Category: Testimonials

In the section Stories of Gionata.org, since 2007, we have been collecting the testimonies of LGBT Christians and their families: stories of faith, life and the search for acceptance in churches that talk about coming out, rainbow parenting, memory of the pink triangles and life paths with HIV and gender identity. Discover our stories of: Gay christians THE Christian lesbians THE In family THE In consecrated life

Transgender christians / Without category

As a transgender person "I can accept misunderstanding, but I can't accept humiliation!"

Articolo di Anne Burgmer, pubblicato sul sito Lichtblick – Römisch-katholisches Pfarrblatt Nordwestschweiz (Svizzera) il 9 maggio 2016. Liberamente tradotto dai volontari del Progetto Gionata «L’amore di Dio non ha confini!» È questo il titolo della terza celebrazione di benedizione dedicata alle persone che vivono un amore tra persone dello stesso sesso, insieme alle loro amiche e amici, conoscenti e famiglie....

Consecrated lives

In 1975 a gay marriage led to the birth of Arcigay

Song by Piergiorgio Paterlini* taken from the book Matrimoni gay. Ten stories of homosexual families, Einaudi, 2006 One day in the spring of 1975 two men knocked on the rectory of the parish of the Sacred Heart in Lavello, in the province of Potenza, in the heart of Basilicata. They are looking for the parish priest, Don Marco Bisceglia. Only the old ones remained in Lavello. From eighteen thousand to eleven thousand inhabitants by the end...

Testimonials

I am an LGBTQ+ migrant because «in my African country being a lesbian means dying»

Testimony of Manono, an LGBTQ+ migrant from Malawi (Africa), published on the Rainbow Migration website (United Kingdom). Freely translated by Gionata Project volunteers This article addresses issues that some people may find painful. It tells of real experiences and the difficulties experienced by the protagonist, an African LGBTQ+ asylum seeker. I come from Malawi, a deeply Christian African country, where being a person...

Testimonials / Groups in Italy

Rainbow Christians parade proudly at Rome Pride

Text by Elisa Belotti, published on the Bondings 2.0 blog of New Ways Ministry (United States) on 10 July 2026. Freely translated by the Gionata Project volunteers The members of Mosaiko – Movimento Cristiani Arcobaleno⁠, an Italian community of LGBT+ Catholic men and women, participated visibly in this year's Rome Pride, the largest Italian Pride event. They marched...

Stories of ordinary homophobia / Traces of reflection

When homophobia hides in everyday life

Articolo tratto dal blog Cathogay (Francia), tradotto da Dino M. “Le dicerie più grevi sui finocchi scivolano su di me senza offendermi. Viceversa le battute mi irritano al massimo grado”. Si tratta di quell’omofobia nascosta nel quotidiano che spesso viene dal mondo cattolico, che afferma come “gli omo inevitabilmente siano dei poveri infelici, che hanno un animo tormentato e infantile....

Jonathan's Tent Testimonials / Testimonials

With the Cross at the Rome Pride because my faith does not deny my identity

Reflections by Tiziano Braga of the Mosaiko Cristiani Arcobaleno group of Rome On Saturday 20 June 2026 I made a profound, thoughtful and visceral decision. I chose to take to the streets, among the human tide and the overwhelming energy of Rome Pride, bringing with me something that for many represents a paradox, if not a provocation: the Cross. But not just any cross....