Entry at this heading has been based solely on information presented in Perceptions

reports.

See also CLERGY for additional names of church officials, many (but not all) of whom have expressed homophobic views. From that list, the gay-positive stances of Bev IRWIN and Ian CORBETT might be noted.

See the following personal names, which have been given separate entry in the index: BARNETT, JOYCE; BOYLE, SALLY; COUSINTINE, BILL; ELLIOTT, LYNN; FERRY, JAMES; FOUHSE, LAURA; FUNK, HEATHER; GARSTAD, NED; KEMPER, ALISON; MACDONALD, DARRYL; MACLENNAN, BARBARA; McCUE, JAMES; McDONALD, MIKE; PATERSON, GARY; RICHARDS, STAN; ROBINSON, GENE; SHERMAN, READ; STEVENSON, TIM

See also specific Christian denominations; e.g., ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH

United Church study [report of Task Force of the Division of Ministry Personnel and Education, dealing with gays/lesbians and ministry].
P9 (1984): 15 (16cm.)

United Church update [including information about anti-gay/lesbian ordination group, Community of Concern, and a Prairie Region branch of this group, formed in Regina -- more than 100 ministers from Saskatchewan and Alberta; etc.]. By Don Campbell.
P41 (May 18, 1988): 8-9 (36cm.)

Delegates compromise [at Saskatchewan Conference of the United Church of Canada regarding church report that favours ordination of gays/lesbians].
P42 (June 29, 1988): 32-33 (23cm.)

People: a lesbian minister responds [interview of Sally Boyle by Gens Hellquist concerning her experiences as a lesbian and ordained United Church minister].
P43 (Aug. 10, 1988): 4-5, 33, 35 (109cm.)

Commentary -- a personal view [concerning United Church conference and ordination of gays/lesbians]. By Colleen Gerwing.
P44 (Sept. 21, 1988): 22-23 (33cm.)

Looking for gay/lesbian ministers [Saskatchewan Conference of United Church approved resolution calling for 10 pulpits in province to be opened to self-identified gay/ lesbian ministers over next three years; resolution hotly debated].
P73 (v10n4)(June 10, 1992): 8 (19cm.)

In the pulpit at last [Tim Stevenson, openly gay, after long struggle has been accepted as a minister at St. Paul's United Church in Burnaby, B.C.; to start on July 4].
P81 (v11n4)(June 9, 1993): 22 (17cm.)

Gay minister welcomed [after 12-year struggle, Tim Stevenson has a church pulpit; now minister at St. Paul's United Church, Burnaby, B.C.; seventy members of Vancouver Lesbian and Gay Chorus sang at service; his partner, Rev. Gary Paterson "will be covenanting" the following weekend at Ryerson United Church, Vancouver].
P84 (v11n7)(Oct. 27, 1993): 20 (17cm.)

Orienting priests [report of "recent Canada-wide survey" suggesting that "up to a quarter of the men studying to be priests are homosexual or bisexual or just aren't sure..."; some details; also mention of similar U.S. study in 1992].
P96 (v13n3)(April 26, 1995): 20 (21cm.)

Church divided [Presbyterian Church and question of ordination of gay clergy; specific reference to Darryl Macdonald and St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church in Lachine, Quebec].
P105 (v14n4)(June 5, 1996): 20 (39cm.)

Sexually unsure [newsnote that Martin Rover, in recent book Who's in the Seminary?, found that 25 per cent of Roman Catholic priests in Canada are gay, bisexual, or unsure of orientation].
P106 (v14n5)(July 24, 1996): 20 (6cm.)

Coming out on the prairies ["the author of this article lives in a small community west of Saskatoon. Recently that community has gone through turmoil over the introduction of a lesbian United Church minister....The [article gives]... the author's personal insight...."]. By Jim Farrier.
P114 (v15n5)(July 30, 1997): 6-7 (52cm.)

Presbyterian rebel [congregation of St. Andrews in Lachine, Quebec fights to keep gay minister, Darryl Macdonald, over opposition of Presbyterian Church of Canada; details].
P114 (v15n5)(July 30, 1997): 26 (13cm.)