Announcing our extraordinary allies: the 2016 LGCM Rainbow List
We are proud and delighted to announce LGCM's Rainbow List 2016 - the people our friends and supporters have nominated, and those who want to stand alongside us in their public, visible support for LGBT people in and beyond the churches. Our nominees come from a huge range of backgrounds, across the UK and further afield. Some have been quietly working away for decades, others have simply found themselves in a position where they can no longer stand aside and watch the people they care about being discriminated against, devalued and dismissed.
These are people who share our values - love, compassion, justice, equality and a passionate commitment to the gospel. They are people who see no conflict between the words of Jesus and the loving relationships of people of the same sex. They want to see change and transformation - so that individuals know that they are loved unconditionally by God for who they are, and the whole church can declare with confidence and integrity that the good news of Christmas is good news for everyone, without exception.
So here are those wonderful people. Thank you, every one of you. We will look forward to seeing you at a special reception at Westminster on Valentine's Day next year - the evening before the Church of England debates sexuality in General Synod. We are proud and honoured to call you our friends - and we are delighted that you want to be named on our Rainbow List.
| Name | Brief Bio | |
| Howie | Adan | Head of Multi Faith Chaplaincy, Heathrow |
| Sophie | Agrell | Member of St Mary's Cathedral, Glasgow |
| April | Alexander | |
| Revd Colin | Alsbury | Stands on the side of love, justice and inclusion |
| Anthony | Archer | Member, General Synod |
| Erika | Baker | Changing Attitude Bath and Wells |
| Laura | Baker | Passionate that LGBTQ+ people must be included, respected and loved in the church |
| Phillip | Baldwin | High profile young LGBT and HIV positive Christian activist |
| John | Bamford | Founding member of LGCM, teacher and musician |
| Revd Sue | Barclay | Anglican Priest |
| Dr Stephen | Barclay | Medical Doctor |
| Elaine | Bardwell | Stands up for all gay members of the church |
| Revd Dr Ellen Marie | Barrett | First openly gay priest to be Ordained in the Anglican Communion in The Episcopal Church of America. Co-chair of Integrity when it was founded |
| Revd Dr Christina | Beardsley | Priest and retired healthcare chaplain |
| Wyn | Beynon | Member, General Synod |
| Revd Kate | Bottley | Enthusiastic marcher and preacher at London Pride 2016 |
| Revd Vivien | Brooks | Proud to be allowed to be on this list |
| Rev Sarah | Brough | |
| Revd Nick | Bundock | and the PCC of St James and Emmanuel, Didsbury, diocese of Manchester |
| Nick | Burr | |
| Revd Alan | Chidwick | Would hate to be missed off the list! |
| Paul | Clevett | LGBT Group, St John the Bapist Church, Hillingdon |
| Revd Nick | Collison | Methodist Presbyter and (ex) NHS Hospital Chaplain |
| Rev Kara | Cooper | Methodist chaplain, Lancaster University |
| John | Cornwall | |
| Revd Robert | Cotton | Holy Trinity and St Mary's Guildford |
| Rev Rory | Dalgliesh | Methodist chaplain, York University |
| Revd Bryony | Davis, holy::ground Woking | Providing safe and inclusive space, Guilford Diocese |
| Revd Ginni | Dear | Stands alongside all those who fight against injustice and exclusion of any description |
| Shaun | Dellenty | Activist and educator |
| Andrew | Dotchin | Vicar of Felixtowe |
| Revd Duncan | Dormor | Dean of St John's College within the University of Cambridge and Collaborator, Amazing Love: Theology for Understanding Discipleship, Sexuality and Mission. |
| Stephen | Dove | Christ Church, North Ely |
| Luke | Dowding | Bloomsbury Baptist Church, and co-leader of the Soho Gathering |
| Very Revd Dr Jonathan | Draper | Dean of Exeter Cathedral |
| Richard and Matt | Edwards | Happily married gay couple, churchwarden and treasurer at St Paul's in the Jewellery Quarter of Birmingham |
| Margaret | Evans | Co-convenor of Birmingham Changing Attitude group. Proud parent of LGB children who are also confirmed and committed Christians |
| Revd Ian | Fellows | |
| Revd Dr Janet | Foggie | Passionate about equality and working for an inclusive church |
| Robin | Fox | |
| Fr. John-Francis | Friendship | Just celebrated 10 years in a Civil Partnership. Presides at thanksgiving Services for Civil Partnerships |
| Jennifer | Furphy | Wants everyone to be accepted as part of the Body of Christ |
| Karen | Gardiner | York. |
| Justin | Gau | Pump Court Chambers |
| Revd Mary | Gilbert | St Paul’s Church in the Jewellery Quarter |
| Pamela | Gold | Opentable@StJohns URC Warrington. Facilitator and previous Co-convenor of the Evangelical Fellowship for LGBT Christians. Ordained Elder in the United Reformed Church |
| Greenbelt Festival | Affirming the lives, loves, stories and gifts of LGBT people since 1975 | |
| Revd Dr Rich | Hainsworth | Deanery of Mold, in the Church in Wales |
| Rosemary | Hannah | Member of St Mary's Cathedral, Glasgow |
| Imogen | Hanvey | |
| Revd Canon Dr Alan | Hargrave | |
| Rev Canon Rosie | Harper | Long and effective collaborator on LGTBI justice projects and ventures |
| Shirley | Harrison | |
| Warren | Hartley | Co-founder, Open Table, Liverpool |
| Julie | Hawksworth | |
| Fr. David | Hill | St. John the Evangelist, Upper St Leonards in the Diocese of Chichester |
| Tim | Hind | General Synod, Bath and Wells diocese |
| Sally | Hitchiner | Founder of Diverse Church |
| Ian | Hunter Smart | Diocese of Durham and Leeds. Member of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers) |
| Rev Mike | Jones | Changing Attitude Trawsnewid Agwedd Cymru steering group |
| Simon | Jones | Baptist minister in London |
| Sean | Jones QC | 11 King's Bench Walk |
| Nick | Jones | Rector of an inclusive local parish church |
| Jennifer | Joyce-Hood | Hospital Chaplaincy Manager and Stonewall Healthcare Champion, Manchester Diocese |
| Revd Martin | Kelly | |
| Bryan | Kerr | Greyfriars Parish Church, Lanark, Church of Scotland |
| Revd Prebendary Tony | Kyriakides | |
| Revd Andrew | Law | Shares the passion for an inclusive, expansive love, justice and peace |
| Iain | Lee | Broadcaster |
| Lisa-Jayne | Lewis | Broadcaster, Cheltenham |
| Delyth | Liddell and Nic and Gweni | Organised first faith tent at Pride Cymru in 2015. Delyth is a Methodist Minister and Co-Founder of The Gathering, Cardiff |
| Peter | Leonard | Canon Missioner at Portsmouth Cathedral and General Synod |
| Andrew | Lightbown | Rector of Winslow, Bucks |
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| Revd Dr Joel | Love | Blesses same-sex couples after their civil marriage |
| David | Lucas | Stands with anyone who experiences that type of exclusion |
| Revd Prof. Diarmaid | MacCulloch | Professor of the History of the Church, University of Oxford, longstanding member of LGCM, broadcaster |
| Revd Eva | McIntyre | Worcester Diocese |
| Hugh | Malyan | |
| Charmion | Mann | Former member of General Synod and present at the inauguration of Stonewall |
| Jeremy | Marks | Founder of Courage |
| Andy | Marshall | Portsmouth. LGCM Trustee, Stonewall Leadership Programme. |
| Lee | Marshall | Chief of Staff, Church of England Pensions Board; Co-founder of Stonewall; Trustee of StandUp Foundation and Ditch the Label; named 12th most influential LGBT Executive in 2016 by the Telegraph and was included on the Pride Power List 2016 |
| Revd Andy | McMullon | Believes that the Church of England should offer to both bless and conduct same-sex marriages |
| David | Moloney | Editorial Director at DLT Books |
| Sarah | Molyneux-Hetherington | "Wants this list to be as long as humanly possible." |
| Ian | Morgan | Archdeacon of Suffolk |
| Canon Barry | Naylor | Retired. Former Changing Attitude trustee, Conducted Eve of Pride Liturgies at Leicester Cathedral |
| Ron | Newsham | Supporter of Changing Attitude, Inclusive Church and LGCM |
| Rev John | Nugent | Minister at Wick St Fergus Church of Scotland |
| Anna | Norman-Walker | Canon Chancellor, Exeter Cathedral |
| Shaun | O'Brien | |
| Revd Bertrand | Olivier | All Hallows by the Tower, London |
| Jayne | Ozanne | General Synod, diocese of Oxford |
| Canon Jeremy | Pemberton | |
| Wendy | Quill | Privileged to attend a church that welcomes LGBT people |
| Liz | Ratcliffe | Deeply held belief that God's love is for everyone - no strings attached - and a passion for building an inclusive church |
| Ann | Reddecliffe | Church warden from Leicester; 'campaigning for LGBTQ inclusion in the church' |
| Revd Jeanette | Roberts | Out and proud vicar of the Ryburn Benefice, Leeds Diocese |
| Revd Dr Nicholas | Roberts | |
| Canon Ian | Robinson | Stands for love, justice and inclusion |
| Keith | Rogers | |
| Sally | Rush | Lay chaplain at Aston University, Birmingham |
| Karl | Rutlidge | Outcome committee member, runs sessions on trans issues, set up LGBT and social justice groups in Birmingham |
| Susanna | Rynehart | Thomson Snell & Passmore LLP |
| Francis | Sanders | Feels that the Church of England should be about love, tolerance and inclusivity |
| Jo | Saunders | Proud to support Lesbian and Gay Christians, beloved children of God, in their quest for love, justice and truth |
| Ann and Marika | Savage-Lewis | Spent the past 30 years working for inclusivity and justice in the Anglican Church, both in England and Wales |
| Kevin | Scott | Affirms and celebrates LGBTi people in his congregation and community |
| Jane | Sherwin | |
| Sisters of the Community of St John the Divine in Birmingham | ||
| Kevin | Skippon | Has always found support, acceptance and encouragement in all the places he has ministered |
| Patrick | Sturges | Wishes to make his belief crystal clear in his whole-hearted support of and obedience to John 13:34-35 |
| Bob | Stoner | |
| Julia | Taylor | |
| Helen | Trotter | Barrister, Kings Chambers |
| Revd Dan | Tyndall | The Parish of St Mary Redcliffe in Bristol |
| Raluca | Vetor | |
| Liza | Waller | Tunbridge Wells |
| David | Warrington | Welcoming and affirming Baptist minister |
| Revd Leonora | Wassell | Leeds & Harrogate |
| West Herts and Borders LGBT Christian Fellowship | Monthly group of LGBT families with young children, supportive local ministers, students, retired people, people who identify as LGBT and those who don't, people who identify as Christian and those who don't - with a whole mix of denominational backgrounds | |
| Revd Des | Williamson | Stands against narrow minded victimisation |
| Nancy | Wood | |
| Revd Dr Simon | Woodman | Co-minister of Bloomsbury Central Baptist Church, Co-founder of the 'Bloomsbury Set' |
| Ian | Yemm | University Coordinating Chaplain at the University of the West of England in Bristol; LGCM Trustee; Member of General Synod; Spiritual Director and Campaigner |
The tiny small print: we've tried our very best to make sure we included everyone who was nominated for the List, and we've had a wonderful time reading your submissions and stories. If you don't see a name here that you were expecting, it probably means we haven't been able to contact the person with the details you gave us (there are a handful of those), or a few people felt that being publically named might compromise work they're currently undertaking. We completely understand this - especially for clergy, who aren't always clear how far they are permitted to support and affirm LGBT people and their relationships.
Some of the people on this list identify as LGBTQI+; most but not all would identify as Christian. Our List is open to anyone who stands aside us in our work, because we believe you don't need to be gay, or Christian, to share our values and our passion.
If you have any queries at all, please do contact us using the from here.
