‘We have seen how much work there is to do in making our Meetings places where everyone feels safe.’

Maria Martin on being LGBTQI allies

A close-up of the graffiti wall SOGII created in October 2019. | Photo: Courtesy of Maria Martin.

In 2016, growing out of a concern brought to elders, a small group of Chichester Friends met to discuss the issues of diversity and inclusion in our Local and Area Meetings. Three years on, last month, twenty-two of us met to celebrate our third birthday with a workshop on the theme: ‘Being Allies, Being Friends: Quakers and the LGBTQI Community.’

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