Editing Homosexuality and religion (section)

===Unitarian Universalism===
{{Main|Unitarian Universalism and LGBTQ people}}

The first ordained minister of a major religious sect in the U.S. or Canada to [[come out of the closet|come out]] as gay was the UU Minister [[James Stoll]] in 1969.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.uupetaluma.org/sermons/sermon09jan05.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050217204501/http://www.uupetaluma.org/sermons/sermon09jan05.html|title=UUP Sermon: "My Greatly Human Hometown Minister"|archive-date=17 February 2005|access-date=22 August 2015}}</ref> There have been denominational resolutions supporting LGBTQ people since 1970, when a resolution was passed that condemned discrimination against homosexuals. Unitarian Universalism was the first denomination to accept openly [[transgender]] people as full members with eligibility to become clergy; in 1988 the first openly transgender person was ordained by the [[Unitarian Universalist Association]] (UUA).<ref name="uua.org">{{cite web|url=http://www.uua.org/lgbtq/history/185789.shtml|title=Unitarian Universalist LGBTQ History & Facts|work=UUA.org|access-date=22 August 2015|date=16 May 2013|archive-date=4 February 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170204055552/http://www.uua.org/lgbtq/history/185789.shtml|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="ReferenceA">{{Cite web|url=http://www.uua.org/aboutus/professionalstaff/identity-basedministries/bisexualgay/25237.shtml|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100813112933/http://www.uua.org/aboutus/professionalstaff/identity-basedministries/bisexualgay/25237.shtml|url-status=dead|title=Office of Bisexual, Gay, Lesbian, and Transgender Concerns|archive-date=13 August 2010}}</ref><ref name="religioustolerance.org">{{Cite web |url=http://www.religioustolerance.org/hom_uua.htm |title=Transexuality, transgenderism, and gender identity |website=Religious Tolerance |access-date=January 27, 2024 |archive-date=24 July 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140724233813/http://religioustolerance.org/hom_uua.htm}}</ref>

The UUA has supported marriage equality since 1996<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.uua.org/news/freedomtomarry/index.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060716123613/http://www.uua.org/news/freedomtomarry/index.html|url-status=dead|title=UUA.org|archive-date=16 July 2006}}</ref> and compared those who resisted such equality to the resistance to the [[abolition of slavery]], women's [[suffrage]], and the end of anti-[[miscegenation]] laws.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.uusm.org/services/021305.php|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050318105443/http://www.uusm.org/services/021305.php|url-status=dead|archive-date=18 March 2005|title=UUSM - Services & Sermons|date=18 March 2005}}</ref> Three-quarters of all UU congregations have undertaken a series of organizational, procedural, and practical steps to become acknowledged as a "Welcoming Congregation": a congregation that is intentionally welcoming and inclusive of LGBTQ members.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Find a Unitarian Universalist Congregation |url=https://www.uua.org/find/results |website=Unitarian Universalist Association |access-date=January 27, 2024 |language=en |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220307034952/https://www.uua.org/find/results |archive-date=March 7, 2022}}</ref> On June 29, 1984, the UUA became the first major denomination "to approve religious blessings on homosexual unions." Unitarian Universalists were in the forefront of the work to make same-sex marriages legal in their local states and provinces, as well as on the national level. In May 2004, [[Arlington Street Church]], Boston, was the site of the first state-sanctioned same-sex marriage in the United States. LGBTQ people are regularly ordained as ministers, and have also served at the highest levels of leadership in the denomination, including as president of the Canadian Unitarian Council, interim co-president of the Unitarian Universalist Association, and co-moderator of the UUA.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Kiely |first=Brian J. |date=September 28, 2014 |title=Why Unitarianism Matters |url=https://www.uce.ca/why-unitarianism-matters/ |access-date=2022-03-07 |website=Unitarian Church of Edmonton |language=en-CA |archive-date=7 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220307034952/https://www.uce.ca/why-unitarianism-matters/ |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.uua.org/uuagovernance/officers/president/past/sofia-betancourt-william-g-sinkford-and-leon-spencer |title=Sofía Betancourt, William G. Sinkford, and Leon Spencer, 2017 |website=Unitarian Universalist Association |access-date=January 27, 2024 |language=en |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220307034951/https://www.uua.org/uuagovernance/officers/president/past/sofia-betancourt-william-g-sinkford-and-leon-spencer |archive-date=March 7, 2022}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Mcardle |first=Elaine |date=2020-06-01 |title=As first UUA co-moderators' term nears end, leaders reflect on their impact |url=https://www.uuworld.org/articles/co-moderator-impact |access-date= |website=UU World Magazine |language=en}}</ref>