‘What part do I play in making my faith community more reflective of my neighbourhood?’

Gill Sewell reflects on the Testimony to Equality

by Gill Sewell 27th September 2019

I am grateful for the bounty that shapes my life. By virtue of birth I have access to a passport, free education, travel, banking, birth control, clean water, a vote, free healthcare, and I can choose how I dress and who I love. These blessings, alongside being white, employed, Quaker and a homeowner, put me in a small cohort of liberated women in the world. A salutary thought. Rarely am I challenged in my privilege, though a recent homophobic experience at a Pride event gave me cause to pause. The experience of being ‘other’ is so very rare in my comfortable life.