Lynne Gerber
@thislynne.bsky.social
Independent Scholar | Author, Seeking the Straight and Narrow | Writing on religion and AIDS in 80s and 90s San Francisco | #adoptee
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We are so thrilled to see When We All Get to Heaven featured on Apple Podcasts this week.
Follow the story of a queer church as it faces AIDS in 1980s and ’90s San Francisco.
Listen now: apple.co/WhenWeAllGet...
Follow the story of a queer church as it faces AIDS in 1980s and ’90s San Francisco.
Listen now: apple.co/WhenWeAllGet...
November 13, 2025 at 8:59 PM
We are so thrilled to see When We All Get to Heaven featured on Apple Podcasts this week.
Follow the story of a queer church as it faces AIDS in 1980s and ’90s San Francisco.
Listen now: apple.co/WhenWeAllGet...
Follow the story of a queer church as it faces AIDS in 1980s and ’90s San Francisco.
Listen now: apple.co/WhenWeAllGet...
Episode 3 is out!! Come for Tammy Faye Bakker. Stay for an epic meet cute over a hymnal. slate.com/podcasts/whe...
How Did a Gay Church Embrace the Identity of “a Church with AIDS”?
Two queer religion geeks move to San Francisco. And Easter communion gets real in the age of AIDS.
slate.com
October 22, 2025 at 9:26 PM
Episode 3 is out!! Come for Tammy Faye Bakker. Stay for an epic meet cute over a hymnal. slate.com/podcasts/whe...
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How did religious spaces provide care and community during the AIDS crisis? Lynne Gerber looks at the Metropolitan Community Church of SF, a queer church that became a center for activism during the AIDS epidemic.
Don't miss "Building Resistance: On Church, Space, and Crisis."
tinyurl.com/a2acsjhh
Don't miss "Building Resistance: On Church, Space, and Crisis."
tinyurl.com/a2acsjhh
October 16, 2025 at 7:23 PM
How did religious spaces provide care and community during the AIDS crisis? Lynne Gerber looks at the Metropolitan Community Church of SF, a queer church that became a center for activism during the AIDS epidemic.
Don't miss "Building Resistance: On Church, Space, and Crisis."
tinyurl.com/a2acsjhh
Don't miss "Building Resistance: On Church, Space, and Crisis."
tinyurl.com/a2acsjhh
Very delighted that this project, so many years in the making, is out in the world today. Listen to learn more about AIDS, about progressive religion, and about how a community gets through a crisis. We all need to know more about that last thing. slate.com/podcasts/whe...
When We All Get To Heaven
A queer church faces AIDS in 1980s and '90s San Francisco.
slate.com
October 15, 2025 at 10:38 PM
Very delighted that this project, so many years in the making, is out in the world today. Listen to learn more about AIDS, about progressive religion, and about how a community gets through a crisis. We all need to know more about that last thing. slate.com/podcasts/whe...
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The Revealer's 2025 special issue on "Religion, Activism, and Community Action" features insightful and informative articles from @gillianfrank.bsky.social, @dkruzman.bsky.social, @thislynne.bsky.social, @simranjeetsingh.bsky.social, and others! Check it out!
October 7, 2025 at 1:15 PM
The Revealer's 2025 special issue on "Religion, Activism, and Community Action" features insightful and informative articles from @gillianfrank.bsky.social, @dkruzman.bsky.social, @thislynne.bsky.social, @simranjeetsingh.bsky.social, and others! Check it out!
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This is such a useful resource from @penamerica.bsky.social
"What To Do If You’ve Been Doxed Or Placed On A Watchlist"
Please consider letting others know that this exists.
pen.org/what-to-do-i...
"What To Do If You’ve Been Doxed Or Placed On A Watchlist"
Please consider letting others know that this exists.
pen.org/what-to-do-i...
What To Do If You’ve Been Doxed Or Placed On A Watchlist
We map out steps you can take right away, and steps you can take to build resilience longer term against doxing.
pen.org
September 23, 2025 at 8:42 PM
This is such a useful resource from @penamerica.bsky.social
"What To Do If You’ve Been Doxed Or Placed On A Watchlist"
Please consider letting others know that this exists.
pen.org/what-to-do-i...
"What To Do If You’ve Been Doxed Or Placed On A Watchlist"
Please consider letting others know that this exists.
pen.org/what-to-do-i...
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For the Sept. 16 marathon, global HIV experts will unite online to warn about massive federal budget cuts and help the public understand the benefits of HIV research. @avac.org
www.poz.com/article/acti...
www.poz.com/article/acti...
ACTION ALERT: Watch “24 Hours to Save AIDS Research,” an Online Marathon to Highlight HIV Research Advances
Global HIV experts unite online to warn about massive federal budget cuts and help the public understand the benefits of HIV research.
www.poz.com
September 16, 2025 at 4:14 AM
For the Sept. 16 marathon, global HIV experts will unite online to warn about massive federal budget cuts and help the public understand the benefits of HIV research. @avac.org
www.poz.com/article/acti...
www.poz.com/article/acti...
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Stopping dictators later means guns and bombs and the bodies of hundreds of thousands of people in the streets. Stopping them now means legislative tricks and pissing off people who already hate you. I wish the remaining sane members of Congress and the judiciary woukd realize that.
"The most dangerous rationalization is also the most delusional: We can always stop Trump later if he tries to cross the line into outright dictatorship. Of course, that’s what the 'good men' said about Caesar, Mussolini, and Hitler."
It’s Not Yet Too Late to Save Our Democracy
The window is closing fast—but a handful of senators and Supreme Court justices could check Trump’s autocratic ambitions.
www.thebulwark.com
September 6, 2025 at 2:03 AM
Stopping dictators later means guns and bombs and the bodies of hundreds of thousands of people in the streets. Stopping them now means legislative tricks and pissing off people who already hate you. I wish the remaining sane members of Congress and the judiciary woukd realize that.
Very happy to say that we met our fundraising goal over the weekend!!!! Thanks to everyone who donated, shared, sent good vibes or otherwise supported us. We can't wait for you to hear When We All Get to Heaven in the fall!!
July 28, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Very happy to say that we met our fundraising goal over the weekend!!!! Thanks to everyone who donated, shared, sent good vibes or otherwise supported us. We can't wait for you to hear When We All Get to Heaven in the fall!!
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I just sent this out.
The Jewish people have moral frameworks for this moment.
It is a choice not to heed them.
Please let us meet this moment, let us see the shattered Temple around us, right now, and our responsibility to it.
The Jewish people have moral frameworks for this moment.
It is a choice not to heed them.
Please let us meet this moment, let us see the shattered Temple around us, right now, and our responsibility to it.
to Jews, on the Gaza famine
an open letter: we have been commanded
www.lifeisasacredtext.com
July 24, 2025 at 10:22 PM
I just sent this out.
The Jewish people have moral frameworks for this moment.
It is a choice not to heed them.
Please let us meet this moment, let us see the shattered Temple around us, right now, and our responsibility to it.
The Jewish people have moral frameworks for this moment.
It is a choice not to heed them.
Please let us meet this moment, let us see the shattered Temple around us, right now, and our responsibility to it.
We have one week left and less than $1500 to raise. Please help out if you can and share with folks who might be interested. Thank you!!!! givebutter.com/heavenpodcast
When We All Get to Heaven: An LGBTQ+ documentary audio project
By FJC - A Foundation of Donor Advised Funds
givebutter.com
July 25, 2025 at 5:26 PM
We have one week left and less than $1500 to raise. Please help out if you can and share with folks who might be interested. Thank you!!!! givebutter.com/heavenpodcast
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When Joe Biden referred to "shylocks" in 2014, the ADL admonished him. I look forward to seeing the group similarly criticize President Trump for using the term today.
July 4, 2025 at 3:07 AM
When Joe Biden referred to "shylocks" in 2014, the ADL admonished him. I look forward to seeing the group similarly criticize President Trump for using the term today.
We just hit the halfway mark in our fundraiser for When We All Get to Heaven!!!! Want to learn about an amazing experiment in sexuality and spirituality? Want to support queer history in a moment of queer erasure? Help us meet our goal and tell this untold story. givebutter.com/heavenpodcast
When We All Get to Heaven: An LGBTQ+ documentary audio project
By FJC - A Foundation of Donor Advised Funds
givebutter.com
July 2, 2025 at 11:15 PM
We just hit the halfway mark in our fundraiser for When We All Get to Heaven!!!! Want to learn about an amazing experiment in sexuality and spirituality? Want to support queer history in a moment of queer erasure? Help us meet our goal and tell this untold story. givebutter.com/heavenpodcast
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Yuriana Julia Pelaez Calderon, an organizer with the Los Angeles-based Alliance of Californians for Community Empowerment, was picked up by men in an unmarked car last Wednesday, and nobody knows where she is. She made a phone call late Friday and the information she gave is chilling:
June 29, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Yuriana Julia Pelaez Calderon, an organizer with the Los Angeles-based Alliance of Californians for Community Empowerment, was picked up by men in an unmarked car last Wednesday, and nobody knows where she is. She made a phone call late Friday and the information she gave is chilling:
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every single member of Congress should be pushing for Trump’s impeachment. and every single Democrat who isn’t calling for impeachment should be primaried
June 22, 2025 at 12:18 AM
every single member of Congress should be pushing for Trump’s impeachment. and every single Democrat who isn’t calling for impeachment should be primaried
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We're bringing a new piece queer history to your podcast feed in the fall. Please support us in getting there. Thanks!! givebutter.com/heavenpodcast
June 21, 2025 at 10:56 PM
We're bringing a new piece queer history to your podcast feed in the fall. Please support us in getting there. Thanks!! givebutter.com/heavenpodcast
Hey, Bluesky! When We All Get to Heaven tells the story of a queer church in San Francisco and how it got through AIDS in the years before treatment. We'd love your support to help us complete the project done and release it in the fall. Thanks! givebutter.com/heavenpodcast
When We All Get to Heaven: An LGBTQ+ documentary audio project
By FJC - A Foundation of Donor Advised Funds
givebutter.com
June 17, 2025 at 4:47 AM
Hey, Bluesky! When We All Get to Heaven tells the story of a queer church in San Francisco and how it got through AIDS in the years before treatment. We'd love your support to help us complete the project done and release it in the fall. Thanks! givebutter.com/heavenpodcast
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This is a good question and it's one I'm getting a lot. The answer is going to depend, in part, on your risk tolerance and the role you plan to play
I've just pushed out a newsletter article with recommendations and advice. Here's a thread with the cliff's notes
🧵
I've just pushed out a newsletter article with recommendations and advice. Here's a thread with the cliff's notes
🧵
June 13, 2025 at 8:06 PM
This is a good question and it's one I'm getting a lot. The answer is going to depend, in part, on your risk tolerance and the role you plan to play
I've just pushed out a newsletter article with recommendations and advice. Here's a thread with the cliff's notes
🧵
I've just pushed out a newsletter article with recommendations and advice. Here's a thread with the cliff's notes
🧵
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This week, my Somerville constituent Rümeysa Öztürk was abducted in broad daylight by DHS officials and sent to Louisiana to be locked in a detention center. She has not been charged with any crime.
March 29, 2025 at 2:27 PM
This week, my Somerville constituent Rümeysa Öztürk was abducted in broad daylight by DHS officials and sent to Louisiana to be locked in a detention center. She has not been charged with any crime.
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California: Schiffy finally cleaned out his DC voicemail inbox! Fill it up again: (202) 224-3841
February 13, 2025 at 6:18 AM
California: Schiffy finally cleaned out his DC voicemail inbox! Fill it up again: (202) 224-3841
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This is shaping up to be the largest of the events outside Senator Padilla's San Francisco District Office asking him to start fighting with every tool available.
12:45pm on Wednesday, outside 333 Bush St
San Francisco.
www.mobilize.us/indivisible/...
12:45pm on Wednesday, outside 333 Bush St
San Francisco.
www.mobilize.us/indivisible/...
Join a coalition of Nor Cal Indivisible Groups & Demand that CA Senators Fight Back · Indivisible
We are facing a crisis and we need all Members of Congress to fight back. Join your friends and neighbors in telling Senator Padilla that we demand they use every tool at their disposal to fight back ...
www.mobilize.us
February 4, 2025 at 3:29 AM
This is shaping up to be the largest of the events outside Senator Padilla's San Francisco District Office asking him to start fighting with every tool available.
12:45pm on Wednesday, outside 333 Bush St
San Francisco.
www.mobilize.us/indivisible/...
12:45pm on Wednesday, outside 333 Bush St
San Francisco.
www.mobilize.us/indivisible/...
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National call this Sunday to strategize with Indivisible, MoveOn, WFP, and a ton of other groups. We choose to fight. www.mobilize.us/indivisible/...
We Choose To Fight: Action Call · Indivisible
This Sunday night, February 2 at 8pm ET/5pm PT, you’re invited to join Indivisible, MoveOn, Working Families Party, and a coalition of other organizations for an action call. During the call, you will...
www.mobilize.us
February 1, 2025 at 1:37 AM
National call this Sunday to strategize with Indivisible, MoveOn, WFP, and a ton of other groups. We choose to fight. www.mobilize.us/indivisible/...
One thing I did today: reconnected with 5calls. bsky.app/profile/5cal...
bsky.app
January 28, 2025 at 2:43 AM
One thing I did today: reconnected with 5calls. bsky.app/profile/5cal...