Minneapolis Musings
By David Pais

It’s March. It’s Minnesota. It’s cold. What would bring over 500 self-identified and declared Catholics to the mid-west in the middle of winter? I know it is Lent, but this is not a form of abstinence or penitence. It is quite the opposite---it is a celebration of who we are and who God has called us to be. We are at the New Ways Ministry Conference entitled OUTWARD SIGNS: Lesbian /Gay Catholics in a Sacramental Church.
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Burns is best at sketching the relationships between Irish Catholic men and the way he goes about this cuts to my soul.  This is because I had the personal misfortune of growing up completely surrounded by brothers.

Some Personal Reflections on the Film The Groomsmen;   Or Some Thoughts on Being Irish, Catholic and Gay
by Kerry McCabe
 

I felt totally in communion with those around me and with God – even though the priest presiding at the mass denied eucharist to all who were wearing the sash – myself included.
My Rainbow Sash Experience
by Michael Bayly
 

Marvin was a fifteen-year-old black drag queen and one of the most important influences in my life, one of my true teachers.

Marvin’s Christmas Child
by Patrick Mulcahey