The Queer Evangelist
The Queer Evangelist
Marilyn Stanley
, Jude Castillo
, Chantal Comeau
, Hilary Squires
, Barry Kazimer
, Natasa Ilic
, PATRICIA SOPEL
, Linda Leitch
, Melissa Kohlman
, Ken Gilmour
, Sebastian Schulman
, Andrea Pole
, Noelle Schmidt
, Amie Gaudet
, Patricia Johnson
, Tina May
, Deb Philippon
, Meradith Anderson
, Hailey Slaviero
, Pamela Roberts Griffith
, Jocelyn Heisel
, Sara Conway
, Keri Yakel
, Yolande Thivierge
, Dana Francoeur
, Benita Hartwell
, Vickie Short
, Patricia McKeown
, Kathryn Galan
, Rhona Brinkman
, Heather Belliveau
, Jesse Kancir
, Randi Ann Doll
, MaryAnne MacKeigan
, Cindy Bodini
, jane luce
, Rosa Cross
, Rodney Cross
, Virginia Reddin
, Christopher Evans
, Lynn Hallson
, Joann Horgan
, Gina Bergman
, Noelle Walsh
, Bev Bellrose
, Joshua Lewis
, Laurie Burns
, Holly Elisabeth
, John Caleb Grenn
, LJ Law
, Karen Nordrum
, P. Thompson
, Margo Beredjiklian
, Andrea Gillespie
, Diane McPherson
, Aditi Saha
, Fin Macdonald
, Silvia Demmy
, Ryan Pritchard
, Ellen Clarke
, Marin Beck
, Adele gallogly
, Penelope Penner
, Lucian Childs
, Wanda Brine
, Pam Keetch
, Kim Cappellina
, Mary Campbell
, Melissa Poremba
, Diane O'Flaherty
, Alissa Bender
, VJ Hatton
, Jan Wylie
, Vivian Thorgeirson
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A queer minister, politician and staunch activist for LGBTQ rights, Cheri DiNovo went from living on the streets as a teenager to performing the first legalized same-sex marriage registered in Canada in 2001. From rights for queer parents to banning conversion therapy, her story will inspire people (queer or ally) to not only resist the system—but change it.
In The Queer Evangelist, Rev. Dr. Cheri DiNovo (CM) shares her origins as a young socialist activist in the 1960s, and her rise to ordained minister in the ‘90s and New Democratic member of provincial parliament. During her tenure representing Parkdale-High Park in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 2006 to 2017, DiNovo passed more LGBTQ bills than anyone in Canadian history.
Interspersed with her political work, DiNovo describes her conversion to religious life with radical intimacy, including her theological work and her ongoing struggle with the Christian Right. Cheri DiNovo's story shows how queer people can be both people of faith and critics of religion, illustrating how one can resist and change repressive systems from within.
