![]() Congregations have engaged her writings in weekly studies and she is often humbled to hear that pastors have quoted from either her academic or social media writing.Ī highly sought out speaker, Dr. Her publications have been read in Ivy League, private and state universities. ![]() ![]() She enjoys interpreting complex ideas through her writing, which she crafts to make accessible to many. Lightsey’s theological expertise is in African American religious history, queer theory and theology and classical just war theory. Lightsey continues to demand the denomination end its discrimination against LGBTQ persons.ĭr. As the first out African American queer lesbian ordained elder in the United Methodist Church, Dr. ![]() Her political activism spans several decades beginning with her embrace of the ‘60s and ‘70s Black Power Movement to her most recent protests against the Trump administration for its ethically recalcitrant positions that harm citizens in America and abroad. ![]() She has stood shoulder to shoulder with activists around the country demanding the end to discrimination. Lightsey is a public theologian who advocates for oppressed Black, Brown, lesbian, gay bisexual, queer, transgender and poor people. ![]()
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