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Press Release from Progetto Gionata, May 12, 2014. Translated by Peter Luntz It was 2007. The latest teen had committed suicide after being constantly bullied by classmates who decided he was gay. The Kairos group of LGBT Christians in Florence launched a plea to “remember all victims of homophobia and transphobia, who often go unnamed, with public prayers.” This is...

Thoughts from Innocenzo, a Gionata Project volunteer As we organize the Prayer Vigils for Victims of Homophobia, I’ve been asked to talk about how things are going. After a fleeting twinge of panic, I started thinking, “Where do I start?”The last few weeks have been really hectic. My daily life revolves around running from one part-time job to the other,...

Accept one another just as Christ accepted you (Romans, 15:7, NIV). This will be the official biblical verse for the prayer vigils and the religious services for the 2014 International Day against Homophobia and Transphobia-IDAHOT. The verse has been the most appreciated in an international survey of opinion enhanced by Progetto Gionata (Italy) and by Kaleidoscope (Hungary). Accept one another...

This is the story of Gino Scarpelli of Florence’s Kairos Group for the ‘Things Change’ special, as published in Riforma, weekly newspaper of Italy’s Waldensian, Methodist and Baptist Churches, November 26, 2013. Translated by Peter Luntz I’m 36 years old and I’ve known since I was a child that I was attracted to the same gender, but I never had...

“They Hate Me In Vain. LGBT Christians in Today’s Russia” is the first docufilm to address the reality of LGBT Christians in Russia. It was made in 2013 by Yulia Matssiy, independent Russian director and filmmaker who resides in Milan, Italy. The film is a trip through today’s Russia where life for gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender people has become...