Sun 8/10 @ 8 & 10AM
Mon 8/11 @ 7PM
Amidst the endless array of late-night dance parties across town taking place as part of, or simultaneous with, Gay Games 9, Trinity Cathedral downtown, whose congregation has a huge LGBT component, will host something for those of a spiritual bent.
On Sun 8/10, its two morning services will pay tribute to Gay Games 9, with the bishop of El Salvador, the Rt. Rev. Martín De Jesús Barahona, preaching and recognition of the athletes from El Salvador and Colombia, whose presence in Cleveland is partly due to fundraising by Trinity’s LGBT Ministry Team.
A cathedral tour will follow the 10am service so visitors and locals alike can learn about the spectacular 100-plus-year-old building.
On Monday, Trinity Cathedral will join with other faith groups to host the Gay Games Interfaith Service, based on values of equality, justice, and human dignity.
It’ll feature speakers from around the country including Imam Daayiee Abdullah, director of LGBTQI Outreach for Muslims for Progressive Values and the U.S.’s first openly gay imam, Bishop Yvette A. Flunder, presiding bishop of the Fellowship of Affirming Ministries and senior pastor of City of Refuge United Church of Christ in Oakland, and Rabbi Denise Eger, founding rabbi of Congregation Kol Ami, a reform synagogue in heavily gay West Hollywood.
All the services are free and open to all, whether you are participating in the Gay Games or not.