Unitarian Universalist views of homosexuality
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The Unitarian Universalist Association (UUA) has a long-standing tradition of welcoming all people, whether straight, gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgendered, or questioning. The first ordained minister of any religion in the U.S. or Canada to come out was the Rev. James Stoll in 1969[1]. There have been UUA resolutions supporting people regardless of sexual orientation since 1970, and a popular program of becoming a "Welcoming Congregation" since 1989. UUA has officially supported UUA clergy performing Services of Union between same-sex couples since 1984, and has supported same-sex marriage since 1996[2].
The UUA maintains an Office of Bisexual, Gay, Lesbian, and Transgender Concerns (which operates the Welcoming Congregation programme). There is also a fellowship of LGBT Unitarian Universalists and supporters called Interweave.
The Canadian Unitarian Council similarly operates a Gender and Sexual Diversity Monitoring Group and, like the UUA (of which it became autonomous only in 2002), has Welcoming Congregations.
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