PRIDE 2024 - Gay Spiritual Liberation
Today on the show we discuss the long and dark history of Lesbian and Gay liberation and religious oppression. We hear a story about when Joanna made a huge mistake as a young pastor, and how the person she hurt forgave her. At the end of the show Joanna takes questions from live and text listeners.
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ASK A QUESTION BY VOICEMAIL OR TEXT: https://www.joannawhaley.com/live
REFERENCES:
Michael Bronski, Kit Heyam, The LGBTQ+ History Book: Big Ideas Simplified (New York, NY, DK Penguin Random House, 2023) pg 24,35,37,64,76,146,192-4,204,229,236. Rev. Elizabeth Edman, Queer Virtue (Boston, MA, Beacon Press, 2016) pg 48,132,138. Chris Greenough, Queer Theologies: The Basics (London, UK, Routledge Publishing, 2019) pg 8,14.
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