Axios (organization)

For other uses, see Axios (disambiguation).

Axios is an association for Orthodox Christians and Byzantine Rite Catholics who are gay, lesbian, bisexual, or transgender which was founded in Los Angeles in 1980.[1][2] The organization has chapters in Washington, D.C.;[3] Atlanta;[4] New York City; Colorado; Ohio; Pennsylvania; Chicago; Boston; Florida;[5] San Francisco; Detroit; Las Vegas; and outside the U.S., in Toronto, Canada, and Australia.[6]

Mission

The Orthodox Church's teaching is that same-sex relations are sinful in the same manner as all heterosexual practice outside of marriage. Axios also professes that members' "sexuality and love are God given and healthy,"[1] but denies any morally significant distinction ceteris paribus between heterosexual and homosexual expressions.

See also

Further reading

  • Sexual Orientation and Gender Expression in Social Work Practice: Working with Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgender People by Deana F. Morrow and Lori Messinger ISBN 0-231-12728-6[7]
  • Christian Science: Its Encounter with Lesbian/Gay America by Bruce Stores ISBN 0-595-77425-3[8]
  • Coming Out in Christianity by Melissa M. Wilcox ISBN 0-253-21619-2[9]

Sources

  • Homosexuality in the Orthodox Church, by Justin R. Cannon[10]
  • God Forbid: Religion and Sex in American Public Life by Kathleen M. Sands ISBN 0-19-512162-7[11]

References

  1. ^ a b Siker, Jeffrey S. (2007). Homosexuality and religion. Greenwood Publishing Group. p. 106. ISBN 978-0-313-33088-9.
  2. ^ Kittredge Cherry; Zalmon O. Sherwood (1995). "Appendix: National Lesbian/Gay Christian Organizations". Equal Rites: Lesbian and Gay Worship, Ceremonies, and Celebrations. Westminster John Knox Press. p. 165. ISBN 978-0-664-25535-0. Axios, gay, christian.
  3. ^ "Axios DC". metroweekly.com. Metro Weekly. Archived from the original on 2011-06-08. Retrieved 2009-04-24.
  4. ^ "RELIGION/SPIRITUALITY". atlantagaychamber.com. Atlanta Gay & Lesbian Chamber of Commerce. Archived from the original on 2007-12-10. Retrieved 2009-04-24.
  5. ^ "LGBT National Spiritual Resources" (PDF). usf.edu. University of South Florida. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2010-06-16. Retrieved 2009-04-24.
  6. ^ "AXIOS - Eastern and Orthodox Gay and Lesbian Christians". axios.org. Archived from the original on 2010-04-01. Retrieved 2009-04-24.
  7. ^ Deana F. Morrow; Lori Messinger (2006). Sexual orientation and gender expression in social work practice (illustrated ed.). Columbia University Press. p. 513. ISBN 978-0-231-12728-8.
  8. ^ Stores, Bruce (2002). Christian Science: Its Encounter with Lesbian/Gay America. iUniverse. ISBN 978-0-595-77425-8.
  9. ^ Wilcox, Melissa M. (2003). Coming out in Christianity (illustrated ed.). Indiana University Press. p. 108. ISBN 978-0-253-21619-9.
  10. ^ Cannon, Justin R. "Homosexuality in the Orthodox Church". gayorthodox.com. Archived from the original on 2010-01-26. Retrieved 2009-04-24.
  11. ^ Sands, Kathleen M. (2000). God forbid: religion and sex in American public life. Oxford University Press US. p. 85. ISBN 978-0-19-512162-9.