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The Open Table Network marking LGBT+ History Month - BBC Radio Merseyside interview

Open Table Network Coordinator Kieran Bohan

AS IT’S LGBT+ History Month, our Network Coordinator Kieran Bohan was interviewed on BBC Radio Merseyside’s Breakfast programme this morning.

In the nine-minute interview, he spoke about:

  • why LGBT+ History Month is celebrated in February

  • how LGBT+ History Month changed since it was established in 2005

  • what Open Table is and how it became a Network

  • how LGBT+ Christians are treated by the church has changed

  • why creating safe sacred spaces for LGBT+ Christians is not creating a ‘spiritual ghetto’

  • how Open Table Liverpool and the Open Table Network are marking LGBT+ History Month

  • how Open Table communities are still connecting online

LISTEN HERE [9 minutes]

READ OUR BLOG - We have asked our Patrons and Trustees for their reflections on this year’s LGBT+ History Month theme, ‘Body, Mind, Spirit’: Check them out here.

JOIN US for our online celebration of LGBT+ History Month on Sunday 28th February 2021 @ 6.30pm.

READ MORE on the LGBT+ History Month website.