Making Gay History | LGBTQ Oral Histories from the Archive
Season 11: Episode 2: Rev. Carolyn Mobley-Bowie
Nov 10, 2022
Rev. Carolyn Mobley-Bowie grew up in the segregated South and found refuge in the Metropolitan Community Church. Topics discussed include her childhood in a segregated town, her attraction to girls, her encounter with racial discrimination, grappling with her sexuality as a teenager, and her accomplishments and contributions as a pastor and LGBTQ activist.
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- Reverend Carolyn Mobley-Bowie faced the challenge of finding acceptance as a lesbian Christian and found refuge in the predominantly gay Metropolitan Community Church.
- Her involvement with the Metropolitan Community Church provided a safe and accepting space where she could fully embrace her identity as a lesbian Christian.
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The Oversight in the Making Gay History Book
The host, Eric Marcus, realizes that he forgot to include the oral history of someone involved with the Metropolitan Community Church (MCC) in his Making Gay History book. MCC was a church founded by Reverend Troy Perry in 1968 that played a vital role in the lives of Christian LGBTQ+ individuals. Eric Marcus searches for someone to interview and finds Reverend Carolyn Mobley, an assistant pastor at MCC of the Resurrection in Houston.
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