Axios (organization)
{{Short description|LGBTI+ rights organization}}
{{other uses|Axios (disambiguation)}}
Axios is an association for Orthodox Christians and Byzantine Rite Catholics who are gay, lesbian, bisexual, or transgender which was founded in Los Angeles in 1980.{{cite book|last=Siker|first=Jeffrey S.|title=Homosexuality and religion|publisher=Greenwood Publishing Group|page= 106|year=2007|isbn=978-0-313-33088-9|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=N6nYCeP_w8YC&dq=axios+gay&pg=PA106}}{{cite book|author1=Kittredge Cherry |author2=Zalmon O. Sherwood|title=Equal Rites: Lesbian and Gay Worship, Ceremonies, and Celebrations|publisher=Westminster John Knox Press|page= [https://archive.org/details/equalriteslesbia00cher/page/165 165]|year=1995|chapter=Appendix: National Lesbian/Gay Christian Organizations|isbn=978-0-664-25535-0|url=https://archive.org/details/equalriteslesbia00cher|url-access=registration |quote=Axios, gay, christian. }} The organization has chapters in Washington, D.C.;{{cite news|url=http://www.metroweekly.com/community/directory/?org=310 |title=Axios DC |work=metroweekly.com |publisher=Metro Weekly |accessdate=2009-04-24 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110608210150/http://www.metroweekly.com/community/directory/?org=310 |archivedate=2011-06-08 }} Atlanta;{{cite web|url=http://www.atlantagaychamber.com/page.php?id=104 |title=RELIGION/SPIRITUALITY |work=atlantagaychamber.com |publisher=Atlanta Gay & Lesbian Chamber of Commerce |accessdate=2009-04-24 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20071210051230/http://atlantagaychamber.com/page.php?id=104 |archivedate=2007-12-10 }} New York City; Colorado; Ohio; Pennsylvania; Chicago; Boston; Florida;{{cite web|url=http://multicultural.usf.edu/pdf/safezone/resourcespiritual.pdf |title=LGBT National Spiritual Resources |work=usf.edu |publisher=University of South Florida |accessdate=2009-04-24 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100616232840/http://multicultural.usf.edu/pdf/safezone/resourcespiritual.pdf |archivedate=2010-06-16 }} San Francisco; Detroit; Las Vegas; and outside the U.S., in Toronto, Canada, and Australia.{{cite web|url=http://www.axios.org/doku.php|title=AXIOS - Eastern and Orthodox Gay and Lesbian Christians|work=axios.org|accessdate=2009-04-24|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100401111123/http://www.axios.org/doku.php|archive-date=2010-04-01|url-status=dead}}
Mission
The Orthodox Church's teaching is that same-sex relations are sinful in the same manner as all heterosexual practice outside of marriage. Axios also professes that members' "sexuality and love are God given and healthy," but denies any morally significant distinction ceteris paribus between heterosexual and homosexual expressions.
See also
{{Portal|LGBTQ}}
Further reading
- Sexual Orientation and Gender Expression in Social Work Practice: Working with Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgender People by Deana F. Morrow and Lori Messinger {{ISBN|0-231-12728-6}}{{cite book|author1=Deana F. Morrow |author2=Lori Messinger|title=Sexual orientation and gender expression in social work practice|publisher=Columbia University Press|year=2006|edition=illustrated|pages=513|isbn=978-0-231-12728-8|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=H9jYGvz9ca4C}}
- Christian Science: Its Encounter with Lesbian/Gay America by Bruce Stores {{ISBN|0-595-77425-3}}{{cite book|last=Stores|first=Bruce|title=Christian Science: Its Encounter with Lesbian/Gay America|publisher=iUniverse|year=2002|isbn=978-0-595-77425-8|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tAQPQAfoGsgC}}
- Coming Out in Christianity by Melissa M. Wilcox {{ISBN|0-253-21619-2}}{{cite book|last=Wilcox|first=Melissa M.|title=Coming out in Christianity|publisher=Indiana University Press|page= 108|year=2003|edition=illustrated|isbn=978-0-253-21619-9|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=yjdhpMnHEIMC&dq=Axios,+gay&pg=PA108}}
Sources
- Homosexuality in the Orthodox Church, by Justin R. Cannon{{cite web|url=http://www.gayorthodox.com/resources.html |title=Homosexuality in the Orthodox Church |last=Cannon |first=Justin R. |work=gayorthodox.com |accessdate=2009-04-24 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100126231551/http://www.gayorthodox.com/resources.html |archivedate=2010-01-26 }}
- God Forbid: Religion and Sex in American Public Life by Kathleen M. Sands {{ISBN|0-19-512162-7}}{{cite book|last=Sands|first=Kathleen M.|title=God forbid: religion and sex in American public life|publisher=Oxford University Press US|page= 85|year=2000|isbn=978-0-19-512162-9|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bnnD78rqliIC&dq=Axios,+gay&pg=PA85}}
References
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External links
- [http://www.axios.org/ Axios in California]
- [http://www.axioscanada.com/ Axios in Canada]
Category:Eastern Orthodox organizations established in the 20th century
Category:LGBTQ Christian organizations
Category:International LGBTQ organizations
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Category:LGBTQ and Eastern Orthodoxy