The queer evangelist : a socialist clergy's radically honest tale / Cheri DiNovo.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

DiNovo, Cheri, 1950- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

DiNovo, Cheri, 1950-.

DiNovo, Cheri.

Legislators--Ontario--Biography.

Legislators.

Ontario--Politics and government--21st century.

Ontario.

Genre:

Autobiographies.

Biographies.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1 online resource)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Waterloo, Ontario : Wilfrid Laurier University Press, [2021]

Summary:

"In The Queer Evangelist, Rev. Dr. Cheri DiNovo (CM) tells her story, from her roots as a young socialist activist in the 1960s to ordained minister in the ‘90s to member of provincial parliament. As the New Democratic member representing Parkdale-High Park in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 2006 to 2017, DiNovo passed more LGBTQ bills than anyone in Canadian history. She describes the behind-the-scenes details of major changes to the law, including Toby's Law, the first Transgender Rights legislation in North America in a major jurisdiction. She also passed bills banning conversion therapy, proclaiming parent equality for LGBTQ parents, and for enshrining in Ontario law the Trans Day of Remembrance. On this day in the legislature, the provincial government is mandated to observe a minute of silence while Trans murders and suicides are detailed. Interspersed with her political work DiNovo describes her conversion to religious life, her theological work, and her ongoing struggle with the Christian Right. Cheri DiNovo's story shows how queers can be both people of faith and critics of religion, illustrating how one can resist and change the repressive systems from within. Her book is the story of queer justice realized and a story of hope for queer (and other) kids everywhere. Includes a foreword by Kathleen Wynne, former premier of Ontario."-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Forward /by Kathleen Wynne

Prologue: Bernice and the Biblical Two-Step

Part I: Surviving and Becoming. 1. Queer Evangelism and a Little Girl

2. The Revolution

3. Teenage Trotskyist

4. Getting Kicked on Route 66

5. Que(e)rying Parenthood

6. Casino Capitalism

7. An Atheist Goes to Church

8. Survivor

Part II: Life After Death. 9. Some of the Women I've Loved

10. Rural Life

11. Bright Lights, Big City

12. You Only Think You Want a Revolution

13. The Beast's Belly

14. Wage Against the Machine

15. Sheroes

16. When Church and State Reply

Part III: The Traces Not Left Behind. 17. The Letter Always Arrives

18. How to Get Laws Passed with Little Power

19. Speaking Out for PTSD and First Responders

20. Girls and Women

21. All Creatures Great and Small

22. Political Chaplaincy

23. The Radical Reverend

24. Queer Critic

25. In Recovery

26. Forever the Young Radical

Epilogue: Just Do the Impossible.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781771124904

1771124903

9781771124898

177112489X

OCLC:

1226708371