Tag Archives: Coming Out

Lifewords

Posted on October 15, 2023 by Rev. Gretchen Haley

Twenty four years ago this week, I was on a flight to Portland to meet up with my parents. I had words I needed to say to them for the very first time. Words that were too big for an email or a … Continue reading →

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Queer More Than Memory (or, the closets made from the words we didn’t yet have)

Posted on October 20, 2022 by Rev. Gretchen Haley

This post is a companion piece to a post I wrote in February 2015, “A Conversation Begins with a Lie…” Like a lot of moments in my life, I recently realized something important while listening to the Indigo Girls.   Carri … Continue reading →

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Becoming a Unitarian Universalist

Posted on August 14, 2022 by Rev. Gretchen Haley

Reading: Show Up Hungry by Elizabeth Nguyen I got off work at 7 pm and did the thing where you chase the bus a ­little bit but then realize you won’t make it and walk sheepishly back to the bus … Continue reading →

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“A Conversation Begins With A Lie…”

Posted on February 23, 2015 by Rev. Gretchen Haley

The last time someone called me a lesbian, I didn’t correct them.  Was it a colleague? A congregant? A reporter? I don’t know.  I only remember not correcting them.  These not-correcting moments tend to add up, like little dents in … Continue reading →

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Get Religion

Posted on January 6, 2013 by Rev. Gretchen Haley

Sermon – January 6, 2013  It was about 2007 when I could keep it in no longer.  I’d avoided the issue for long enough.  I’d downplayed my feelings, guarded my intuition.  I’d kept a lot of my favorite things and even … Continue reading →

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