Minutes of Conscience
The Minutes of Conscience listed here are broadly about the concerns of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people (LGBTQ+), and people of other queer experience. Minutes of Conscience are public statements on social issues. They show where a Quaker group has unified around a certain topic. Some minutes are published internally and some are shared with outward groups, such as a local media outlet or a member of Congress.
- Interfaith/FGC Statement Supporting Trans, Intersex, and Nonbinary People, Friends General Conference, 2025
- Minute of Support for the LGBTQIA+ Community, Philadelphia Yearly Meeting, 2025
- A Minute of Concern for Trans People, 15th Street (NY) Friends Meeting, 2023
- Gender and Sexual Equality – Updated, Memphis (TN) Friends Meeting, 2021
- Minute Welcoming and Affirming Transgender People, North Columbus (OH) Friends Meeting, 2018
- Sexuality and Gender Equality, Ohio Valley Yearly Meeting, 2011
- Against “Defense of Marriage” Laws, Ohio Valley Yearly Meeting, 2004
- Affirming LGBTQ Friends, FGC Central Committee, 2004
- Minute Welcoming and Affirming Marriage, North Columbus (OH) Friends Meeting, 1993
If your meeting has a public statement of support to add, please contact FGC using the button below. You must have a web page on which the statement is publicized. Thank you!
LGBTQ+ Resources
- Friends for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer Concerns
- Report from the Dreaming Sanctuary Retreat for LGBTQ+ Friends: Dreaming Sanctuary is an intergenerational retreat held at Pendle Hill. In 2024, FGC staff helped to plan this retreat.
- Vitality: A Quaker Reflects on Pride Month: A reflection written by Rashid Darden.
- A Digital Toolkit for Human Rights Month Inspired by Bayard Rustin: Released in 2017, this resource includes graphics that you can post on your meeting’s social media to celebrate Bayard Rustin’s work for human rights.
- Sierra Cascades Yearly Meeting Forms to Welcome LGBTQ+ Friends Sierra Cascades Yearly Meeting was formed in 2017 with a commitment to LGBTQ+ inclusion, the safety of children, the need for reparations, and the nurture of ministry
Last updated on April 23, 2026.