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La historia de Kinship International Adventista del Séptimo Día
Comprometidos con celebrar y defender las vidas LGBTQIA+ de la Iglesia Adventista del Séptimo Día durante casi cinco décadas
Apoyando a las personas LGBTQIA+ de la Iglesia Adventista del Séptimo Día desde principios de la década de 1970
A principios de la década de 1970, algunos valientes adventistas homosexuales buscaron conectar y comprender a otros que compartían su experiencia. Un pequeño anuncio publicado en The Advocate, una revista nacional de noticias gay, generó una oleada de respuestas: 37 cartas de adventistas actuales y antiguos de Estados Unidos y Canadá. Este momento de conexión sembró las semillas de lo que pronto se convertiría en Kinship.
Fundado tras una reunión en Palm Desert, California, Kinship creció rápidamente. En cuatro meses, el grupo contaba con 75 miembros, un presidente temporal y cuatro comités activos centrados en la membresía, la educación, las actividades sociales y el crecimiento espiritual, que se reunían dos veces al mes. La influencia de Kinship se expandió aún más al unir fuerzas con un adventista del norte de California que había organizado una red nacional de amigos por correspondencia adventistas del séptimo día (SDA) para homosexuales, y con un grupo en la ciudad de Nueva York que se reunía informalmente desde 1974. Juntos, estos esfuerzos crearon una comunidad vibrante y solidaria, sentando las bases de la misión continua de Kinship.
Recuerdos preciados y momentos significativos
29 de julio de 1970
THE VERY BEGINNING
In the early 1970s, several Adventist gay people independently began to look for other Adventists with whom they could discuss their feelings. One placed a single, small notice in the classified section of The Advocate, a national gay news magazine. It resulted in 37 responses from all areas of the United States and Canada; all were current or former Adventists.
10 de enero de 1976
KINSHIP WAS FOUNDED
Kinship was founded with a meeting in Palm Desert, California, as a result of an ad placed by two gay Adventist men. Within four months, Kinship had 75 members, a temporary chairperson, and four committees: membership, educational, social, and spiritual. The new group met twice a month.
Kinship soon joined forces with an individual in northern California who had established a gay SDA pen-pal list throughout the United States, and another group that had been meeting informally in New York City since 1974.
15 de marzo de 1978
FIRST KINSHIP NEWSLETTER
Kinship published an official newsletter, later to become known as the Connection. In 1985, the Connection was first produced on a computer.
5 de agosto de 1980
FIRST ANNUAL KAMPMEETING
The first annual Kampmeeting was held in Arizona. At Kinship’s request, two Adventist pastors and three seminary professors attended as official delegates of the General Conference. Thirty-five courageous members attended this historic meeting, breaking ground for the larger numbers that now attend with less apprehension.
18 de marzo de 1981
KINSHIP WAS INCORPORATED
Seventh-day Adventist Kinship International was incorporated by and in the State of California.
7 de diciembre de 1987
THE LAWSUIT
The General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists filed legal action in a federal district court in California against Kinship for trademark infringement for using “Seventh-day Adventist” in the name.
5 de octubre de 1990
FIRST CHURCH-SPONSORED AIDS CONFERENCE
Kinship participated in the first church-sponsored AIDS conference. As the organization became impacted by the AIDS epidemic, we developed a quilt to memorialize members who were lost to AIDS. The Kinship AIDS quilt has been displayed in several Adventist churches and universities.
3 de octubre de 1991
KINSHIP WON THE LAWSUIT
Kinship won the lawsuit brought against it by the General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists, which sought to bar Kinship from using “Seventh-day Adventist” as part of its name. A California judge ruled in favor of Kinship, stating that there was no trademark infringement and allowing Kinship to continue using its official name.
30 de enero de 1992
KINSHIP’S FIRST ONLINE SERVICE
Kinship’s online service was developed, first as an email listserv and later as an online discussion and chat group called KinNet.
17 de abril de 1997
SOMEONE TO TALK TO
Carrol Grady (decd. Mar. 2023,) the author of My Son, Beloved Stranger (1995), started a support group for parents and families of gays and lesbians, which included a monthly newsletter and later an email group and website.
17 de agosto de 2001
FIRST WOMEN & CHILDREN FIRST
WEEKEND
The first Women & Children First weekend preceding Kampmeeting was held as a social time for Kinship women and their children.
28 de junio de 2002
IAGC ORGANIZED
Groups of students at Adventist colleges and universities formed a network of official and unofficial gay-straight alliances to provide resources, programs, and support for LGBTIQ students. The Intercollegiate Adventist Gay-Straight Alliance Coalition (IAGC) was organized to bridge the gap between our Seventh-day Adventist faith-based institutions and the LGBTIQ students who attend them.
19 de julio de 2002
FIRST EUROPEAN KINSHIP MEETING
The first European Kinship Meeting was held in Tunhem, Sweden.
25 de junio de 2003
KINSHIP LOGO CREATED
In June 2003, Seventh-day Adventist Kinship announced a new logo, designed to help communicate its mission and outreach to LGBTIQ Seventh-day Adventists.
6 de enero de 2006
CONFERENCE ON HOMOSEXUALITY
The Kinship Advisory Council organized a Conference on Homosexuality at the Ontario Convention Center that was attended by over 300 denominational leaders.
6 de julio de 2006
OPEN HEART, OPEN HAND
In 2006, the Kinship Advisory Council produced the video, Open Heart, Open Hand, for use by Kinship and Someone to Talk To.
17 de junio de 2008
CHRISTIANITY & HOMOSEXUALITY BOOK
Kinship coordinated the publication of the book Christianity and Homosexuality: Some Seventh-day Adventist Perspectives. The book has been sold and distributed to numerous pastors, educators, and libraries. It triggered a one-sided conference on homosexuality at Andrews University in October 2009, to which no book editors or authors or even Kinship members were invited or asked to participate.
30 de diciembre de 2012
SEVENTH-GAY ADVENTISTS
Straight allies Stephen Eyer and Daneen Akers, professional filmmakers, produced the documentary Seventh-Gay Adventists: A film about faith on the margins and began screenings in strategic locations across the United States and in other countries.
28 de febrero de 2018
PASTOR'S CONFERENCE IN KENYA
Seventh-day Adventist Kinship International sponsored its first conference in Nairobi, Kenya where Rena, George, and Professor Mugerwa from Uganda presented to over 200 Adventist pastors on how to meet the needs of the LGBTQ+ members in their congregations. This launched a Kinship program to provide this training to all Kenyan pastors.
11 de julio de 2018
KINSHIP'S UPDATED LOGO
In July 2018, Seventh-day Adventist Kinship announced our refreshed logo that reflects our legacy, who we are today, and symbolizes our dynamic future.
Próximas reuniones y eventos
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