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